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If you were interested in in a little spark of fun and flair in a very nature based and beautiful way. Hearth Magic on Etsy has a wonderful literature unit for Eind in the Willows. My children love when I sprinkle one in occasionally because it’s unlike any book companion I have ever seen. It’s fun and nature based and very creative!

Curious about Abeka. Do you need the instructors guide? Is there any information on when to introduce the readers when?

The Smithsonian Channel has a series called "Ariel America" that is so good for giving that sense of what a state looks like and some of the history and unique culture of each state.

I feel that when I read aloud a history lesson it takes me 15-20 minutes and it doesn’t leave the kids appropriate time to write. How do you balance your minutes?

Thank you so much for this video! I find your take on the CMEC (and all the CM options out there) so very helpful as I begin my own homeschool journey with my kids! On a side note-- can you share a link for the wall calendar & world map that you have?! Thank you! :)

What a lovely video. Well said. Do you know of a similar style of video that talks about The Alveary?

Do you think the Abeka Handbook could be used to improve a newer reader in sounding out words better?

Thanks for these videos, can't wait to see your living timetable to see how it all comes together!

I am blessed by your homeschool videos! And I’d just like to say that I related so much to your comment on being the mom watching other moms homeschool videos and feeling inadequate. There is a specific channel/podcast that I listen because everything she says is such pure gold when it comes to a classical Charlotte Mason education, yet I leave the episodes feeling educated yet discourage. I don’t think it is on purpose but her content paints a picture of Charlotte Mason perfection, that her children are perfectly habit trained, that their lessons go flawlessly, etc. Rarely does she ever tell of relatable real life interruptions in her homeschool or with her family. It leaves this mom feeling like my homeschool could never measure up and that my children are missing out on a perfect education.

Wow, I had the opposite issue with the lesson plans. I found it so freeing to not have daily lesson plans. I hated AO because I constantly felt behind. I loved that they focus on the time table being the plan. Reading as much as you can in the time allotted and just moving the book mark. I do agree about the books and community.

Great video! We are going to be blending more of Charlotte Masons Philosophy into our classical (well trained mind) school year this year and I’m excited to add in all the riches! 🥰 this gave me great ideas for next year so thank you! 🥰

Great video! We are going to be blending more of Charlotte Masons Philosophy into our classical (well trained mind) school year this year and I’m excited to add in all the riches! 🥰 this gave me great ideas for next year so thank you! 🥰

I'm so glad I found your channel. You have such a sweet, calming voice. We are going into year 7 of homeschooling, but our first year 100% CM. We absolutely LOVE Little Pilgrim's Progress. It's so, so good❤. I'd love to hear you talk a little bit more about notebooking. We have our nature journals. We will add in a book of centuries which I find very intimidating. I'm thinking I need to add a commonplace book for my 7 yr old and 10 yr old. I'm very much a "notebooker" but not in an organized way. I'm excited for you and your DIY curriculum! 🎉

Hi! Love the videos! Quick question: why do you type your son’s narrations? Do you go back to them? I started doing this for my daughter but eventually stopped since we weren’t returning to them. Would love to hear more about this- thanks!

America, I love how you began by couching the skill-based subjects with their purpose and where they fit in the grand scheme of what you are attempting to do with your homeschool. I am inspired by the careful thought you put into your plans and curriculum choices.

I was wondering where you got those map coloring books?

Very informative.

Your channel and this video are beautiful. Thank you.

I'd love to see how you are planning to schedule out the readings.

I love your choices! We do Story Of The World as well as AO Year One! I would recommend holding off for Robbin Hood until next year when you can do medieval times as it will flow more smoothly. Of course do what you want and make your own choices, but I try to keep our books as aligned as we can, of course it won’t always work that way but I adapt when I can and don’t worry too much when I can’t. Thank you for more ideas for our homeschool 😊

Loving your channel so much!

We do a CM co-op so all our riches, nature study, handicrafts and art and Shakespeare are combined in that. Having an actual play to be part of has made our Shakespeare experience so fruitful. I highly recommend finding local plays in your area that you can attend if able. You can call ahead and see what their rated. We keep ours PG and cut things to fit our students. I have three versions of Shakespeare story books. Nesbit, lamb and Tina packer. I can do audio or read at home. The Tina packer one is great. It gives the cast of characters also and has some fun illustrations. Joy Cherrick recommended it. I let my ten year old read the lamb version independently since he hasn’t read all of them yet and since we focus on one play with co-op we use the stories as a family read still. I haven’t decided which version is my favorite but we like variety over here 😂 You have a good spread. Check out CM simple studies too. Crystal has done a great job with it and it has exposed us to a lot of good books. We are doing her Middle Ages one and america right now. She has one earth and sky that uses the earth and sky book as spine. They all come with coloring pages and narration prompts and every now and then activity ideas. But it’s true to CM and simple.

We’re loving Math with Confidence but I have wondered how it will go when I add another student in. 🫤

I just finished my first year with a form 2b and a 1b, working the timetable was brutal. Tears were shed at one time or another by all. By term 3 I completely gave up and just had a list like you’ve shown. I think another one of my mistakes was not considering ALL the different book suggestions for other forms. My form 2 struggled and this year I’ve resolved to focus on what he can do and do well and ignore what the CMEC feels is form appropriate.

