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I like the fact that you are honest in every vlog you create, I really appreciate honest content creators as a 1980's child/teen who now struggles to keep up with the bombardment of influencers. I try to keep up as I have two young adult sons who make me look like I just came out the Ark!
I was homeschooled k-12. We went through a school called Christian Liberty Academy, which is actually a real school, with a real campus and everything. But they also offer an accredited Christian homeschool program for students nationwide. The positives about going that route is that you’re more likely to get accepted into major colleges and universities (if that’s something you are even interested in) since they are accredited by the National Association of Private Schools. You also get a real diploma when you graduate instead of a GED. They offer achievement testing, tailored curriculum, publisher variety, alternate courses, flexible schedules, grading, report cards, diplomas, etc. If I remember correctly, they offer a lot of different curriculum options, and they ship all the textbooks and materials to your house. My mom liked the Abeka curriculum the best so we used that. I don’t have anything else to compare my homeschooling experience to, but I liked it pretty good!
Another wonderful video!! I homeschooled my two children back in the 80's when it wasn't very popular. But we didn't care. We just knew we had to do something. I can not imagine having a child in public school's today. I understand though that many have to for a variety of reasons. And it's not for everyone, it's a huge commitment. I love that you show all that you do; the housework & cleaning, cooking, school prep, farm & much much more. You are doing a fabulous job and a service to your family that will carry them into their next phase of life. Thank you Steff for sharing your world. 💕
Great efforts! It feels amazing when you find somebody like you. Yes, it's really hard and stressful (homeschooling) , occupied all the time, but results/rewards are worthy.
My daughter and I now home school my grandchildren, one being high functioning autistic. These kids have excelled since we left the institution of government schooling . Children don’t all fit in the same box . We are lucky we live on an island , we study nature, we grow food , we play like children should , yes it is hard work, but we teach them simple living . They are all excelling , not fluff and unnecessary subjects are school. Every strict here in Australia, they still follow the state curriculum so education targets at achieved. We don’t want our children to have woke ideology forced on them . We just do it our way, gently and positively. Best decision we have made . We want to raise beautiful humans . 💗💗🐨
Thank you for talking about how you enrolled your children in school, just to find out how stressful it is, too. I’m in that situation right now and I feel really alone in my thoughts. I tried homeschooling my oldest daughter for kindergarten, but it was a really hard year for me (my husband was deployed for most of it). So, this year, I caved and enrolled my daughter in school for first grade. I thought this would be the best choice for me, but it turns out it’s a different kind of stress. I miss homeschooling and I would honestly take the stress of homeschooling over the stress of traditional school! I have been trying to decide what to do - if I should keep her enrolled her not; but I think I’m going to take this school year to plan and research for next year, so I can homeschool successfully next year.
I also started my daughter with TGAB, and it was just a bit all over the place for me, I agree that it often felt like busy work. We have landed on Charlotte Mason style for now, and we are enjoying it so much. I loved your analogy about the peg rack and why memorizing facts is important, that’s going to stick with me! That is something we can improve on in our homeschool.
I can definitely relate to your experience with traditional school. We have done both homeschooling and private Christian school, and for us too, traditional school was more stressful.
Thank you for the explanation on classical homeschool. I will be getting into this in a few years Lord willing and I really had no idea how important this is.
I loved this video! We are homeschool farmers as well and we use a combination of Charlotte Mason and Memoria Press classical for our curriculum and I am loving it so far. Thanks for your always-awesome content!
We use Seton Home Study School for our Catholic curriculum. We love it so far! I hope to share my homeschooling schedule soon on my channel. Love your channel and your honesty. Keep up the great work!
My kids are the same way with school work - they want to get work done and do the rest of their learning through free play. We love Christian Light Education curriculum for math and LA for this reason.
God truly IS goodness, truth and beauty, Amen! I fell in love with classical education (I was public schooled, knew no different) when my now 14 year old was in third grade. He (with two of my younger sons) is now currently in a fully classical Hillsdale school and in the rhetoric stage. It is so exciting to hear about the kids’ Socratic discussions in school, where they are not only being taught how to think critically and deeply, but also to communicate graciously and articulately. I think you do these things well and I praise the Lord for His gracious gifts to you! Homeschooling is hard, I’m still in it with my youngest, but as we say around our house, “you choose your hard.” Often times the worthy choice is not an easy path. Blessings on you.
