Unboxing BJU Press Curriculum and a little homeschool chat 

Thank you. :)

Glad it was helpful! I will try to review 1st grade materials. I only purchased heritage studies and science for 1st grade though.

Here is my review of BJU English: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tOCxcf5vu5o.html We are trying out BJU Bible this year for the first time. We are using the videos. I'd love to hear what you think of it after you've used it awhile since you are teaching it on your own. Blessings in your homeschool year!

Teachers manuals and answer keys are accessed online when you do the DL Online option.

Ha! Yes, there is only one of me! This year I am trying something different than what I did in the past. I am having all 4 of my school age kids do some subjects via video. That means they will watch their lessons being taught to them by another teacher (from BJU Press). This will allow them to each work on their own lessons without me having to teach all of them. In the past, we have joined together for history, science, Bible and some of our literature. Then I have had my older kids work independently on other subjects. That gave me time to focus my efforts on my younger ones, teaching them to read and basic math skills. So, yes, this is a ton of curriculum for one mama to do with 4 kids (plus juggling a preschooler and toddler). But it will hopefully be doable with the video lessons. :)

I can't remember what we used for 7th grade history when this video came out but my son is using BJU Press World History (7th grade) this year and is really enjoying it and learning a lot. He is using the video option.

Yes, BJU is all scheduled out!

Maven Palmer You do need the textbooks and worktexts. The teachers manual is online as a pdf but not the books. The tests and quizzes for older kids are online as well. Hope that makes sense. 😊

Janelle that makes perfect sense! I wanted to be sure I am not overbuying anything as I have in times past...hehehe.

Janelle Knutson, I have one more question. Do you have your students complete 1 video and lesson a day in each subject? and How long did you guys take to complete the entire school year with BJU DLO/DVD? 9 months worth of work or less/more? Okay, that was two questions...sorry.

We average about 170 days of school each year no matter what curriculum we are using. In CA, where we use to live, private homeschoolers determined their own number of days for a school year so I went with around 170. I have my kids do 1 video lesson a day for each subject on most days. Some days we only get to a few subjects. We do not do every single video lesson. I skip a lot of the review and cumulative review lessons and any other video lessons that I think are not necessary for my child to learn that year (or that they already know).

@@JanelleKnutson thank you so much for the helpful answers!

We've LOVED BJU Press Distance Learning now for several years! It's been a good fit for most of my kids for a good chunk of their subjects. Some kids use an entire grade kit and some just use BJU for a subject or two.

Janelle Knutson , We are meeting with homeworks consultant on the 18th. We are excited! A little worried about videos. I think will cut out half of videos and focus on self learning with the textbooks to save some time. When we moved back to our home state a year and a half ago, my daughter wanted to try public school. Now she wants to go back to homeschooling! So of course we will!😀 Thanks for your channel! It has been a huge help for me! ❤️💛💚🧡💙💕

BJU stands for Bob Jones University. It is a university for college students PLUS they publish curriculum for private Christian schools and homeschools. Don't feel silly. I wondered the same thing when I started homeschooling and I get that question a lot from others. :)

jo girl you are only leasing them. If you do online option you have access to videos for a certain amount of time.

You were paying attention! ha! No, I did not show the 7th grade history book. My 7th grader used a different history curriculum for 7th grade. Here is my 7th grade curriculum choice video if you are curious about everything we used for 7th grade. :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6ixdUfsPT8c.html

I never really noticed that the print was small until you mentioned it. It is a bit smaller than usual text but not too hard to read at all. Like I said, we never noticed. My daughter really enjoyed the Life Science course. We used the Distance learning videos with this course which really made it come to life.

@@JanelleKnutson One more thing, do you feel the bju life science videos are long enough for the students to grasp the concepts? I looked at the website and it says the videos average 13 minutes. How many pages in the textbook ( the average) are read before the videos are viewed.

@@lollymanna The student would definitely need to do all the reading for each lesson. The videos help explain difficult concepts and/or bring the information to life. My daughter found the videos very helpful. She'd do the reading, be confused about a few things and then watch the video lesson and it would all click for her. I can't remember how many pages she read on average but for the Earth Science curriculum that we are using right now, they average about 10 pages per lesson.

Jake Shkurko yes, I get both.

Thank you for clarifying everything for us! ;)

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Thanks