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This House of Walls
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Welcome to This House of Walls!
I love to use this space to share about homeschooling and books!
Our family has been homeschooling since 2020. We try to choose secular, inclusive curriculum or find ways to edit it to fit our views. We tend to choose classical or literature based curriculum but I will use anything that helps my children learn.
Outside of homeschooling, I love to read. After reading very poorly written, not fulfilling books for years I decided to find better books! I have filled my shelves and in 2023 reached my goal of reading 100 books!
I love to use this space to share about homeschooling and books!
Our family has been homeschooling since 2020. We try to choose secular, inclusive curriculum or find ways to edit it to fit our views. We tend to choose classical or literature based curriculum but I will use anything that helps my children learn.
Outside of homeschooling, I love to read. After reading very poorly written, not fulfilling books for years I decided to find better books! I have filled my shelves and in 2023 reached my goal of reading 100 books!
The Week of a Homeschool Mom II Secular Homeschooling and Lots of Books!
Welcome to This House of Walls!
We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more!
I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book!
Places to find me:
thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com
instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (Just a heads up- I am set up as private to weed out the creepers!)
Links:
Book of the Month www.mybotm.com/7byzjl3c0wn?show_box=true
Pandia Press www.pandiapress.com/ref/144/
Amazon Wish List www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/JH76BV3X35GS?ref_=wl_share
My Latest Videos:
Mid Year Freak Out Book Tag: ua-cam.com/video/0hAd4_EEjDo/v-deo.html
Homeschool Cost: ua-cam.com/video/5dhmgMk3ro4/v-deo.html
July Books: ua-cam.com/video/NaC3p8-Wo34/v-deo.html
Video Links:
A Year of Agatha ua-cam.com/video/dKGwBHd0Kjo/v-deo.htmlsi=Bmi1RElq94UgqBO3
4th Grade Curriculum Picks: ua-cam.com/video/dIxMcoNXFco/v-deo.html
8th Grade Curriculum Picks: ua-cam.com/video/6fE-6rlU9ic/v-deo.html
We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more!
I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book!
Places to find me:
thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com
instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (Just a heads up- I am set up as private to weed out the creepers!)
Links:
Book of the Month www.mybotm.com/7byzjl3c0wn?show_box=true
Pandia Press www.pandiapress.com/ref/144/
Amazon Wish List www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/JH76BV3X35GS?ref_=wl_share
My Latest Videos:
Mid Year Freak Out Book Tag: ua-cam.com/video/0hAd4_EEjDo/v-deo.html
Homeschool Cost: ua-cam.com/video/5dhmgMk3ro4/v-deo.html
July Books: ua-cam.com/video/NaC3p8-Wo34/v-deo.html
Video Links:
A Year of Agatha ua-cam.com/video/dKGwBHd0Kjo/v-deo.htmlsi=Bmi1RElq94UgqBO3
4th Grade Curriculum Picks: ua-cam.com/video/dIxMcoNXFco/v-deo.html
8th Grade Curriculum Picks: ua-cam.com/video/6fE-6rlU9ic/v-deo.html
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Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag II A little late...
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (Just a heads up- I ...
How much did it cost for books and curriculum? II 2024-2025 School Year
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (Just a heads up- I ...
July Books II All the books that I finished in July
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (Just a heads up- I ...
July Homeschool Update II How did our first month of school go?
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (Just a heads up- I ...
Homeschool Room Cleaning and Planning II Reset after a week of illness
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (Just a heads up- I ...
Massive Stack of Books for August II August TBR
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (Just a heads up- I ...
Mid-Year Book Haul II BOTM Unboxing, Fantasy, Book Cubs, and More!
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (Just a heads up- I ...
Setting Up the 1st Day of School II Dollar Store haul, book haul, and planning!
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (Just a heads up- I ...
Layers of Learning Writer's Workshop II Flip Through and Scheduling
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (Just a heads up- I ...
