Mastery is good rather than cramming for a test and forgetting it. I agree. I like how colorful it is. We never used Masterbooks for Kindergarten, but we used it for high school astronomy and loved it.
We took a pause on the phonics. Had the switched to all about reading level 1 and its a huge difference. My son is a kenistetic learner so is been amazing. We'll use foundation phonics as a review from where we left off.. I'm holding off on More Than Words for 1st grade cause it just didn't work well for kindergarten. Great overview in this video.
Soooo... I went crazy and bought a ton of MB curriculum for my 4 boys. There is too much reading for my younger ones. However I do love the science and history they offer. We use teaching textbooks for math now, all about reading, and night zookeeper. If you haven't used night zookeeper it is AMAZING! My autistic son is now writing his own stories, it has been a huge success.
@@elizabethstephens7865 I am using Adventures in the physical world and really like it for my 7 yr old. The experiments are really fun but not too much! I used adventures in creation the year before too.
@@sabrinahernandez4920 Thanks! My daughter is 4, but is too advanced in things like reading and math for Simply K and Math K. She is still at the tracing phase though for writing. So the Adventure science book in the K level would probably be good for her. I just love the God-focus Master Books has. 😀
@@elizabethstephens7865 She will be fine! Also you can write in her answers until she is able too. Definitely love the God centered curriculum. Mine was too advanced too for the other stuff lol
We used Masterbooks Science, History and Math this year. We will only be keeping the math for next year. Masterbooks is a wonderful curriculum, but it just wasn't a fit for our family.
Yes!! Even though I really, really love the curriculum! We’ve got to stop trying to do what looks pretty or what everyone else is doing and cater to our kids individually... otherwise, what’s the point of homeschooling? ♥️♥️♥️
Yes! I’ve never tried to push through a curriculum just because - and there’s SO many we haven’t finished. But I see that as the beauty of being able to homeschool ♥️♥️
Mastery is good rather than cramming for a test and forgetting it. I agree. I like how colorful it is. We never used Masterbooks for Kindergarten, but we used it for high school astronomy and loved it.
Oh! Great to hear! I’m hoping to start astronomy with our oldest next year! 😍😍
We took a pause on the phonics. Had the switched to all about reading level 1 and its a huge difference. My son is a kenistetic learner so is been amazing. We'll use foundation phonics as a review from where we left off.. I'm holding off on More Than Words for 1st grade cause it just didn't work well for kindergarten. Great overview in this video.
Thank you so much for the kind words! I need to look into All About Reading! Thank you for sharing that!! ♥️♥️
Yep, we had to switch from MB and started All about reading. We will definitely be using it again next year and add in all about spelling.
I'm not a homeschool mother but I really enjoyed hearing your reasoning for this curriculum. Thanks for sharing.
I was startled when you interrupted your video, I though my computer did a glitch and went to another video! LOL
Awesome! That was the point! 😅😅 Gotta keep it interesting 😂😂♥️♥️♥️
Soooo... I went crazy and bought a ton of MB curriculum for my 4 boys. There is too much reading for my younger ones. However I do love the science and history they offer.
We use teaching textbooks for math now, all about reading, and night zookeeper.
If you haven't used night zookeeper it is AMAZING! My autistic son is now writing his own stories, it has been a huge success.
Yes!! Sounds like me! I took one look and was like... here’s all my money 😂😂
Which science program did you go with? God's Design or the Adventure one?
@@elizabethstephens7865 I am using Adventures in the physical world and really like it for my 7 yr old. The experiments are really fun but not too much!
I used adventures in creation the year before too.
@@sabrinahernandez4920 Thanks! My daughter is 4, but is too advanced in things like reading and math for Simply K and Math K. She is still at the tracing phase though for writing. So the Adventure science book in the K level would probably be good for her. I just love the God-focus Master Books has. 😀
@@elizabethstephens7865 She will be fine! Also you can write in her answers until she is able too. Definitely love the God centered curriculum. Mine was too advanced too for the other stuff lol
I am glad you were able to determine that this particular curriculum was not fitting your homeschool
Me too 😍😍😍
We used Masterbooks Science, History and Math this year. We will only be keeping the math for next year. Masterbooks is a wonderful curriculum, but it just wasn't a fit for our family.
Yes, I totally agree! ♥️♥️
I love that you recognized Master Books wasn’t a good fit for your kiddo and made the switch.
Yes!! Even though I really, really love the curriculum! We’ve got to stop trying to do what looks pretty or what everyone else is doing and cater to our kids individually... otherwise, what’s the point of homeschooling? ♥️♥️♥️
It is so important that homeschool Moms stop using a curriculum if it does not work!
We have finished very few. And of the ones we have...sometimes we finish it the next year (If I really like it and JV enjoys it).
Yes! I’ve never tried to push through a curriculum just because - and there’s SO many we haven’t finished. But I see that as the beauty of being able to homeschool ♥️♥️
Stepping Stones and Simply K just isn’t for us either. I really liked their science, and will probably use it again for my 1st grader next year.
Thank You for this video!!
You're welcome!! Sorry for the late reply. So happy it was helpful!!
We use Masterbooks My Story for 1st grade.
I want to look into that one! Did you love it?
@@shelayount Yes, I have My Story 2 for next year!
Foundations phonics is more 1st grade in my opinion