I’m excited to add the Evan Moor science for my 6th grader.. I have found that I skip science a lot around here. Having one she can do independently would prob work better for us. Great picks! Thanks for sharing!
Can I ask what you plan to do with English once she gets to high school? You just won’t finish one level? Is that the idea? I am completely on board with your thinking of not being caught up in the number on the book, but I’m walking out a similar choice and the planner in me is thinking through all the levels
Glad you’re feeling better. Love the curriculum choices you show. 😊 Unfortunately I’ve discovered Im not a fan of teaching textbooks after my daughter used it this year. Daughter loved it, it was fun for her (she’s in 6th grade but we were told TT runs a year behind so she did grade 7) . But with only one lesson per school day, like she was supposed to do, she finished the entire thing at the end of March which seemed odd to me. It only had 130 days worth of curriculum. And she ended it not having been taught certain topics she should have been taught. I had to pull in our BJU math 6 that I thought we wouldn’t use (got the grade kit) and she told me the BJU videos (DLO) explain the topics better than the Teaching Textbooks did. So we’re switching to BJU math for 7th because I don’t want her behind. I was very surprised and bummed that the course seemed incomplete.
I'm sorry it didn't work out for you. I've heard people say that it's "behind" but it was actually designed backwards...higher levels first and then working down to lower levels. That was intentional to ensure that no concepts were left out. Either way, I know not all curriculum works for everyone so I hope BJU Press works better for you. We love them, too!
Did you mention something about a states and capitals workbook that you use for her to practice get cursive?? I see that 4th grade BJU heritage studies covers state's and capitals
Here is the cursive workbook: www.christianbook.com/exploring-handwriting-through-u-s-geography/pd/474238 Yes, the very end of BJU Heritage Studies is a geography section but we skipped that since we did our own geography study for North America this year.
@@aplacetonest so do you feel that gave your daughter enough on states and capitals or did you also add something else to help learn about states and capitals
I have been on the fence about abeka or bjp for english grammer. I'm leaning towards Bob Jones Press right now. My oldest is 5th grade, 6th this fall. I'm wondering which english I should get for him.
I would love to know how you are going to set up the puberty worksheets with the book for a lesson and what all are you going to include from the TpT, if you will use all the information or just the female ones. I am intrigued. Thank you for sharing and we are using BJU as our core this year with some electives from other places, can't believe I am planning 8th grade.
I definitely don't plan on showing all of the male anatomy charts right now. It helps that we have a male dog so she already understands that boys are made differently than girls. I know...time goes way too fast, doesn't it?!
Love curriculum videos! This year I will have a 5th & 8th grader!! Any suggestions for 8th grade English/ language arts? I’m having trouble deciding!!!
I did a curriculum choices video for 8th grade but after looking back at it, we stopped using most of those things. We started The Good and the Beautiful's language arts program in 9th grade and I like it if your child already has a firm grasp on basic parts of speech and punctuation. I also really like Essentials in Writing. You can use that program on its own or combine it with TGATB, which is what we did. I also love BJU Press English but I haven't used it for the older levels yet so I can't say if I would choose it or not but I do LOVE IT for the younger levels so far!
Hello Becky 😊. I know you did Heritage studies 4. Did you mention that you did something else in place of states and capitals chapter's? 12-17. I am looking for something different. Wondering what you used. Thanks so much
Just wondering why you pick and choose from BJU? I'm thinking of using their full grade level of classes for my daughter next yr. Really hoping the online/video classes work for her, especially the math. I'm getting burnt out teaching 3 kiddos.
We started with several curriculum companies before we ever started using BJU Press, like Teaching Textbooks, and I have no reason to switch over to anything else for those certain subjects. Plus, as much as I love BJU Press, I don't think it's necessary to pay the higher price to use them for each subject when there are less expensive options that work just as well.
As always I don’t have a 6th grader yet , but it’s around the corner he is going to 4th grade. Love to watch this type of videos because it definitely prepares me mentally...lol and give me ideas of things I can look into. ❤️❤️
Thank you for all your help this videos have help me so much as a new mom appreciate it god bless :)
You are so welcome!
Glad to see you are feeling better!!!! I had Covid and was hospitalized and many complications from it. Recovering now.
Yes, I'm feeling much better! I'm so sorry that you had to be hospitalized but I hope you make a FULL recovery very soon!
I’m excited to add the Evan Moor science for my 6th grader.. I have found that I skip science a lot around here. Having one she can do independently would prob work better for us. Great picks! Thanks for sharing!
Great to see your choices! Curriculum videos are my favourites. Thanks for sharing!
I love watching curriculum videos, too! Thanks for watching!
I purchased 6 Trait writing for my upcoming 6th grader because of your review and flip through in the past. Thanks for your videos. 😊
I got this and 6 trait writing due to her suggestions for Evan moor and have loved it!!!
I got it for my 2nd grader as well because of your reviews and flip throughs!
I hope you like it as much as we do!
I really like that you are utilizing chapter books to tie into history. This really helps history come alive for the children :-)
I think so, too!
Your homeschool videos are so helpful, I really appreciate them. I have a riding 6th grader, too, so this was great!! Thank you!
I'm so glad!