You are truly the SUPER MOM. If I would've had a family I would want to do it the way you do! Great video as always! Until next video....Your Catholic Friend Nancy from OHIO
This!! I would love to be part of a school community IF it was truly Catholic and classical. But the options near me doesn’t seem much better than the public school. For the last 3 years, I traditionally homeschooled my oldest using curriculum that I put together such as Saxon Math, Story of the Bible, Beautiful Feet Science, Five in a Row and some Seton workbooks. This year I am trying Kolbe Academy online. So far, my oldest daughter loves having a class and is handling the workload quite well. She is on screens for about 3 hours which is a lot for an 8 year old. My second daughter seems indifferent but I think it’s because she is a first grader. I kind of wish I just enrolled my oldest, and homeschooled my second using the Kolbe curriculum. Anyway, I do like how it is even though I do miss teaching the subjects myself. Catholic classical education makes the most sense for my family even though it’s not how I was raised or educated.
I love your content! When I talk about your content to my husband he always says, “Oh, she is the UA-camr that is legit, right?” We both agree you’re the most authentic. ❤
The Good and the Beautiful isnt for me either and I am glad you spoke honestly about that, too must "cute" stuff and busy work, I do NOT like workbooks or online learning.
We have similar stories. My oldest homeschooler is in 7th. We dabbled in PS after the pandemic but it didn’t last a year. We used TGATB and we have also don’t Classical conversations. Now we are doing Timbersoodle. It’s fun. Lots of STEM. We have also done online schooling. The state pays for the non religious curriculum in Oregon as a part of the public school system. We have done private homeschooling but that was OOP. I prefer the taxes we pay, pays for my kids curriculum. We haven’t started yet- awaiting curriculum.
Homeschool kid here, now 45. I don't think my mom had a very good understanding of classical education, though I still got a very good education. The good thing is, I was taught how to teach myself, so I am a lifelong learner. I have memorized vast passages of scripture, and so I have an excellent memory. I did not memorize a historical framework, so I would like to do that now. Where can I find such a thing?
Checkout Chronos History, it's a chronological history curriculum. Geared towards homeschooled children and parents but great for anyone wanting to get a better grasp of history
Hi Stephanie, I love listening to you in your videos, you have so much knowledge. Also I am really amazed how much you put your baby is the carrier on your back, you are a pro at it of course haha. so awesome ☺
Could you make a video on not using shampoo? I wash my hair everyday and I go through hormonal spells where no matter how much I shampoo my hair, it's greasy. How do you get through not shampooing your hair? What do you use instead and how often? Can I use dry shampoo in the mean time to look decent when leaving the house? Thank you!
Question - for your hair, no water or just specifically no shampoo? Hmm ... think we need a video just about this 😉 And, I will set my embarrassment aside and tell you that just like not all of us were taught to cook, manage finances, clean, some of us also were not taught about hair/skin/nail care. I don't know what I don't know, but I've an inkling that what and how often certain products are used on skin and in hair is having more of an effect then we think. Your research and personal experience would be wonderful.
Oh my goodness I think we have the same mattress!!! How do you keep the mattresses together? I have the hardest time keeping them together, they always end up separating by the next morning.
My kids go to a good catholic private school that teaches liberal arts. Its going well. They do get funding from the state so they have to go by the state mandated vaccination schedule. I have not supplied them with my children's vaccination schedules. If they ask me for it I will be forced to quit my job and homeschool. I hope it doesn't come to that.
I find classical education fascinating. I still have some time before we start homeschool but they have a classical conversations co op that meets at my church. Will you share what back carrier you used in this video please? ☺️
I am so thankful that I found your channel. You are producing amazing content! I am curious about the probiotics. How long do you take them for? Indefinitely??
Hello, I have a sour dough starter issue, and I don't know where else to go. I started my starter 8 days ago, and I'm following what I've been told here on Hopewell Heights. After the first feeding it had a hungry hooch, so I adjusted that, and for the first few days it smelled of yeast, and it would rise. But I haven't seen much activity for the past proberbly 5 days, except for the odd bubble or two. I even added rye to the wheat flower, but still nothing. I wonder if it's mad at me. Is it possible for the starter to be too thick, not enough water? Can someone point me into a direction? Thank you for reading. God bless
Ok i have spent my life savings at TAN books for homeschooling😂😂😂😂 I'm a kid in a candy store on their website. Like you i LOVE LOVE LOVE the story of civilization- my kids listen to the audiobooks for fun. I also love they religion series by fr John laux- a👏maz👏ing👏!! Sometimes they have 40% off sales too!!!
yep most capsule probiotics are just random strains or "proprietary blends" and are not effective at all, you don't know which strains you are getting and they die before reaching the lower GI tract!
