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Soulshine Mama | Crystal Marie
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Приєднався 11 тра 2011
Hello there + welcome to my channel!
I’m a homeschool mama, a woman after God’s own heart, and I have 3 wonderful young men, my three sons, that are my world! I am a licensed massage therapist, esthetician, and reflexologist with 32+ years combined experience in my fields. I am working on balancing all the things, and I feel so blessed to be able to spend special time with my youngest son whilst homeschooling!
A couple years ago we began a new chapter, going tiny via RV living, so I'm working to live a more intentional, less cluttered life. I plan to eventually share many life things -- Homeschooling, Life Talks, Tiny RV Living, Self Care, on top of my Homeschool Content - and I hope to share some laughs + encouragement with you along the way!
Thanks for being here with me, Let's Go!
THE MATH MAP SET UP // CHALLENGE A // #curriculum #homeschooling #classicalconversations #homeschool
Hello Mamas, Papas, CC Families + UA-cam Friends!
In this video I start out talking about The Math Map-- things I have learned, my understanding, how they are wanting us to use it, different ways we can use it + what I think about it.
If you want to skip over all that and miss me talking with hands only, flailing about for some extra time (again), then you can skip ahead to about 9mins and 30secs into the video. At that point, I begin to go over the set up.
I hope you find the video helpful, or beneficial, if you do please leave a like and maybe a comment. That's a free way you can support my channel, and let UA-cam know the content is relevant so they will make it available to more people that may benefit from it. Subscribe and Turn on Notifications if you'd like to check out future videos.
Thanks for spending a little time with me!
Happy Homeschooling!
Love, Light + Many Blessings,
Crystal
In this video I start out talking about The Math Map-- things I have learned, my understanding, how they are wanting us to use it, different ways we can use it + what I think about it.
If you want to skip over all that and miss me talking with hands only, flailing about for some extra time (again), then you can skip ahead to about 9mins and 30secs into the video. At that point, I begin to go over the set up.
I hope you find the video helpful, or beneficial, if you do please leave a like and maybe a comment. That's a free way you can support my channel, and let UA-cam know the content is relevant so they will make it available to more people that may benefit from it. Subscribe and Turn on Notifications if you'd like to check out future videos.
Thanks for spending a little time with me!
Happy Homeschooling!
Love, Light + Many Blessings,
Crystal
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Challenge A Binder Set Up // Classical Conversations #homeschool #homeschooling #homeschoolmom
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Hello there, and welcome! I managed to keep this video relatively short, but I may have given talking with your hands a whole new meaning lol. Sorry if it's weird, but all you will be seeing is the binder and my hands going to town, extra.😅 The setup is pretty straight forward, and streamlined. I did reference the Latin Flashcards that I have ordered (that are not pictured, because they are otw...
ESSENTIALS BINDERS FOR HOME USE // CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS #homeschooling #homeschool #homeschoolmom
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Hey there, friends! If you are a family using Classical Conversations Essentials curriculum at home, you will want to watch this video. I go over how I setup my kiddos binders for the Essentials program, specifically for home use. These binders are a little different than how I setup his binder that we used for home and community. The binder I created for home and community use combined is only...
CC Week 6 // RELAXED REVIEW at HOME // EEL // #homeschooling #homeschool #homeschoolmom #english
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Hello and welcome back! Today's video is a review video of Classical Conversations Week 6 EEL from the Essentials program. I am reviewing with my son, and we're giving you a glimpse into one of the ways we review and engage at home. We covered Conjunctions, Charts H, we introduced the Compound sentence structure, and the S-Vt-DO sentence pattern. He wasn't overly engaged at first, felt like I w...
FREE MEMBERSHIP| CHAT WITH ME| HEALTHIER GOODIES DISCOUNT| SOME OF MY FAVS #essentialoils #doTERRA
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Hey friends! In this video I am sharing a link to get FREE MEMBERSHIP with doTERRA, which means you'd be a Wholesale Customer getting wholesale pricing for one full year. No obligations! You'll also get your own link you can share with friends to get them free membership too, plus you'll earn doTERRA dollars (AKA account credits you can spend in the shop, when someone signs up and makes their f...
