Hannah! These day in the life videos are fantastic! There is not enough real AO content on RU-vid so your channel has been my go to for inspiration and encouragement on how to work the weekly schedules with a large family. Many thank you’s for taking the time to film for us!
Thank you for the encouragement! I hesitate to do these because they're such a mess in terms of "filmed content" 😆 so it's helpful to know they're actually helpful! ❤️❤️
This is so so helpful! Getting a visual of what you do with your AO schedule, printed materials, etc is extremely clarifying! I’m about to head into Year One with my eldest child and I’ve been so overwhelmed with trying to visual the practical bits of implementing AO. THANK YOU!!
@@hannahgravelle thank you! God bless you and your family, Hannah! Do you have graphics anywhere of the laminated schedules that you showed in this video?
My father's world has been our anthem for school this year and my daughter has been loving it and even requests it and other songs by those singers! Love it so much!
Hi thank you for this video. Can you share with me what you use for piano lessons at home. I would love to teach reading music and playing an instrument.
Thank you, Hannah! This is helpful. As I’m learning AO it’s becoming more simple but at first it feels so overwhelming. Right now I’m stuck on how to break down the weekly schedule into days. How do you pick what books for the girls to read each day? My daughter is Y3. We’re starting her in Term 3, but I really want to go back and “catch up.” I printed the schedule and this is where I’m stuck. At this point, I was thinking she could just pick 2 or so readings off the schedule and the next day do some more, but do you find it works best to have specific books scheduled for each day? I like the idea of specific days for specific books but how do I divide it out and know which to choose? I would love to see other homeschool days of the week! Even if it’s just you talking/walking through your schedule and what you use/do. Thanks so much for sharing!
Oh I'm so glad! These days are so messy to watch lol 😆 so I'm hesitant whether they're helpful or not, but I'm glad it helps! My year 4 student I break up some of the reasons into TWO days (so split the reading) so it's only 10-15 minutes (Abigail Adams, George Washington's World are 2 examples). There are books I'm reading with her and I only will put one of those on a day and all in all to to give her 3 readings or so! Definitely figuring out what was easy and what was challenging for her, we even made a change and relaminated her weekly list! Be willing to adjust to find that sweet spot! ❤️💓
Yup! We're all learning together! Even my 5 year old is picking up things and the 2 year old repeats the lessons haha! Linked here: cherrydalepress.com/
Before this year where we went more fully ambleside online, I read using Mystery of History. For convenience the chapters are organized for CHOW so that's why I got it last year. My personal opinion is that Mystery of History, Story of The World or CHOW (Children's History of the World) are the "overall history" and could be used interchangeable but you would need to organize the dates if you did the others. I can tell CHOW is not Christian based but I don't mind that phew point since we're also reading Trial & Triumph, etc! Hope that gives more clarity and focus! I don't think it's the bulk of the curriculum. Now Our Island Story & This Country of Ours we love!!
@@hannahgravelle Thanks for that explanation! Yes that’s a good point about the other readings. As I was skimming the schedule I thought it might serve as another piece of the puzzle since you would be reading church history alongside it. Good to know! And thanks for sharing about the others. I hadn’t heard of them before looking into AO.
Hi! Since I only have 2 kids right in AO they narrate after their readings directly unless I'm busy with the other one which isn't often than they wait a few minutes. My Y4 student does one written narration each week in a narration notebook. My thinking for when my boys are doing school too would be to have a narration set time in the afternoon where I can hear all of them :)
@@nataliafeenstra9415 this is our 5th year and it evolved slowly overtime. I think if I saw this years ago I might have felt the same way but we have added in things little at a time to grow our culture and education as a family! Take your time and find what works for you 🌸😘
@@hannahgravelle I’m just starting to research everything and it’s crazy overwhelming. I see why people get scared of homeschooling. But I understand what you’re saying. I don’t want to mess it up or miss out on important stuff. I wasn’t born in the States don’t know any of these books you’re mentioning…where do you get them or how do you know which authors are worth reading and which ones aren’t? Thx
@@nataliafeenstra9415 I think "For the Child's Sake" is an invaluable book to start with! I understand. There are things I wish I would have done different with my oldest but we learn as we go truly!
@@hannahgravelle this book is not in my local library. Does it teach only charlotte mason method? I’m leaning towards classical method. I like the well trained mind book but not sure it’s very biblically oriented. Any suggestions on that?
