Time stamps: 00:00 intro 01:17 math 02:54 math flip-through 12:32 geography 14:24 geography flip-through 17:15 science 19:04 science flip-through 22:45 language arts
I have not heard of this curriculum, but it looks nice. I am a kindergarten teacher, and I love how this developer paced the math concepts. Lower elementary (including pre-k and K) brains develop much differently than you and I may think. Although understood, the concepts need to be introduced at that speed so as the brain develops the brain is ready for the concepts at the back of the book. Doubling lessons here and there is fine but not chunks at a time. Even seeing fingers for numbers is a skill the developer worked in because children need to see that over and over. This is just my opinion, but I have been teaching for a while but I also don’t know everything. 😂 I am so thankful you are taking the education of your children seriously and seeking out the material that will help them. And starting their day with God’s Word. You are an amazing Momma. I only wish to encourage you and hopefully give you something to ponder. Your children are blessed. ❤️❤️
Thank you so much for your comment!! It’s really helpful to hear perspectives and advice from other moms and teachers. All the input is welcome here!! 🥰 I do think I want to take the math concepts one by one, just to make sure I’m not rushing… unless maybe he shows obvious signs of boredom or something? I’m really glad you think it’s a sound curriculum from this first glance into it! Thank you again!!
@@Busybeeexplorers I definitely will take a look! I'll probably order the junior notebook and hopefully there is a guide in there! Super excited about astronomy. Hopefully it lives up to my son's expectations hahaha
Hi Brooklyn! New subscriber and fellow homeschool mom RU-vidr! 😆 I'm going to have a kindergartner next year and Math with Confidence was recommended to me since I'm planning on going to with Apologia Math once my kiddo gets in the 1st grade. Thanks for sharing! 🤗
Oh thank you so much for subscribing!! I am so happy to connect with you! 🤍 I’m loving how many of us are choosing similar curriculum for our kindergarteners 🥰 I’ve heard nothing but good things about math with confidence but I’m really interested in the apologia math! I’ll have to look into it!
We're nearly finished with the Kindergarten Math with Confidence -- I opted to use it with my math-inclined son for his PreK year and we loved it. And yes, the Teacher's Guide has the activities that are significantly more mentally challenging than the workbook. I'm also not opting to jump into history for our upcoming Kindergarten year, instead focusing on Geography--same kinda idea! :) I do want to do an Astronomy themed science sometime in early elementary.
Sounds like we have super similar approaches! Love it 🥰 what are you thinking for astronomy/science? Also, good to know that the math is more challenging within the teacher’s guide!!
We are just finishing up Kindergarten MWC and TGTB Level K LA with our Kindergartener and they are working so well together. We love them both so much. The only thing I did differently was teaching the sight words using the heart word method. Anyways, just thought I’d share. I hope you like them.
Amazing!! I need to look into the heart word method. I’ve never heard of that before! (Can you tell I’m a homeschooling newbie?) 😂 thank you so much for sharing your experience with me!!
@@brooklynleighhh I was able to do a couple lessons in a day at times but if I could go back, I’d just do the one 5-10 minute easy lesson and enjoy the time, celebrate the success, and not have so much self-imposed pressure to push on. The difficult stuff will come, no doubt, so setting a foundation enjoying math really helps. Learned that the hard way!
@@kaitlins1477 that’s what I struggle with sometimes - the pressure I put on myself! Feeling so much responsibility for his learning. But you’re absolutely right! This time is so important for them to just enjoy it 🙏🏼 needed that!!
We used Abeka K4 and that really set the foundation for him with reading, though we didn’t finish it and it was too rigorous for his age to do all of the classes!
