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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- By popular demand, here is the Generations homeschool curriculum review! I added a flip through and bloopers at the end. I hope you guys enjoy this first look at Generations grade 6!
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Enjoy this in-depth review, flip through, and chat with me today. Bloopers at the end!
We used The second grade history this year (taking the Middle East for Jesus) and I absolutely loved it! I had been fighting Jesus for years and He used one of the lessons to finally convict me that I was a lost sinner and going to hell... it will always have a special place in my heart! So thankful for Generations and the stand they take for Christ and getting God’s Word out. 💜
We used their history, science, and bible/literature.
You absolutely made my day. Thank you for sharing your story.
We just bought into the curriculum for 1st and 3rd grade. We are completely sold!
@@180twilliamson it truly is an amazing curriculum! The history will always be a favorite of mine. I’m thankful that I can share what Christ has done for me and continues to do!
I love generations! So glad to see it getting the attention it deserves!
We used Generations last school year and will use some of their products for this coming year. My kids and I learned so much!
I am Catholic and am considering it. Was very impressed with the selections from literature.
I am also starting with this curriculum this year. I can’t wait I’m so excited. I just discovered it last month. I’m doing their history, science and read alouds with my kids.
We started with the 7-8 grade American History Heros of the Faith. It is so amazing. We are about half way through. At this point I won’t use anything else. It’s so biblically solid.
My son is finishing up Experiencing Christian History, by Generations and he has loved it. I will be doing it with my upcoming sixth grader. Thank you for the flip-through.
I found them last year and I am glad you made this !!
Thanks so much!
We used this curriculum and we absolutely loved it, we used the first grade level. I did science and history with my kindergarten and first grader.
The Bible part I only did with my first grader. And the read aloud books are great too.
Oh that's so good to hear!
I am so excited for this! I have just recently come across their curriculum and I love what I see so far. They are having a sale that ends tonight.
I’m so glad! I hope this will be a good review for you ❤️
@@mandy-maltz I'm sure it will be. I have been looking at their 6th and 8th grade curriculum. I have this book in my cart right now.
Knowing sin by Mark Jones :) that book is life changing. It’s basically seeing it through the eyes of the puritans
This is one I've never heard of and we obsess over all the history curriculum. One of my boys LOVES history so I'm always buying extra curriculum just for him to read through. I happened to go to a Reformed College over 20 years ago and before that time I'd never even heard of Reformed. I love much of their theology, and learned so much church history while I was there :). Also--loving that top on you!!
Aw thanks, friend!
I would also like to add that Worldviews in Conflict High school level is HIGHLY recommend. Look into that for a review too 💕 I have it. It’s excellent.
-Natalie Kelsey
Thanks, girl!
It's great for adults too!
I love generations, we've been using it for 6 months now for literature, history and bible. My kids are 1st-4th grade. At this point I don't use the workbooks, just the texts and use as a read aloud for all 3 of them, we started at level 1 because we didn't want to miss anything, once we catch up to grade levels then we'll add in the workbooks (that's the plan). We are Australian homeschoolers, so not sure if we'll do all the US history in the highschool grades, or switch it for something comparable to Australian History, not sure yet.
Generations just discovered here as well and they are on my radar for next year (already purchased curriculum in march for this coming year).
I've listened to a couple of really good webinars of Israel Wayne and it was just mind blowing and totally makes one start thinking of and on a new level.
One was basically about the history of public education....after that if I wasn't already homeschooling I would be running to it.
Knowing how much your son loves to read I found their literature thoughts/principles very enlightening and on a way Ive never thought before.
Thank you for the flip thru!
If you love Church History, keep your eye out for Simonetta Carr's Church History, coming out late 2022! I am hoping to pair this with Generations History's Heroes set. Dr. Haykin, seminary professor at SBTS (and others) says he would use this as a textbook in his own courses! I already love all of Simonetta Carr's biographies. She is from a reformed church.
Thanks for sharing! This looks great! I would definitely love an update on how it’s going for y’all and your thoughts on doing it family style like a read aloud. Thanks!!
