I came to watch because we are doing astronomy this year!! I came for game and project ideas... I really wish you had a tutorial for the cards you guys made we'd love to make those!! excellent video as they all are. Thanks for taking the time to make these!
Thank you so much for all of your great videos! We've been homeschooling for 6 years and have gotten burned out with our curriculum and so I'm using the summer to put together a new approach. Your videos have been such an inspiration!
Thank you Kelly! I think unit studies can work well with an existing curriculum and on their own. What do you intend to do? Which curriculum are you currently using?
Hana, thank you for the reply. We've done different things over the years and I used to do a lot of hands on activities and art stuff when the kids were younger but around when my oldest was going into 4th grade (3 years ago) I started to panic about stepping up the curriculum and threw in too much written work and workbooks. It wasn't so much the curriculum as my shift toward a more school like style. Last year I switched to a science textbook with workbook thinking they all needed more rigor, which was a disaster. We did Charlotte Mason style history last year but still without bringing back the art and projects. You remind me that they all learned more when science and history were fun and relaxed and show that I can still (and must) do that even through the older grades!
I understand the panic of adding more rigor and having it backfire. At least you figured it out early on and now can go back to enjoyable science and history :) I think it's natural to have that happen when you've previously done an engaging approach. I think you've got it covered and can handle making homeschooling fun, interactive and academic.
Im glad to see the Galileo for kids book. I have another book in that series in my shopping cart on thriftbooks and haven't ordered it yet because I was unsure. Now that I see the inside of it I know one of my kids won't connect with it. Thank you!!!
Yes the thick wide one! I'm not really sure exactly what I was hoping for in that book but I can tell it won't go well for my oldest son. My boys both love the usborne internet link book for animals. I didn't realize they had space ones!
Thank you for the video! More things to add to our collection based on your suggestions :D. Great to hear about the Kovacs books. I was also contemplating them but reviews on them didn't seem very good. Maybe I will pick them up if you are finding them as a good source. I had read botany reviews saying they found his tone rather demeaning
I really like the books, but now I'm curious what other reviewers have said. I'll go check it out. Currently, the one on Geology and Astronomy was very good and I'm loving the one on Ancient Greece.
You always have such great videos! Would you be willing to do a video on teaching reading in a Waldorf classroom? My son (1st grade) learned his letters through stories and took to that so well! But I’m not sure how to teach him to actually read. I know Waldorf uses a whole language approach and teaches reading through writing, but I’ve always used a very phonetic approach and I’m struggling with these new philosophies. Any tips? Thanks!
Hey Melissa, I've always taught the introduction of letters using the Waldorf philosophy, but the reading part has been so successful for me. You teach reading through writing, so kids write their own readers and then learn to read those. Such a good idea, but I've not done so well with it. I've used Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading with two of my kids and might consider it for my last child, too.
Pepper and Pine So you deviate a bit from Waldorf when it comes to teaching reading? I actually had my 2nd grader make his own reader this year, following a Waldorf inspired style as he made it. He loved it, but he was already reading before we started it. I’m so new to Waldorf that I’ve been nervous to deviate from it, but maybe I need to just do what works instead! ;)
Im really liking the Unit studies. I wonder how i can do this for 5th, 2nd and 9th grade. My 9th grader has to get credits starting in september and i go thru a charter. My younger kids i can see me doing this.
You could easily do this with your 5th and 2nd grader. For you 9th grader you'll have to increase the rigor to meet high school level. I'd recommend doing it as a science elective rather than Earth Science if you feel you won't be able to do all the standards and topics for Earth Science. Talk with your counselor about high school credits to make sure it'll work.
I am confused a bit. You use live education curriculum. But you also buy other books. Are they needed for the curriculum or you use them as a supplement to whatever information already comes in the curriculum. Or are they separate like something you r children are interested in but is not included. I am confused sorry. New to all thiis and i plan on using a waldorf curriculum next year and i keep watching your videos but i get confused sometimes.
I can understand. So yes, we use a Waldorf curriculum but we don't always use it or we don't use it exclusively with a unit or we use and then add to it books and other resources to fill out the unit. I like living books and supplement resources, but the curriculum is complete and you don't need any other book unless mentioned at the start of the curriculum. Sometimes a couple of books are recommended, but never as many as what I buy.
Oh yes, I think so. I've only read 2 of the books so far covering three main lessons, and so far I think it would suit a secular family. Waldorf isn't religious, but does acknowledge the spiritual in the child and in the way the lessons are delivered.
Good info. Thank you for your time
thank you, It's really helpful for me to do homeschooling to my kids.
Glad it was helpful!
What's a wonderful selection of books!
Thanks so much Hana for this, I'm lesson planning for fall to get ahead, and this will be very helpful:)
I came to watch because we are doing astronomy this year!! I came for game and project ideas... I really wish you had a tutorial for the cards you guys made we'd love to make those!!
excellent video as they all are. Thanks for taking the time to make these!
Wow those project books turned out so well!
Thanks Misty :)
Thank you so much for all of your great videos! We've been homeschooling for 6 years and have gotten burned out with our curriculum and so I'm using the summer to put together a new approach. Your videos have been such an inspiration!
Thank you Kelly! I think unit studies can work well with an existing curriculum and on their own. What do you intend to do? Which curriculum are you currently using?