4 ENCOURAGING REMINDERS FOR EVERY HOMESCHOOL PARENT // #homeschooling #homeschoolmom #grace #faith
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Hello Friends and Welcome! In this video I'm going to share with you four encouraging reminders that God put on my heart to share, as well as a short scripture that has been a helpful reminder to me. I hope you find encouragement and peace in these reminders, whether you are a homeschool veteran or new to the homeschool world! You can also share this video with others if you know someone who ma...
6TH GRADE HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM PICKS // 2023-2024 // WHAT WE LOVE // #homeschooling #curriculum
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Hi Friends! Welcome back. In this video I am sharing our curriculum picks for my sons sixth grade year. We have some repeats that we have used the past two years, because we love the curriculum. We also have some new things we are using because we are graduating ourselves from the Foundations program with Classical Conversations, and I decided it was time to take more in depth looks into subjec...
HOW TO SETUP SINGLE BINDER FOR ESSENTIALS // CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS #homeschooling #homeschool #cc
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Hello there! Are you looking to get some ideas for setting up your kiddos/students binders for the essentials program? A handy binder that they can use at home and in class? If so, you're in the right place. this setup worked really well for my kiddo and some of the kiddos/parents in our community. In this video I'll be sharing how our binder is setup, what's inside, and how we used it. I hope ...
CC Week 14 // Essentials Review // Verb Voice + S-Vt-IO-DO // #english #grammar #homeschooling
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Hello welcome back! If you are in CC this is a review of our week 14 essentials class. We will talk about the verb attribute- voice. We will discuss and go over the active and passive voice, as well as how to change a sentence from active voice to passive voice. We will review complex structure and imperative purpose and we will label and diagram a complex, imperative, S-Vt-IO-DO sentence that ...
CC Week 13 // Essentials Review // English Grammar #cc #fun #homeschooling #english #homeschoolmom
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CC Week 13 // Essentials Review // English Grammar #cc #fun #homeschooling #english #homeschoolmom
CC Week 10 // Essentials // Prepositions + S-Vl-PA Review #cc #grammar #homeschooling #english
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CC Week 10 // Essentials // Prepositions S-Vl-PA Review #cc #grammar #homeschooling #english
CC Week 6 // Essentials // Songs for Conjunctions + Compound Sentence #homeschooling #english #songs
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CC Week 6 // Essentials // Songs for Conjunctions Compound Sentence #homeschooling #english #songs
CC Week 5 // Essentials Review Interrogative Purpose + Charts A, C, D, E + F // #homeschooling #cc
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CC Week 5 // Essentials Review Interrogative Purpose Charts A, C, D, E F // #homeschooling #cc
CC Week 4 // Essentials // Pronouns Memory Work // Chart F #homeschooling #English #cc #pronoun
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CC Week 4 // Essentials // Pronouns Memory Work // Chart F #homeschooling #English #cc #pronoun
CC Week 3 // Essentials // Mini Class Nouns Chart E + IEW Unit 3 #homeschooling #English #noun #cc
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CC Week 3 // Essentials // Mini Class Nouns Chart E IEW Unit 3 #homeschooling #English #noun #cc
CC Week 3 // Essentials // Chart E Nouns Memory Work #homeschooling #cc #english #grammar #songs
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CC Week 3 // Essentials // Chart E Nouns Memory Work #homeschooling #cc #english #grammar #songs
CC Week 2 // Essentials // Verb Mini Class #grammar #homeschooling #English #cc #homeschool
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CC Week 2 // Essentials // Verb Mini Class #grammar #homeschooling #English #cc #homeschool
CC Week 2 // Essentials // Verbs Quick Review #grammar #English #verbs #songs #homeschooling
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CC Week 2 // Essentials // Verbs Quick Review #grammar #English #verbs #songs #homeschooling
CC Week 1 // Essentials // Quick Review // Sentences #grammar #homeschooling #cc #English #songs