June Books II A DNF, a 5 star, and lots more!
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (I have this set to ...
Homeschool Room Tour II 2024-2025 School Year
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls (Just a heads up- I ...
July TBR II Read a shelf with TBR Jar
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls Links: Book of the M...
How to set up a homeschool year! II Part 3
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Part 1: ua-cam.com/video/xltyZTP1sRM/v-deo.htmlsi=7WEb7MtASsldT0Do Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/EJpauEOsA...
Books that I want to read this summer!
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Welcome to This House of Walls! We are a secular homeschooling family that is about to start our 5th year! I love to share what we use, how we use it, how it is working, and more! I also love to use this little corner to talk about books! In any free time, you can find me curled up with a book! Places to find me: thishouseofwalls006@gmail.com instagram.com/@thishouseofwalls Links: Book of the M...
Fourth Grade Math with Confidence II Unboxing and Flip Through
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Fourth Grade Math with Confidence II Unboxing and Flip Through
Denison Math II Pre-Algebra Flip Through
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Denison Math II Pre-Algebra Flip Through
7th Grade Books II What did my 7th grader read this year?
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7th Grade Books II What did my 7th grader read this year?
7th Grade Review II What worked and what didn't work?
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7th Grade Review II What worked and what didn't work?
June TBR II Too many books that I want to read!
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June TBR II Too many books that I want to read!
3rd Grade Books II What did my 3rd grader read this year?
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3rd Grade Books II What did my 3rd grader read this year?
3rd Grade Review II What worked and what didn't work?
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3rd Grade Review II What worked and what didn't work?
How to set up a homeschool year! II Part 2
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How to set up a homeschool year! II Part 2
2024-2025 Homeschool Planner II School Nest Minimalist Planner
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2024-2025 Homeschool Planner II School Nest Minimalist Planner
Build Your Library Level 7 II A glance at the books and resources!
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Build Your Library Level 7 II A glance at the books and resources!
Loved the WITL vlog. Fun to watch. Your editing problems made me laugh -- with you, not at you!
How do you go about selecting/hearing about the books you choose? My TBR is limitless.
I use a TBR prompt jar to help pick my books every month. But I will also pick books from series that I am reading, a seasonal book, or just a random book that I want to read.
I really enjoyed this type of video! Thanks for sharing.
I am so glad! It's fun to film little bits throughout the week. ❤️
I spent quite a bit because I wanted to see everything and I use literature-based curriculum. Too much impulse buying. But now that I've seen so many of the curricula that I was interested in, next year will be much more restrained because I will already know what I like and don't like.
I have totally done that as well! But I think that it does help in future years to know the ins and it's of certain curriculum.
Obsessed with The Green Bone Saga! Hope you like it and Mistborn. Song of Achilles is also my favorite book.
Yay! I can't wait to read them! ❤️
I appreciate your video and look forward to seeing your posts when I have down time. I find the way others do their homeschool fascinating. I spent WAY too much on curriculum this year and was convicted to do better for next year. I have already shopped EBay and went to a garage sale to find a bargain on a big ticket item on my list! Even if I can’t find a deal on what we need, my son is getting a great Christian education and I’m spending a fraction of private school tuition.
I loved June farrow! That’s the kind of time travel I love!!
It was a great time travel book!
Why do you think your older son had Covid twice? I barely survived Covid, so I try to keep knowledgeable about the changes and prevalence of the illness.
We think he did because he was sick, was getting better, then got sick again. We were thinking maybe it was a secondary infection but his tests became really positive during this. Luckily we are all better now!
@@thishouseofwalls oh, wow, that’s horrible if you can get it twice within 2 weeks!
Thank you for sharing ! I feel less alone in wanting to still use this curriculum while remaining secular.
Wow your skin is FLAWLESS! Pretty
I was disappointed by The Frozen River too. I DNFd it, actually. What cult books have you enjoyed? I am fascinated by cults, but haven't read many books about them.