Are you watching just to be a hater? If you genuinely liked someone and their content, I’m sure you’d find a kinder way to word your critique/question.
Thank you SEED for sponsoring this video! SEED's DS-01 Daily Synbiotic (prebiotic + probiotic in one, double-layered capsule!) has been a game changer for me as I've been working to combat overgrowth and rebuild a healthy microbiome the last few months. I've been taking the DS-01 daily for 2 months now and have seen great improvements in my overall health! Use code HOPEWELL25 for 25% your order - check out the research on SEED DS-01 Daily Synbiotic here: seed.com/daily-synbiotic?promo_code=hopewell25
Can you please share once again 😜 where you going the probiotics that you crush into your sibo yogurt?
I like the fact that you are honest in every vlog you create, I really appreciate honest content creators as a 1980's child/teen who now struggles to keep up with the bombardment of influencers. I try to keep up as I have two young adult sons who make me look like I just came out the Ark!
Feel the same 😂😂😂
I was homeschooled k-12. We went through a school called Christian Liberty Academy, which is actually a real school, with a real campus and everything. But they also offer an accredited Christian homeschool program for students nationwide. The positives about going that route is that you’re more likely to get accepted into major colleges and universities (if that’s something you are even interested in) since they are accredited by the National Association of Private Schools. You also get a real diploma when you graduate instead of a GED. They offer achievement testing, tailored curriculum, publisher variety, alternate courses, flexible schedules, grading, report cards, diplomas, etc. If I remember correctly, they offer a lot of different curriculum options, and they ship all the textbooks and materials to your house. My mom liked the Abeka curriculum the best so we used that. I don’t have anything else to compare my homeschooling experience to, but I liked it pretty good!
Another wonderful video!! I homeschooled my two children back in the 80's when it wasn't very popular. But we didn't care. We just knew we had to do something. I can not imagine having a child in public school's today. I understand though that many have to for a variety of reasons. And it's not for everyone, it's a huge commitment. I love that you show all that you do; the housework & cleaning, cooking, school prep, farm & much much more. You are doing a fabulous job and a service to your family that will carry them into their next phase of life. Thank you Steff for sharing your world. 💕
Thanks for paving the way for us!
Great efforts!
It feels amazing when you find somebody like you.
Yes, it's really hard and stressful (homeschooling) , occupied all the time, but results/rewards are worthy.
My daughter and I now home school my grandchildren, one being high functioning autistic. These kids have excelled since we left the institution of government schooling . Children don’t all fit in the same box . We are lucky we live on an island , we study nature, we grow food , we play like children should , yes it is hard work, but we teach them simple living . They are all excelling , not fluff and unnecessary subjects are school. Every strict here in Australia, they still follow the state curriculum so education targets at achieved. We don’t want our children to have woke ideology forced on them . We just do it our way, gently and positively. Best decision we have made . We want to raise beautiful humans . 💗💗🐨
@14:40 it’s so cute how he helped himself to the high chair in anticipation of breakfast ❤
Looove how you explain Classical education! We are classical homeschoolers too for the same reasons. It has been so amazing for our family.
Thank you for talking about how you enrolled your children in school, just to find out how stressful it is, too. I’m in that situation right now and I feel really alone in my thoughts. I tried homeschooling my oldest daughter for kindergarten, but it was a really hard year for me (my husband was deployed for most of it). So, this year, I caved and enrolled my daughter in school for first grade. I thought this would be the best choice for me, but it turns out it’s a different kind of stress. I miss homeschooling and I would honestly take the stress of homeschooling over the stress of traditional school! I have been trying to decide what to do - if I should keep her enrolled her not; but I think I’m going to take this school year to plan and research for next year, so I can homeschool successfully next year.
Thank you for this! Our first homeschool coop was yesterday and I was so overwhelmed with all the curriculum possibilities
I also started my daughter with TGAB, and it was just a bit all over the place for me, I agree that it often felt like busy work. We have landed on Charlotte Mason style for now, and we are enjoying it so much. I loved your analogy about the peg rack and why memorizing facts is important, that’s going to stick with me! That is something we can improve on in our homeschool.