Hi fellow mil-mom! I totally get the struggle of always having to change where/how the homeschool space is set up. It’s great to hear of a good curriculum that is condensed in space needs.
Thanks for this review! I've had church history at a Christian school and church history at college, plus I've heard and read missionary stories, but when I've heard Kevin Swanson speak at webinars, the stories he tells are actually unfamiliar to me, and all from the perspective of what God is doing. So even compared to the Christian education I've had, I'm excited about the Generations curriculum.
I did MB America's Story 1 when my oldest was in 3rd grade, then I switched to Notgrass Our Star spangled Story the include her younger brother. We will finish that up this year (they are 2nd/3rd and 5th grades). I've been looking into starting world history next year and have been back and forth between MB World's Story and Notgrass: from Adam to us. So far, I feel like MB was more in depth and Notgrass has been a bit choppy, but I have preferred the student workbook for Notgrass because both of my kids can do it. MB was a bit higher level with more open-ended writing. Generations looks great, but I feel like we're going to miss a lot if we don't start from the beginning. I'm confused because instead of studying world history chronologically, it appears to go by continent. Not really sure what to do with that. Plus, I'm not sure how to do this with multiple ages. The 3rd or 4th grade student book would probably be too young for my incoming 6th grader but the 6th grade would be too advanced for my younger. Do you think this curriculum can be used family style? If I use it as just a read aloud I'm sure it would be fine, but I think the workbooks help solidify what they are learning.
It’s about time some reviews this. I heard about this curriculum about over a year ago. I couldn’t find anything on it
I hope I do it justice ❤️
I love this curriculum! Can’t wait to get started this fall!!
Same! I can’t wait to use it!
We use Generations for 2nd grade! It’s a lovely curriculum. They are going to add Math here soon, according to Kevin.🎉
We are gonna do the series family style :)
That's wonderful! You will learn so much!
I love this!! I have been looking for a history curriculum and went with Masterbooks, but, nothing is set in stone 😂 We may be switching or just building onto it. Because this just feels right. Thank you so much for doing this flip through!
I used them for a while and I like this one better!
I like both so I’ve just built in and use as read alouds. Generations is absolutely awesome!!!
I was listening to one of the curriculum creators (or owner??) on Curtis Bowers podcast. I loved the interview and wanted to know more about the curriculum. Thank you for this review, so helpful! My 6th grader is doing Hillsdale’s history curriculum which is really good, but not faith based. So I am excited to look into Generations.
Thank you for the videos on generations curriculum. Do you think you could learn about medieval times alongside using this curriculum, Taking Europe for Jesus?
I'm so excited about this! Is there an audiobook version too?
I've been looking into this curriculum but we are not reformed. How heavy is the reformed theology in this curriculum would you say?
I haven't used it yet, so I can't really say. But it's 100% biblically solid from what I've read so far.
Thanks Mandy, would love your take on it after you are using it! I prefer to not have a heavy leaning on theology towards one denomination or another but the curriculum looks very eye catching!
I'm wondering the same. I don't want to have to battle reformed doctrines constantly. It's everywhere it seems which is why I'm still leaning towards Heart of Dakota or Abeka because they don't.
What exactly is reformed theologies?
Hey Mandy, any update on how heavy the reformed theology is in this curriculum? We are love the graphics and are considering it for our 7th grader but we are not apart of the reformed church
We are going to homeschool for the 1st time this year 😳. We were looking at Notgrass for history. I’m quitting my full time job so we can’t spend a lot on curriculum. Does this come with any book lists?
We have the American heroes of the faith for 7th and 8th and I and my son were disappointed that there weren't hardly any pictures. Do you know why that one doesn't have the pictures like the one you are showing?
Does this have literature recommended like Notgrass? Does it include original source documents? Thanks for the review.
If you don't mind me asking, what is reformed? Is it Christian?