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CC Week 1 // Essentials // Quick Review // Sentences #grammar #homeschooling #cc #English #songs
CC Week 1 // Essentials + Writing Mini Class #grammar #homeschooling #iew #cc #homeschool #english
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CC Week 1 // Essentials Writing Mini Class #grammar #homeschooling #iew #cc #homeschool #english
Hey there! I am diving in to the math map this year with my soon to be 11 year old. It's his 2nd year in Foundations/Essentials. I have downloaded the digital copy of Fractions since that is what is available. However, it does not come with the charts for reference. But in the lessons it gives many directions to use the charts. Are the charts the same in every domain? In other words, are the charts utilized in the print version of the complex domain the same charts that will be utilized for reference in the fractions domain? If so, I will purchase the complex in print so I can use those charts now since in a couple years he will be using complex anyway :)
@@aubrirussell3557 Hey Aubri! That is awesome. I heard just today that they had finished the updates and completed the fractions curriculum, and that it was available for download. I am not sure about the charts. I think I was told they are the same in the each set- like don’t worry about keeping them in mint condition you will get another copy of them with the next curriculum set- but I will double check and get back with you! And given all the concepts are supposed to be the same, just diving deeper and deeper into them with each progressing curriculum, again, I believe the charts are the same, but I will get back with you to confirm!
Hello again, Aubri. I reached out to CC customer service. Left them a vmail early on Thursday or Friday and didn’t hear back. I have spoken to our director and another mom, and no one could confirm for sure, but we are all under the understanding that the charts are the same across the curriculum. It was confirmed that the downloads don’t include the charts, which makes no sense to me, but. I guess, as long as the solutions are there and you have access to the MMC on CC connected they must feel that’s enough. I just wanted to update you and let you know I have tried. I will confirm what they say when I get an answer.
Thank you! Please do one for each week. We do not have a community near us. We are going it alone and I’m so stressed and overwhelmed with what to do and how to do it. Videos for the songs and all would be so wonderful and helpful for each week. Thank you again for this!
@@christinlattimore2685 Hey! So glad you found it helpful!! It is a lot, but just remember you guys aren’t going to master it all or learn it all the first go around! That’s the beauty of the curriculum, you get to repeat it, and next year even more things will be familiar and understood and retained! I’ve done videos for a lot of the weeks. If there was memory work and songs to learn I tried to do a shorter video for that, but those are mostly in the earlier weeks. I am going to try and fill in the gaps as the year progresses. I believe all of weeks 1-6 are already up though. 💛 For the writing (which I didn’t continue to cover every week) the IEW videos by Mr. Pudewa are very helpful, as is the teacher manual they provide with the curriculum!
We looooove this! Will you be making one for each week?
@@AliciaGreen-gk5zl Aww, I’m so glad it was helpful! 🥰 I need to fill in some gaps with my essentials videos, but the charts videos have been done. There are only so many main charts, and only so many that I know catchy tunes to. You’ve seen week 1. I also have memory work videos up for week 2 Verbs, week 3 Nouns, Week 4 Pronouns, Week 5 is a playlist for all those weeks as you review previous weeks for week 5. Week 6 Conjunctions has a video, and then there are shorts for some the individual memory work songs. If I recall correctly, the rest of the weeks are more diving into different specifics from the charts, and learning to diagram the different sentence patterns. You just keep working on memorizing the memory work songs you have already learned, on your own time as you continue on. Every tutor has their own way of instructing. I really dove into the memory work songs for the charts, because I just felt like they helped make things easier to remember, but not every tutor will get up and have you guys sing the songs, and there are probably a couple different versions of some songs. I researched and found the ones that I felt were best and went with those.
