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Bringing y’all this homeschool curriculum update today! I’m so glad that I held onto this science book from Masterbooks, it is SO GOOD!!! Curriculum Update 2021// Masterbooks God’s Design Life For Beginners // Gather Round Human Body Unit ~Sam

With a new year comes a new quarter of our homeschool which brings a new homeschool schedule!! I am so glad that I finally took the time to rework our schedule and I think what I have now is going to work out so much better than what we were doing at the start of the school year... I hope you guys get some ideas on getting a schedule done for multiple kids and as always, if you have suggestions or feedback for me please share!!

Come homeschool with us! Join along as we take you through my first graders “independent” work flow & routine... we sit side by side and work together for her hardest subject and I keep myself available for her favorites just in case she needs me! Homeschool With Us // First Grade Work Flow & Routine // Homeschooling First Grade 2021 ~Sam

I can’t believe we made it to a full year homeschooling!! I am so excited to share our journey over the last year, from the decision to pulling our kids out and where we are at now come hang out and chat with me!☺️ Homeschooling Family // Let’s Chat: From Start to Here // 1 Year Homeschool Update 2020-2021 ~Sam

Hey friends! We are already off for a fun start to this new year, and I am excited to share my 2021 Goals with y'all. Please let me know what your goals are in the comments. 2021 Goals & Word Of The Year! // Homeschool and Lifestyle Goal Setting // New Year, New Goals ~Sam

What a year!! 2020 was a year to remember. It was such a roller coaster for myself and my family and I am sure for most everyone on planet earth as well. With all of the hardships and trials presented in 2020, I wanted to take the time to find the small and hidden blessing that were in abundance in 2020... and in doing that, i realized that were so many things that I discovered, tried, read, or did in 2020 that were amazing! So please, let this video be an encouragement to you, that you can also find happiness and blessings in the smallest of things from 2020. Best of 2020 // Homeschool Curriculum, Books, Podcasts & More // Homeschool & Lifestyle Favorites ~Sam

I mentioned this amazing program and confessed my love for it in a previous homeschool favorites video. This review was requested and I am so excited to share a FULL IN DEPTH review of IEW writing curriculum. My son is a reluctant/struggling writer and I go into more details in the video, but that is where our perspective is coming from. I hope you will find this video helpful. ~Sam

Hello Friends! I am so excited to share with you a look inside the Gather Round Homeschool Human Body unit study today. This unit is from year 1, and we cannot wait to get started on this one! Gather Round Homeschool// LOOK INSIDE: Human Body Unit & Paired Readers// Homeschool Curriculum 2020 ~Sam Links: DK Find out: https://amzn.to/2JJzX18 Human Body Pop Out- https://amzn.to/39YvaUg Dr Seuss- https://amzn.to/3qHvr3G Helen Keller- https://amzn.to/3qKrI5m Clara Barton- https://amzn.to/37QEGWD God Made You- https://amzn.to/2JQ5u1k Why I Sneeze..- https://amzn.to/341qp8t Florence Nightingdale- https://amzn.to/3oEzVWS What Are The Paralympics- https://amzn.to/3qKfx8z

I am so excited to share my favorite homeschool purchases as a new homeschooling mama! These are all things, supplies, curriculum, resources, that i HIGHLY recommend and hope that you will find something here that will be helpful for you or to you that you can add to your homeschool! ~Sam

This video is all about what we use in our homeschool as a rewards system, and what rewards my kiddos can earn! I am all about rewards to increase the rate of positive behaviors my kids have during our homeschool day! I hope you guys get some new ideas on what to implement in your homeschool! ~Sam

As a new homeschooler, I have been overwhelmed with homeschool doubts. They vary, they go and come, but over time I am finding ways to talk myself out of the doubt and build my confidence as a homeschooling mom. If you have doubts about your ability, or choices pertaining to homeschool, I hope this video brings you the encouragement that you may need to keep pressing and build up your confidence as well.💕 ~Sam

This was a vulnerable video for me to make, but honestly I’d feel selfish not sharing all of the things that helped me at my absolute worst high anxiety and depressive state, and that continue to help me even in smaller bouts of stress. I hope that this video will encourage anyone that comes across it. ~Sam