Excited to see what curriculum you choose for this fall. I used MWC for my 1st grader this past year. I had to start simplifying the lessons about halfway through. She was getting so bored with the long drawn out teacher portion. I am planning to use it with her for 2nd grade and for my rising Kindergartener. I feel like the math foundation it’s provides is so so good. My older kids use Apologia and it’s a similar approach but much simpler. Not nearly so many games and manipulatives.

This all looks great! I will also be using The Story of the World with my incoming 3rd-grade daughter. We will only be using the Ancient Egyptian section. My older kids still remember mummifying a chicken from the activity guide! I have created lesson plans for the Ancient Egypt portion. I would be happy to send them to you., if you like!

My son (13) just finished Black Ships Before Troy (AO year 6 book) and he really enjoyed it!

There is a really neat pop-up Shakespeare book your youngest might like Pop-Up Shakespeare: Every Play and Poem. And there is a kids book called A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories. Neither of those are probably CM purists type books but they look like a good introduction for my littles (4 and 6yo).

Looks really good and rich! We’re just entering into studying U.S. history. I would love if you did a video of more of what you did in the previous years for U.S. history.

Very excited to see how you schedule everything! Such a wide feast! I'm currently picking out what to do for our year and there's so many great resources! I would love to know how you decided on what you chose, how do you narrow down? Also Under the Home uses nesbit, maybe that would be helpful? Also the four books that don't fit the time period I think is totally fine and refreshing. I choose my read alouds based on habits or character qualities I want to focus on.

I would love to hear more about music with miss Mason!

Love all your choices! For Shakespeare, I have always seen it recommended to read a play from Nesbit or Lamb, then read the play together ( we follow along as we listen to a good audio version) then watch a quality acting of it. Midsummer’s night Dream is always a good one to start with or another comedy.

I love how you narrowed the books down! I’m studying Ancient History too with my kids so this was helpful. Thank you for sharing.

Great job, mama! What a wonderful feast! We will be studying the same time period and will be using a lot of what you have chosen.

I'm also going through 24 Family Ways with my children. I've added the family ways we've done so far to our memory work box. That's been helpful for us.

Love all the H names! My siblings and I all have H names too. My children all start with Z.

I use Memoria Press recitation guides! I like it a lot. It includes more basic knowledge, like months of the year, number of planets, etc. I was a lot better about teaching my oldest some of that basic knowledge but my second child, age 6, didn't know a lot of it. I find it very helpful.

I am so happy I found your page! I have some questions and I was wondering if you could guide me at all. We were doing an island story Form 1A for groups through ambleside along with the little duke. That I think is technically middle ages. I dont know if that was the best place to start...I want to look into creating my own curriculum fit for us but I'm not sure if we should change our cycle of history since we've already started. I love the idea of adding a narrative and biography from that time piece!

It sounds like we are on the same journey! I started with CM 4 years ago and dived in feet first. Currently reading a lot of books on classical ed and I really enjoy Memoria Press podcast and Schole Sisters.

So many great picks! What you are doing this year is what I did last year, starting with Ancients for history. I did keep my children in their own AO years for literature. I didn't finish Wind and theWillows and Little Duke with my second grader. . I think my daughter will enjoy it more in a year or two. My husband is reading Robin Hood to them now. All your choices sound wonderful! The last part I resonated with so much!

Idk if I am finally at the stage where our vision and plan for homeschooling is coming together and making sense. I am a mother of one and she has some special educational needs. I started by looking at classical education then was drawn to CM but I was just doing what everyone was doing. I felt like I just am not made for this no matter how much I desired it. I decided to just do something and learn as I go with my child. America, your videos make so much sense to me, even though this isn't new to us. I eagerly await your videos. There's something about you that makes me want to keep going and find our own rhythm. Thank you! May God continue to bless you. You are definitely a blessing to our family.❤

So many great book choices! Always love seeing others book choices! We loved Boy of the Pyramids, and are currently on our third time through Little Pilgrims Progress (we do it roughly every three years as my littles get older and join in). My kids still talk about that YWAM! Lillian Trasher made a big impact on our family! I might encourage pre-reading Wind and Willows, if you haven't before, it was a no for our family due to our Christian beliefs.

This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing.

What a rich curriculum and I can only imagine how much time you spent researching and gathering everything! I’m still deciding which way to go when we start formal ed, thankfully I have one more year to do so but knowing how particular I can be, building my own curriculum may be in the equation. ❤

I also felt wary of CM's approach to teaching reading. There's a lot of research to show that reading by sight is failing kids. I chose Logic of English Foundations for my son. It is so systematic and thorough and my son has really enjoyed it and made fantastic progress. I highly recommend it. Cindy from "Our Journey Westward" wrote a blog post on why she believes Logic of English is a good fit in a CM homeschool. Her experience was with their Essentials Program. Anyway, thought I'd share what has been working well for us in case you want to check it out.

What a rich feast you are laying!

My eldest is going on 7, so much if this will be for future years, but I will be putting some of these titles on my master list for the future!

Wonderful! Such great resources and I appreciate that we can see all the titles you are using so we can see if they are available at the library or through thriftbooks.

Loved listening to your thoughts and curriculum picks. I love classical and Charlotte Mason methods of teaching! 🙌☺️

Great video! Do you have a list of documentaries that you plan to use for the 50 states? Do you use UA-cam for that?