Thank you im in 5th grade and i needed help with this me and my mom are still learning lol!😂
Well, I’m glad you found it and I hope it helped you both! I’m 42 and I’m still learning too lol! 😋 One thing I’ve learned is there is always something to learn! Happy learning! ☺️
Ty❤
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Thank you!This is so helpful. Will you upload the remaining weeks?
I agree! They are great. We watched this yesterday.
Thanks so much guys! I’m so glad it was helpful for your families!! I have not made any new videos yet, but my hope is that I will be able to finish them sometime sooner rather than later. 💛🙏🏼
Thank you!!
You’re welcome!
So helpful. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! You’re welcome!
Thank you! This is great
You’re welcome! I’m glad you found it helpful!
Thank you!!
You're most welcome!!
Thank you!!!
Crystal, you really are very gifted and I'm so glad you make videos helping other CC parents!!
Thanks so much! That is so sweet. I’ve learned and relearned a lot myself. I’m glad I am able to help others. That is why I started doing the reviews.
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Can you link where you got the printouts for the 50 states you posted?? I’d love to add that to our 6th grade year! Thanks for a great video
Hey there, I’m glad you enjoyed the video! I purchased the states and capitals printables worksheets on Etsy. I’ve attached the link to them. Hope you guys have a great sixth grade year!! www.etsy.com/listing/1092438359/
Oh, bless you woman for making this video!!! I'm a first-year tutor and I'm so excited to share this with my families as a review of our class time!
🙌🏼 Yay! I’m so glad you found it helpful!!
Are your older 2 in school or graduated? I have 5 kids, 1 is 19 and done school, 1 is in public highschool and i homeschool the other 3.
Awesome! Sounds like you still have a house that is pretty full of learning. My older two boys (about to be 23 & 24) have both graduated from public high school. One started college but took a break when covid made everything go to online. They are both working now. What are the ages of your 3 kiddos you are homeschooling?
New subscriber, my oldest loves wordsearches as did I but my younger two hate them for some reason.
Hey there! Welcome! Word searches aren’t for everyone, just like anything else, we all have our things we like, and things we don’t like so much. Thankfully there are many different ways to enjoy learning! 💛
Thank you. We left CC during the first year of Essentials. I have been thinking about pulling out the materials for my rising 6th grader. This is a great binder system.
We had some families that felt a little overwhelm from the Essentials program. (Not sure if that’s why you left) The key that helped me/us not feel the overwhelm was remembering we didn’t have to know it all the first time around! Learn what we could and then go from there was our motto. We actually started our first year of CC 3months into the program… so we had actually missed the first bit all together that first time around, because we pulled out of public school fall break of his 4th grade year. Last year was our first full year of essentials, and it took some devotion but it was much easier to understand the 2nd time through, and I committed to really learning all I could. So, 😅 I think pulling it out and revisiting the materials could be great. I actually have a workbook that he uses this year, in his new binder setup for at home only, and it’s been great. I can share with you if you’re interested. I’ll probably have to email it though. It’s only 3 days per week and simple but beneficial reviews.
Wow, has the Essentials been updated recently?
No. The 5th edition is the most recent. It was put out a couple years ago. The program is the same. The curriculum book was laid out a little different. Mainly just updating some things it appeared.
And where did you get your devos?
I will add links for you… the devotional (as I mentioned is old, but we still love it) and it can be found on Amazon. The Indescribable workbook I purchased from christianbook.com. 365 Trivia Twists Devotions: An Almanac of fun facts and spiritual truth for every day of the year a.co/d/3oMO0sm www.christianbook.com/indescribable-activity-stretching-building-crosswords-experiments/louie-giglio/9781400235889/pd/235888?product_redirect=1&search_term=Indescribable&Ntt=235888&item_code=&ps_exit=PRODUCT%7Clegacy&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP
Where did you get your handwriting book?