It refers to theology. It’s an orthodox Christianity. You can read about it here:
www.ligonier.org/learn/series/what-is-reformed-theology
So would you say you could do Generations History for Bible Study? have a 3, 9, and 11 year old and while part of that is a large age gap... i'm debating on doing these for a bible study rather than a history lesson and just letting my 3.5 yr old listen along...
Can this be done family style for younger kids? Mine are Kindergarten & second grade.
We do this and I say 100%, yes. We use the book slotted for our oldest and read to the whole family!
Do you know if all the history books have the colorful pictures? I looked at a sample of the American Faith Set and is in black and white.
Would you say this could be used for medieval history? Or is it predominantly church history focused?
I don’t think I understand what a reformed curriculum really IS. You mentioned in another video that you haven’t found anything else that’s reformed, but what does that mean? How are curricula like MFW and Notgrass NOT reformed? That word keeps going around but I’m not of a faith tradition that uses that as a buzzword and I don’t get it.
This should explain it: www.ligonier.org/learn/series/what-is-reformed-theology
@@mandy-maltz Thank you!!
So, how does anyone do this with several different grades, I have 4 children (and I've grouped them together) that need me to help, but my other 2 should be more independent, but truly need help too. They've never had anything so in depth, I'm struggling with how to do all of this....
Are you using a single book for all 4? That’s how we’re using generations history. We follow the plans in the beginning of the book in terms of recommended pacing which feels very manageable
What does it mean that it's a "reformed" curriculum? Like how? Will it be a bad pick if I'm not reformed and more pentecostal?
You can read their statement of faith: www.generations.org/about/statement-of-faith
I have been looking at generations for a while now but I’m wondering….is it really basically church history? I do want my family to have a wider worldview than that and understand cultures/world history FROM a Christian perspective, rather than only studying church history….if that makes sense
Nope, it's all of history from a Christian perspective. I even bought the World History set to check this issue out (I was getting that question a lot). Both World History and American History are regular courses, taught from a Biblical perspective.
@@mandy-maltz thank you so much!!
I heard that the history curriculum is mostly stories about missionaries...is this true?
No, not at all. While there are missionaries in it, it’s still a history curriculum
@@mandy-maltz Thank you!
Please share your Puritan reads, I am wanting some.
John Owen's books are great! I love The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment. Here are some good ones!
banneroftruth.org/us/store/christian-living/puritan-paperback-series/
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What do you think of it now after using it a few months?
Still loving it!
Where do I order the generations curriculum??
Here: bymandymaltz.com/generations
What Puritan books do you recommend?
Here are some good ones!
banneroftruth.org/us/store/christian-living/puritan-paperback-series/
What are your thoughts now that you’ve been using it for awhile?
It’s amazing!
Do you still prefer it over Notgrass (I have been heavily leaning in that direct 😉)? What do you believe makes this a better fit for your family? I looked at Generations after your video and am very impressed so just wanting to hear your thoughts…pros and cons if you can. Thanks so much!!
@@racheltichy6406 I’d pick Generations over Notgrass. It’s the most theologically sound and I really like the books. Plus it’s much cheaper for the same quality, so it saves me a ton of money.
@TheHandmadeHomeschooler thank you so much for your response!! Hmm lots to think on 🙂
How long do you think it would take a day?
I'm not sure without doing a lesson myself, but it doesn't look like it would take more than 40-60 minutes tops.
Can this curriculum the students work independiente
My kids work pretty independently with this.
@@mandy-maltz thank you so much for your help
Could I use both Master Books and Generations? Also, is Master Books have a Reformed slant? I'm Reformed too. I'm planning for the future curriculum. I have 2 preschoolers.
I don't think you could use both, they are each their own full curriculum. Generations is more reformed than MB for sure but check your book to see for how reformed you may think it is. Different authors will write differently with their own worldview, so you may find more of a slant in some books versus others. If I had the choice between the two, I'd go with Generations. I like the textbooks and workbooks better and the price is about the same. You can get some of their books on the Masterbooks (author is Kevin Swanson) website.
@@mandy-maltz thank you. That made my decision a lot easier to go with Generations. It's hard finding a Reformed christian view. I'm glad it's Generations.