Choosing curriculum is hard, at least for me! I wanted so many different things and went all in on anything that I thought we would enjoy doing, so I thought it would be fun to share some of the curriculum that I purchased with full intentions of using that we just haven't used. Some of it, there is still hope in using it, and for others it is just never going to happen. I hope you guys are able to get an idea of what my expectations were and why some of these aren't being used, and hopefully I have given you some tidbits to consider if you are planning to purchase any of these. ~Sam

How to homeschool multiple kids, ages, and grades while also caring for a toddler! I’m sharing 8 tips that have worked in my homeschool or that I’m changing to implement to make my homeschool day work better and I hope that these will useful for you and your family as well! Sharing as I learn in my first year of homeschooling.

I wanted to share 5 tips of advice and encouragement for all my fellow new homeschoolers. If you are a new homeschooling mama, or dad... this video is me sharing my heart and passing along some of the best advice that I have gotten myself as I began to consider homeschooling and ultimately made the decision, along with my husband to move forward with pulling our children from public school, mid year, and begin our own homeschooling journey.

Hello friends!! Today is all about Printing and Binding! Welcome to my channel, I’m so glad you are here. I am loving Gather Round Homeschool unit studies so much, so it was time that I made it work more cost effectively for my family, so my husband and I went all in to get exactly what we needed to be able to print great quality and bind our books ourselves. I hope this video is helpful and inspires you and your homeschool.

Homeschool storage and organization was something I wanted to get done a lot sooner than I did. It took me so long to figure out a system that could work well for us. Using a hanging storage for our morning time gaming subjects was just what I need and so perfect for our space because it also away from the little toddler hands! The storage containers that I purchase from Michaels were so perfect and I now have them set on top of my kids desks for their easy access. I hope this video have you some ideas on how you can use different storage and organization bins to fit your space and lifestyle!

I am so excited to share this NEW mini unit study from Gather Round Homeschool. We absolutely loved the US Government and were so excited to get this US History 1, and we are a few lessons in and we are loving it so much. I wanted to also share some books that we already have and some new that we are going to pair with this unit and give you guys a look inside the teachers guide.

I have previously posted a look inside through this whole unit and the student books; today, I am sharing the readers that my kids and I are pairing as independent readers and read alouds for this unit!

All about our homeschool morning schedule, my kids daily morning routine and their chores! I have their routine and chores scheduled out, printed, and hung on the side of our fridge so they know exactly what they need to do each morning, and it is always there in case they need a reminder of what they need to do that morning. This schedule works great for me because I am usually either finishing out a workout, cooking, or tending to the toddler when they are starting chores and they don't need me to get started. I hope this video is helpful and gives you some ideas on chores that your kids can be doing, or tips of on how you can schedule chores for your family!

Hello Friends! I am so excited to share with you a look inside the Gather Round Homeschool North America unit study today. I actually hadn't done a full flip through of each book yet for myself, so I was so excited to check it out right "along" with y'all. The unit studies from Gather Round Homeschool just keep getting better and better and I cannot wait to get started on this one!

Transition from public school to homeschool and what are the requirements. In this video I go into all the details of how and why we made the transition to homeschool mid year. Homeschooling is legal in all 50 states, and while I share the specific details for the state I live in, Texas, please go to hslda.org to find your state specific requirements and organizations. If you are in Texas, don't forget to visit thsc.org for a template to get your withdrawal letter written and all of the details you need to start your homeschooling journey!

Homeschool vs. online PUBLIC school at home, I was a bit confused about how different these two are from one another. If you are like my husband and I , you may be debating between homeschool and an online school such as K12 or Connections Academy. Thankfully, I had a great friend talk me through how different these are and I am so excited to put this video out and be your friend and talk you through it all!

I am so excited to share our BRAND NEW homeschool room tour with y'all today. It was so fun to clean out this area and make it our school space. It's very simple and minimal and can serve multiple purposes for us other than just homeschool. We love what we have created here in our loft and I hope that you guys can get some ideas from us, as you set to get your school room ready for the school year.

Homeschool Must Reads! These 5 books in this video have been tremendously helpful resources for me as I was considering pulling my kids from public school to transition to homeschooling. I could not say enough good things about them, you will want to keep these all on your book shelf for many homeschool years to come!