HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM CHOICES 2022-2023| PREK + KINDERGARTEN 

😊👋🏾🫶🏾yes! So glad to have you.

Agreed! Literaly what made me click. I was determined to keep scrolling otherwise tbh

Thank you for taking the time to watch 🤗

Same here!! I’m also a first time homeschooling mom of 2 boys, and a Believer, and SO happy to have found your channel!

I’m totally white white and I clicked right away 🤗🤷🏻‍♀️ she’s so calm and down to earth. Been HSing for years but need new Kinder ideas!!

Thank you for this recommendation! I will definitely check it out.

I was going to suggest the same thing! The first book for sure is great little chunks for the little guys. We are are starting it next year with my kiddos who will be in PreK, 1st and 8th grade. I have done it in past with my oldest who is now 20 years old! Also if math doesn’t work out for you try the good and the beautiful math K ….. you can download and print out the first week or so to see if you like it. My kindergartener loves it though we do math u see primer as well.

Thank you for watching! And you seriously hit the nail on the head. 🤎

I definitely think it’s the hand muscles. We’ve started playing some games that require a large hand tweezer, doing some scissor work and it’s helped a ton. I’m going to look up the push pin idea. Sounds interesting, thank you 😊

Thank you, and thank you for watching! 🤎🤗

The nlt illustrated study Bible has lots of really cool pictures of the places and objects talked about in the Bible if you’re looking for something to make the Bible more concrete or relevant to your kids as a historical document.

Thaaank you! I will definitely look into that.

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That store definitely has a few hidden gems. It’s a great place to get inexpensive “treats” for kids also. My kids call it the toy store 😂 Thank you for watching. 🤎

Thank you! 🤗🤎

🤗 you’ll have to let me know how they work for you. I can’t wait to start them!

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Thank you! Someone else also suggested golf pencils so we’ve been using those and they have helped.

Thank you for watching! 5 below definitely had some great items especially for our boys age range. Plenty of puzzles and games. 🤗

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I’m glad this was helpful for you! Thank you for watching. 🤗

Awww yay! 🤗 Thank you for subbing and honestly this age is so fun to homeschool. You are going to love it.

Thank you for watching! Our boys are so close in age! I’m sure this will be a great school year for us both. 🤎

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Im pretty sure it’s difficult for him because his hand muscles are still developing. Ive been allowing him to do a lot of scissor work and we’ve been playing games that require large hand tweezers . He doesn’t complain as quickly so I think his endurance is improving. 🤗 What are some of your favorite devotionals? I definitely still want our Faith to feel/seem approachable so I will eventually introduce some family devotional time. 🤎

I really enjoy the brain quest books too. I think the hardest part of this journey was coming to a solid conclusion on whether or not to homeschool. I’m sure you will make the best decision for you and your family. Thanks for watching 🤎

Thank you for this encouraging comment! 🤎 Did you homeschool your kids for all grades?

I have found some gems at 5 below. Thank you for watching. 🤎

Thank you for subscribing! 🤗🤎 It’s a challenge but I’ve been using the illustrated Bible as a guide for topics and scriptures and literally just talking about the Bible with them. They always have follow up questions and we end up wondering into other scriptures and topics but the illustrated Bible helps me reel it back in.😂

We actually started playing games that require large hand tweezers and that helped along with scissor work! What is a golf pencil? 🤔 I may try it out. I purchased little finger grippers to help him hold the pencil correctly but I think we will focus on increasing hand strength and endurance for now before focusing on finger placement.

@@KaylaElizabeth The little pencils they give you when you play putt putt. You can buy them online or cut a regular pencil in half. The weight distribution is different. Playdoh is great for hand strength too

Love the golf pencil idea! I am going to try that. The pencil does seem to be a little heavy for my 4 year old but he does well. My 5 year old has down syndrome and I think this will really help him. Thank you!

I loved this tip. 🤎It worked for us! I started doing activities with clothespins (I would put letters or numbers on them) This helped with hand strength but writing with the golf pencils and crayons has been great. No more complaints and frustrated tantrums from writing.

@@KaylaElizabeth I am so glad you found it helpful. I was so supposed at the difference it made when we focused on hand strength for awhile.

Really good for younger kiddos. They also have printables on their website that work well with the books.

Wow, you have your hands full! Im sure you will have a great school year though and thank you so much for watching. 🤎

@@KaylaElizabeth Thanks for taking the time to post! It’s good to see it other parents taking a different approach to educating their children.

Which virtual school are you using?

Pinterest is sooo good for preschool activities. There are a-lot of creative mommas and teachers on there who come up with fun ways to teach little ones. I have a whole board dedicated to preschool activities I want to do this year 😂

@@KaylaElizabeth I need to check out Pinterest more!

I’m so excited to get started on both! 🤗 Thank you for watching. 🤎

I have heard so many moms say that teach your child to read wasnt the most fun but they saw great results if they mustard through. I think I will use some sort of incentive🍬 to get us through it if they struggle to much. I don’t plan on using it right out of the gate though. I definitely want to teach him the basics on my own first. (Alphabet, sounds etc) I’m really excited about Math with confidence so I’m so glad to hear that’s working for you 🤗 Thank you for supporting and watching 🤎

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I haven’t really let the boys experiment with laptops or computers just yet (outside of the library). Once we get the writing down though we will venture a little more into that. I’m so excited for Carrie. I know she is going to grow so much this year with all of her new changes. 🤎

I think that was the first “typical” homeschool thing I fell victim to and quickly got rid of. 😂 I think it’s a great concept as long as you do it in a way that works best for your family. Thanks for watching. 🤎

We started doing activities with clothes pins to strengthen his little hand muscles. Now we are writing with crayons and golf pencils with little to no complaints🤗. Thank you so much for watching and subscribing. Your support means the world. 🤎

I struggled with the math in the beginning. I felt like it was a slow start because he already knew a lot of it. Once we got past the things he knew it grew on me! We started, new to him, concepts and it was a bit more challenging in a good way. I ended up going with the same math for our second year! He’ll be doing First grade math with confidence

Thank you for watching! 🤎 Unfortunately I don’t really have any recommendations for wfh jobs. My job was in office for the first few years until covid sent everyone home. We never had to go back in office so everything just kind of fell in place for me. Wish I had a more helpful answer 😫

Crayons have worked so well for us. It’s easier for them to hold and has built up their hand strength. (Along with other activities I’ve made sure to include in our day to day). We are now using Golf pencils as well. they still prefer crayons but we’ve seen great improvement.

Hello! It’s from hobby lobby. 😊

Yes! The instructor guide has the actual lessons, activities and instructions. The workbook is usually just 1-2 pages of reinforcement. I believe the instructor guide is necessary for that curriculum.

@@KaylaElizabeth thank you for replying and helping this math concerned mom.

I did not use a designated curriculum for either. We approached our Bible lessons as history. Our science was more so interest led. I found books at 5 below. What on Earth: Water, What on Earth: Wind and What on Earth: Trees. They can be found on Amazon as well. Those books had great hands on experiments that my boys loooved to do. For example we made an anemometer that’s still standing strong 😂, “clouds in a jar” was pretty cool. We went on a lot of nature walks and whenever they asked me random questions (like what’s my heart made of? Why do spiders need 8 legs and ants only need 6🤦🏾‍♀️) I ran with it 😂 Those questions always led to “science units” for us.

I do not. I know a few of the apps we use offer online curriculum but we just use their games.