I got the massive one! 😂 I’ve used a Walmart one for years and wanted something new. Hopefully I won’t regret it, I think the spiral is a great idea! Where do you do that?
Never mind! I saw you answered this! 😁
Yay! Enjoy!
I used Beowulf Grammar last year for my 4th grader and I did 3 days a week. This year I am continuing it and I brought it down to 2 days. We have only done a few weeks of school this year but I am definitely enjoying 2 days a week better with a 4 day schedule. If I did a five day schedule I would do 3 days a week. I really enjoy it and so does my daughter!
Thank you for your input! ❤️ We do our main work 4 days a week, and another day of the week is only BYL. I may keep Beowulf at 1 day a week for now.
Love these! Thank you for inviting us into your process. I begin BYL LVL 3 + 1 on Monday! I am very excited.
I love sharing these monthly updates! Have a great first day! ❤️
It sounds like you had a wonderful first month(aside from being sick) Your coffee mug is adorable!
Hey sweet friend. So glad everyone went well this year and there was no need to adjust curriculum. May you have a another good year. 🙏☺️
I am glad your family is feeling better and I love your coffee cup!
Thank you! ❤️
Nice video! I am here for the book videos!
More coming soon! ❤️
Sorry, you had covid. My husband has had it three times! He gets it every year, sucks to be him. I've heard a lot of people talk about build your library. What are your thoughts? One of my goals for this new school year is to be more organized. I'm definitely doing my "research" by seeing what other mamas are doing.
Oh every year sounds awful! We love BYL! I started it last year with my oldest when we were grasping at anything that might work for him. This year both of my kids are using it and loving it! I have a few videos about BYL books and resources and how we are using it. Hope that helps!
I’m glad you’re getting better! We always get sick at the beginning of the year too, usually around September 😭😭😭
It has been crazy here! Hopefully we are all better soon.
I haven't heard of this math program before. How have you been liking it? I spent much of the summer looking for a new math program for my son.
My son has only just started it but he is liking it so far.
Oooh, I think our FiveStar Flex Notebinders would work perfectly as an Interactive notebook that doesn't require gluing pages in(its one of my biggest pet peeves😂) i can just hole punch printed worksheets and fill in with the notebook paoer as needed! I might have missed it but did you mention around how much it cost to buy all the books? We don't have a very good library system in my area(KY) they do offer intrastate library loans but those can take a few months to receive and you only get the book for 2 weeks. There's also a 6 book limit which shocked me when I moved to our current county, previous counties had 10-15 book limits. I'm looking at BYL for next year but I don't think it would work out unless we bought all of the books.
Yeah I think those notebooks would work great! We tend to not always use full papers or like to have space to write but there are many different ways to use BYL. I haven't done a video about cost yet. In August I will have a video with the full cost of curriculum and books for both of my kids. But I did use a local used book store, Thriftbooks, Book Outlet, and Amazon (new and used) to purchase the books. I think that books could also be slowly purchased or even just borrow the audiobooks from the library if that is available. ❤️
How did Denison Math go? Will you use it for algebra?
We have only started it for this school year. I will be sure to give updates as we are using it and at the end of the school year.
Feel better! Mexican Gothic is one of my favs 🖤 highly recommend for a fall TBR
I know all of our experiences are different. However, I'd be interested to know about how long you spend each day reading out laud. Also, do your kiddos read 1 book a day? I'm not sure exactly how much work going into all of this... but I am SUPER interested in this curriculum!
Reading varies with each of my kids. My 8th grader is pretty independent so we only do literature together every day. It's maybe 20 pages of a chapter book and if I can find the audio we use that. My 4th grader and I use the books and resources together. It takes a chunk of our morning but I am not actively reading aloud the entire time. And no, we definitely don't read a book a day! Each chapter book takes about 2-3 weeks and the other resources are just read as needed. I have a couple Build Your Library videos showing how I have set it up and hopefully that helps. ❤️
@thishouseofwalls that helps quite a bit! I will definitely check out your other videos! Thank you!!