I can definitely relate to your experience with traditional school. We have done both homeschooling and private Christian school, and for us too, traditional school was more stressful.
Thank you for the explanation on classical homeschool. I will be getting into this in a few years Lord willing and I really had no idea how important this is.
Awesome to see another classical homeschooling family, we’re rare! 😂 we use Memoria Press.
You really do look wonderful! I’m not even talking about the weight loss but I do know how good that feels! Your skin and eyes look great!
I loved this video! We are homeschool farmers as well and we use a combination of Charlotte Mason and Memoria Press classical for our curriculum and I am loving it so far. Thanks for your always-awesome content!
That clip of yall on the floor, with the baby crawling everywhere and school supplies scattered..I feel that 😂❤
We use Seton Home Study School for our Catholic curriculum. We love it so far! I hope to share my homeschooling schedule soon on my channel. Love your channel and your honesty. Keep up the great work!
That’s the one I’m using 🙏🌹
We use seton aswell we love it
@@magrock151 Nice! How long have you been using the curriculum?
@@thismamasviewfromhome Have you used this from the start with your children or did any of your kids switch from public to homeschool?
My kids are the same way with school work - they want to get work done and do the rest of their learning through free play. We love Christian Light Education curriculum for math and LA for this reason.
God truly IS goodness, truth and beauty, Amen! I fell in love with classical education (I was public schooled, knew no different) when my now 14 year old was in third grade. He (with two of my younger sons) is now currently in a fully classical Hillsdale school and in the rhetoric stage. It is so exciting to hear about the kids’ Socratic discussions in school, where they are not only being taught how to think critically and deeply, but also to communicate graciously and articulately. I think you do these things well and I praise the Lord for His gracious gifts to you!
Homeschooling is hard, I’m still in it with my youngest, but as we say around our house, “you choose your hard.” Often times the worthy choice is not an easy path. Blessings on you.
You are truly the SUPER MOM. If I would've had a family I would want to do it the way you do! Great video as always! Until next video....Your Catholic Friend Nancy from OHIO
This!! I would love to be part of a school community IF it was truly Catholic and classical. But the options near me doesn’t seem much better than the public school. For the last 3 years, I traditionally homeschooled my oldest using curriculum that I put together such as Saxon Math, Story of the Bible, Beautiful Feet Science, Five in a Row and some Seton workbooks. This year I am trying Kolbe Academy online. So far, my oldest daughter loves having a class and is handling the workload quite well. She is on screens for about 3 hours which is a lot for an 8 year old. My second daughter seems indifferent but I think it’s because she is a first grader. I kind of wish I just enrolled my oldest, and homeschooled my second using the Kolbe curriculum. Anyway, I do like how it is even though I do miss teaching the subjects myself. Catholic classical education makes the most sense for my family even though it’s not how I was raised or educated.
Hopewell Heights, your channel is phenomenal.
I love your content! When I talk about your content to my husband he always says, “Oh, she is the UA-camr that is legit, right?” We both agree you’re the most authentic. ❤
Great video. Love the real life content 🎉
I love this video, thank you!
I really enjoyed this video, you covered so many important things, your children are good helpers & so beautiful! 😊
I always learn so much from your videos! Thank u so much!
I am interested in the no shampoo, maybe you can go more in detail
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Yes it's been hard lately so hard we all ended up sick
The Good and the Beautiful isnt for me either and I am glad you spoke honestly about that, too must "cute" stuff and busy work, I do NOT like workbooks or online learning.
We have similar stories. My oldest homeschooler is in 7th. We dabbled in PS after the pandemic but it didn’t last a year. We used TGATB and we have also don’t Classical conversations. Now we are doing Timbersoodle. It’s fun. Lots of STEM. We have also done online schooling. The state pays for the non religious curriculum in Oregon as a part of the public school system. We have done private homeschooling but that was OOP. I prefer the taxes we pay, pays for my kids curriculum. We haven’t started yet- awaiting curriculum.
The basic premise of unschooling seems to deny original sin and people's tendency to go the easy way
Homeschool kid here, now 45. I don't think my mom had a very good understanding of classical education, though I still got a very good education. The good thing is, I was taught how to teach myself, so I am a lifelong learner. I have memorized vast passages of scripture, and so I have an excellent memory. I did not memorize a historical framework, so I would like to do that now. Where can I find such a thing?