Your school seems alot like ours. But where is your math?
Do you purchase any of the teacher books for the Evan Moor books or are the student books sufficient?
Can I ask what you plan to do with English once she gets to high school? You just won’t finish one level? Is that the idea? I am completely on board with your thinking of not being caught up in the number on the book, but I’m walking out a similar choice and the planner in me is thinking through all the levels
Glad you’re feeling better. Love the curriculum choices you show. 😊
Unfortunately I’ve discovered Im not a fan of teaching textbooks after my daughter used it this year. Daughter loved it, it was fun for her (she’s in 6th grade but we were told TT runs a year behind so she did grade 7) . But with only one lesson per school day, like she was supposed to do, she finished the entire thing at the end of March which seemed odd to me. It only had 130 days worth of curriculum. And she ended it not having been taught certain topics she should have been taught. I had to pull in our BJU math 6 that I thought we wouldn’t use (got the grade kit) and she told me the BJU videos (DLO) explain the topics better than the Teaching Textbooks did. So we’re switching to BJU math for 7th because I don’t want her behind.
I was very surprised and bummed that the course seemed incomplete.
I'm sorry it didn't work out for you. I've heard people say that it's "behind" but it was actually designed backwards...higher levels first and then working down to lower levels. That was intentional to ensure that no concepts were left out. Either way, I know not all curriculum works for everyone so I hope BJU Press works better for you. We love them, too!
Hi, will you all be attending a COOP this year in person and is it academic or just fellowship extracurricular and do you teach at either?? Thanks
those reading books look great!
Did you mention something about a states and capitals workbook that you use for her to practice get cursive?? I see that 4th grade BJU heritage studies covers state's and capitals
Here is the cursive workbook: www.christianbook.com/exploring-handwriting-through-u-s-geography/pd/474238 Yes, the very end of BJU Heritage Studies is a geography section but we skipped that since we did our own geography study for North America this year.
@@aplacetonest Thank you!!
@@aplacetonest so do you feel that gave your daughter enough on states and capitals or did you also add something else to help learn about states and capitals
I have been on the fence about abeka or bjp for english grammer. I'm leaning towards Bob Jones Press right now. My oldest is 5th grade, 6th this fall. I'm wondering which english I should get for him.
I've never used Abeka for english but we love BJU!
I would love to know how you are going to set up the puberty worksheets with the book for a lesson and what all are you going to include from the TpT, if you will use all the information or just the female ones. I am intrigued. Thank you for sharing and we are using BJU as our core this year with some electives from other places, can't believe I am planning 8th grade.
I definitely don't plan on showing all of the male anatomy charts right now. It helps that we have a male dog so she already understands that boys are made differently than girls. I know...time goes way too fast, doesn't it?!
Thank you for sharing
My pleasure!
How long does your school day take each day for your 6th grader?
In 5th grade, I spent about 1-1.5 hours doing school with her and then she would take about another 1-2 hours to complete all of her independent work.
Love curriculum videos! This year I will have a 5th & 8th grader!! Any suggestions for 8th grade English/ language arts? I’m having trouble deciding!!!
I did a curriculum choices video for 8th grade but after looking back at it, we stopped using most of those things. We started The Good and the Beautiful's language arts program in 9th grade and I like it if your child already has a firm grasp on basic parts of speech and punctuation. I also really like Essentials in Writing. You can use that program on its own or combine it with TGATB, which is what we did. I also love BJU Press English but I haven't used it for the older levels yet so I can't say if I would choose it or not but I do LOVE IT for the younger levels so far!
I’m curious about why you use TGTB for your high schooler and BJU for your middle schooler. Any chance you could compare/contrast the two one day?
Yes I would be interested to know this as well!
That might be something I can do once I've used BJU Press for the higher levels of english. We're still working through Level 4.
Hello Becky 😊. I know you did Heritage studies 4. Did you mention that you did something else in place of states and capitals chapter's? 12-17. I am looking for something different. Wondering what you used. Thanks so much
Yes, we did and I loved it! Here's a link to the video where I linked everything we used: ua-cam.com/video/LP-GAR5LR6U/v-deo.html
@@aplacetonest thank you for the link!!
Have you ever used the Evan Moore History Pockets in the past?
Yes, we did. We didn't use every single thing from them but they were a fun tie-in to our history curriculum!
Just wondering why you pick and choose from BJU? I'm thinking of using their full grade level of classes for my daughter next yr. Really hoping the online/video classes work for her, especially the math. I'm getting burnt out teaching 3 kiddos.
Same here! I’m looking into it for my 9th grader.
We started with several curriculum companies before we ever started using BJU Press, like Teaching Textbooks, and I have no reason to switch over to anything else for those certain subjects. Plus, as much as I love BJU Press, I don't think it's necessary to pay the higher price to use them for each subject when there are less expensive options that work just as well.
BJU!❤️
LOVE THEM!
As always I don’t have a 6th grader yet , but it’s around the corner he is going to 4th grade. Love to watch this type of videos because it definitely prepares me mentally...lol and give me ideas of things I can look into. ❤️❤️
I'm so glad it was helpful!
Do you purchase any of the teacher books for the Evan Moor books or are the student books sufficient?