Great video. We are using Denison Math and LOVE it! ❤
I honestly can’t stand geography or science type books with drawings and prefer pictures, so the fact that the National Parks book has more photos than drawings is appealing.
I agree! There is another popular one but it's all drawings! Such a missed opportunity to show the actual beauty of these places.
Where did you get the activity sheet "I'm excited to be in 4th grade"?
Teacherspayteachers from Primary Playground. Enjoy!
Where did you get your homeschool planner?
It's from School Nest on Amazon. I have a flip through posted here of how I set it up.
@@thishouseofwalls thank you so much!
If you're up for the planning this program has so much richness in it. I love that it can be a resource year after year. You aren't missing much in the guide. I did buy it before I bought the full program, and I was disappointed that there wasn't really anything in it that wasn't freely available either from their podcast or on the website.
Good to know that I am not really missing anything!
Thank you for this list. We read some of the books that you mentioned. My son loved Hatchet and My side of the Mountain. He loved the Giver and we watched the movie as well. We read The Long Walk to Water in 5th grade and I didn't know there was a documentary. We will check that out. I made a list of the books you mentioned and hopefully we can do some this summer. We are currently read The Princess Bride, which is very enjoyable.
We use this and love it so much!
Great flip through! I look forward to seeing how this works for you throughout the year. I think the how-to guide is sold separately because you only need it once. You don’t need to print it with every unit. But I agree, it’s a bit odd that it’s sold separately. If you go to their “Catalog” link and look at their planner, you can see a planner page for Writer’s Workshop, which I found helpful.
Thank you! This will definitely help me out. I was a little confused with the writers notebook and didn’t really want to have to purchase the extra thing for it so thank you for sharing that!
This was helpful! Thank you :)
Hi! Just discovered your channel recently. Nice room! We have the same set of table chairs. :)
Thank you! Welcome to my little corner of UA-cam! ❤️
The closest IKEA is two hours away from us. We usually go a couple of times a year and we have so many IKEA storage units holding school supplies, books, and toys. I would be in so much trouble if it were just down the street 😂
Ikea is the best for school storage! ❤️
How much time do you all spend in here during a typical day? Because I would never leave.
It is definitely a favorite room in our house. ❤️
Denison is amazing! I hope he loves it
Im wild bc these are literally my favorite types of videos
Yay! All 3 in this series are now posted. ❤️
Ugh, I didn’t wanna think about this yet. But you popped up so I guess it’s time.
Oh, the Type A in me loves the planning! Enjoy!
I’m wondering how does BYL handle language arts specifically the book studies? Do you focus on literary terminology or just comprehension questions?
It follows a very Charlotte Mason method. The reader is the book that the kids read on their own. They sometimes will use a narration card for the book. The literature book is done as a read aloud and has vocabulary and discussion questions that are to be talked about. There is also copy work and dictation from the literature. We add in extra writing and grammar.
Did you do the rebinding on your own? Any tips you could offer for that?
No I took it to Office Depot. I have a small binding machine but I prefer to just use it for things that I print at home. In the store they can cleanly cut the binding off for me.
Thank you for this flip through, my rising 7th grader will also be doing Denison this year. I’m excited for this
I've seen a couple of reviews on Amazon saying that the paper is poorer quality for the 2024 planners, compared to previous years. I like the latest layout, but the quality of the paper would sway me to an earlier version... what's your opinion on the paper quality?
That hasn't been the case for me at all. I have written all over this planner with pens, pencils, and felt-tip pens. I think that the paper is great quality. Like last year, the felt tip leaves a little shadow but definitely doesn't bleed through. I have been really impressed with the quality!
@@thishouseofwalls Thank you, that's good to know.