Checkout Chronos History, it's a chronological history curriculum. Geared towards homeschooled children and parents but great for anyone wanting to get a better grasp of history
I love your dress! I need to find more pretty dresses, I can't seem to find any locally and I'm scared to buy online 😢
I love your hair! I realized that using no shampoo does great with my hair and prevents it from breaking.
What is your skincare routine…. Your skin is flawless!
Hi Stephanie, I love listening to you in your videos, you have so much knowledge. Also I am really amazed how much you put your baby is the carrier on your back, you are a pro at it of course haha. so awesome ☺
Very cool channel ❤
I made laundry detergent yesterday- excited to try 😊
I love love your channel ❤
Could you make a video on not using shampoo? I wash my hair everyday and I go through hormonal spells where no matter how much I shampoo my hair, it's greasy. How do you get through not shampooing your hair? What do you use instead and how often? Can I use dry shampoo in the mean time to look decent when leaving the house? Thank you!
What are your wood floors?
Question - for your hair, no water or just specifically no shampoo? Hmm ... think we need a video just about this 😉 And, I will set my embarrassment aside and tell you that just like not all of us were taught to cook, manage finances, clean, some of us also were not taught about hair/skin/nail care. I don't know what I don't know, but I've an inkling that what and how often certain products are used on skin and in hair is having more of an effect then we think. Your research and personal experience would be wonderful.
Oh my goodness I think we have the same mattress!!! How do you keep the mattresses together? I have the hardest time keeping them together, they always end up separating by the next morning.
Can you share video on how to make SIBO yogurt without a yogurt maker??
Please say I’m not the only one who was so stressed watching the process to get the baby in the baby carrier???🙈
It looks a lot more complicated than it really is 😊I use them.❤
I’m echoing everyone else commenting- I would love to hear more about ‘no shampoo’! I am currently trying this and my hair is not looking great haha
Yes home schooling is very hard when do make all the time plus you have to look after yourself ??? Everything takes up so much time.
My kids go to a good catholic private school that teaches liberal arts. Its going well. They do get funding from the state so they have to go by the state mandated vaccination schedule. I have not supplied them with my children's vaccination schedules. If they ask me for it I will be forced to quit my job and homeschool. I hope it doesn't come to that.
Health is more Importend, then the teacher.
Catholic schools in my area accept religious exemptions.
I've also heard you can get an exemption, can't hurt to ask!
I find classical education fascinating. I still have some time before we start homeschool but they have a classical conversations co op that meets at my church. Will you share what back carrier you used in this video please? ☺️
I think it’s an Ergo Baby Omni 360 (I got one based on hers looking like it as it goes from newborn to toddler and allows back carry).
I am so thankful that I found your channel. You are producing amazing content!
I am curious about the probiotics. How long do you take them for? Indefinitely??
Hello, I have a sour dough starter issue, and I don't know where else to go.
I started my starter 8 days ago, and I'm following what I've been told here on Hopewell Heights. After the first feeding it had a hungry hooch, so I adjusted that, and for the first few days it smelled of yeast, and it would rise. But I haven't seen much activity for the past proberbly 5 days, except for the odd bubble or two. I even added rye to the wheat flower, but still nothing. I wonder if it's mad at me. Is it possible for the starter to be too thick, not enough water? Can someone point me into a direction? Thank you for reading. God bless
Is that a new coffee machine I see? Looks sweet!
What curriculum do you use? We are using TGATB and it’s not working 😵💫
Ok i have spent my life savings at TAN books for homeschooling😂😂😂😂 I'm a kid in a candy store on their website. Like you i LOVE LOVE LOVE the story of civilization- my kids listen to the audiobooks for fun. I also love they religion series by fr John laux- a👏maz👏ing👏!! Sometimes they have 40% off sales too!!!
How do you do it all🙏🏼Wow!
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L❤ve your Videos been here a while ✌️🧡😊
I watched a recent video where you put down the “little pill probiotic “, and now you’re using them to help pay for your channel.
yep most capsule probiotics are just random strains or "proprietary blends" and are not effective at all, you don't know which strains you are getting and they die before reaching the lower GI tract!
So snarky. She is also allowed to change her mind. You think she should do all the work for this video and not be paid?
Don't be rude like that there is nothing wrong with changing your mind or finding a company worth trusting
Are you watching just to be a hater? If you genuinely liked someone and their content, I’m sure you’d find a kinder way to word your critique/question.