Hana, thank you for the reply. We've done different things over the years and I used to do a lot of hands on activities and art stuff when the kids were younger but around when my oldest was going into 4th grade (3 years ago) I started to panic about stepping up the curriculum and threw in too much written work and workbooks. It wasn't so much the curriculum as my shift toward a more school like style. Last year I switched to a science textbook with workbook thinking they all needed more rigor, which was a disaster. We did Charlotte Mason style history last year but still without bringing back the art and projects. You remind me that they all learned more when science and history were fun and relaxed and show that I can still (and must) do that even through the older grades!
I understand the panic of adding more rigor and having it backfire. At least you figured it out early on and now can go back to enjoyable science and history :) I think it's natural to have that happen when you've previously done an engaging approach. I think you've got it covered and can handle making homeschooling fun, interactive and academic.
wow!!! that will be a really memorable week in your kid's lives.... amazing work!
Fantastic video! So fascinating!
Thank you!
Im glad to see the Galileo for kids book. I have another book in that series in my shopping cart on thriftbooks and haven't ordered it yet because I was unsure. Now that I see the inside of it I know one of my kids won't connect with it. Thank you!!!
You're welcome! You were referring to the thick wide one right? Not the one by Jeanne Bendick. That one is good :)
Yes the thick wide one! I'm not really sure exactly what I was hoping for in that book but I can tell it won't go well for my oldest son. My boys both love the usborne internet link book for animals. I didn't realize they had space ones!
Thank you for the video! More things to add to our collection based on your suggestions :D. Great to hear about the Kovacs books. I was also contemplating them but reviews on them didn't seem very good. Maybe I will pick them up if you are finding them as a good source. I had read botany reviews saying they found his tone rather demeaning
I really like the books, but now I'm curious what other reviewers have said. I'll go check it out. Currently, the one on Geology and Astronomy was very good and I'm loving the one on Ancient Greece.
you should put their works into a time capsule and give it to them when they grow up. i'd imagine they'd be crying in joy!
The interactive books are so neat!
Thank you! The kids still like to look through it and still remember the content really well.
Had to pause the video to get something to take notes. Ha. So much good information.
Oh good! :)
thanks for sharing these resources!
Thanks Lindsay :)
please do video on how you decide what to get and where to go for affordable supplies!
You always have such great videos! Would you be willing to do a video on teaching reading in a Waldorf classroom? My son (1st grade) learned his letters through stories and took to that so well! But I’m not sure how to teach him to actually read. I know Waldorf uses a whole language approach and teaches reading through writing, but I’ve always used a very phonetic approach and I’m struggling with these new philosophies. Any tips? Thanks!
Hey Melissa, I've always taught the introduction of letters using the Waldorf philosophy, but the reading part has been so successful for me. You teach reading through writing, so kids write their own readers and then learn to read those. Such a good idea, but I've not done so well with it. I've used Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading with two of my kids and might consider it for my last child, too.
Pepper and Pine So you deviate a bit from Waldorf when it comes to teaching reading? I actually had my 2nd grader make his own reader this year, following a Waldorf inspired style as he made it. He loved it, but he was already reading before we started it. I’m so new to Waldorf that I’ve been nervous to deviate from it, but maybe I need to just do what works instead! ;)
Great video Hannah keep it up beautiful I enjoy listening to u and all thumbs up beautiful
Im really liking the Unit studies. I wonder how i can do this for 5th, 2nd and 9th grade. My 9th grader has to get credits starting in september and i go thru a charter. My younger kids i can see me doing this.
You could easily do this with your 5th and 2nd grader. For you 9th grader you'll have to increase the rigor to meet high school level. I'd recommend doing it as a science elective rather than Earth Science if you feel you won't be able to do all the standards and topics for Earth Science. Talk with your counselor about high school credits to make sure it'll work.
Pepper and Pine I can't. Her electives are foreign, life skills, study, technology. Etc.. Stuff she hates. She's taking Spanish as an elective.
Message me on IG or Facebook. If you are with a charter there are some things that are difficult to navigate. It's a learning curve for sure.
I am confused a bit. You use live education curriculum. But you also buy other books. Are they needed for the curriculum or you use them as a supplement to whatever information already comes in the curriculum. Or are they separate like something you r children are interested in but is not included. I am confused sorry. New to all thiis and i plan on using a waldorf curriculum next year and i keep watching your videos but i get confused sometimes.
I can understand. So yes, we use a Waldorf curriculum but we don't always use it or we don't use it exclusively with a unit or we use and then add to it books and other resources to fill out the unit. I like living books and supplement resources, but the curriculum is complete and you don't need any other book unless mentioned at the start of the curriculum. Sometimes a couple of books are recommended, but never as many as what I buy.
@@PepperandPine Thank you for always answering my questions. ☺️
Where did you get the book from was it a library sale? really cheap! great help .
Yes!! One library locally does a yearly sale where everything is 4 for $1.00
Pls do a anatomy unit...
You got it!
Thank you....
Would the Charles Kovac books suit a secular family? Thanks
Oh yes, I think so. I've only read 2 of the books so far covering three main lessons, and so far I think it would suit a secular family. Waldorf isn't religious, but does acknowledge the spiritual in the child and in the way the lessons are delivered.
Thanks. I'm wondering due to some amazon reviews but think I will give it a try.