Our cursive book is from classicalconversations.com We have last year’s cycle 2 book. I am attaching a link to this years cycle 3, American history book of the exact same type. The link should take you to the item in their bookstore. Let me know if you have any more questions! classicalconversationsbooks.com/products/fs098
Also, just wanted to add another handwriting option that we also love and may purchase again. It’s by TGATB. They have different levels and it has a little more instruction, not just tracing and copy work. Both incorporate some drawing as it helps with the fine motor skills. www.goodandbeautiful.com/pre-k-8-curriculum/handwriting/
I'm going to the 6th grade
Yay!! I hope you have an amazing year! 💛🙏🏼✨
New sub here. Those look like some fantastic choices. I’m seeing several materials we have used or are using as well. We are usually a cc family too. I also have a channel mainly about homeschooling and happy to be able to connect here 😊
Thanks for the sub! Im glad you found me. 😊 Thank you for reaching out and sharing. We have been enjoying our repeat curriculum choices as well as our new ones; that’s neat that we are using a lot of the same! I will have to visit your channel. Thanks again for being here 💛
@@SoulshineMamaOfficial that’s cool that y’all found what y’all like to do on repeat. And thank you so so much also!
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So helpful for my kiddos!!!
Yay!! I'm so glad it has been helpful for your kiddos! That is why I started doing it; to be helpful to kiddos, and the mamas and papas that are learning and teaching as well! The process was helpful to me too, another step in learning and taking it in myself.
I'm sharing this with my homeschool friends. Ty. You are so awesome!!.
Thanks so much!! That's so sweet! I appreciate you sharing, and I hope the videos are equally helpful for your friends!
Your videos are so helpful, ty so much for doing this. Ty ty.
You're most welcome!! I'm so glad you found them, and they are helpful!
Crystal is classical Conversations? new sub here
Classical Conversations is a homeschool curriculum that teaches via the classical style of learning-- which means you cover a lot of the same materials over and over, as you cycle through, allowing you to memorize and master, instead of just memorizing for a moment to take a test and then moving on like the public education system does. It is based in a Christ-centered worldview, though I've known some folks that used the program who weren't necessarily Christians. We look at things in science and geography and other wondrous things and acknowledge the greatness of God and His creations, while also learning about other views. Aside from the curriculum, there are also Classical Conversations Communities... these communities are separate from the providers of the curriculum, but they adhere to their guidelines and work together. CC has curriculum and classes for 4 year olds through high school. The only drawback I've had with the community is that it is a bit costly to be a part of. I love our community itself though; lots of wonderful mamas, papas, and kiddos!! There is a lot of love, support, friendship, and encouragement within our community. We joined because I only have one kiddo at home now, and I wanted him to have the interaction with other kiddos and build friendships with other like minded kids/families. We only meet one day per week, but we also go on field trips, he has sleep-overs, and sometimes we do play dates with his CC friends, aside from other interactions he has through sports and with friends he made while in public school, before we started homeschooling. I hope that answers your question! I'm not short on words lol. I may do a video explaining a little more, explaining the different classes, and what a day at our CC community looks like...
Thank you, thank you, thank you for making Essentials Videos! Sooooo very helpful:-))
I’m so glad you find them helpful!! That makes my heart happy!!!
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I’m glad you found this helpful! ☺️
Is the SPIDOPONA song to the tune of a familiar song, (I can't quite place it)? If so, which one? Thank you for the video :)
You’re most welcome! Honestly, I was asked that same question in class, and we couldn’t figure it out either!? So, I’m not sure exactly, but I liked it the best out of all the options I came across and that’s why I chose that one for us to learn.
Thank you!
You’re most welcome! I’m glad it was helpful! 😊
This is more helpful than you know! I direct a brand new Essentials program with all new parents, so this insight to help memorize the charts is great!!
Awesome! My goal with making the videos is to help as many as possible. This was my first full tour of Essentials plus my first time tutoring, so I’m super happy that the video was beneficial to you and your community!! 💛🙏🏼✨
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