Yes she is! 😭 I can't believe how much she can do on her own now. ❤️ Your videos on Fix It Grammar really helped me when I was thinking about getting it. So thanks friend! ❤️
Okay I bought this used and I read somewhere it’s recommended for 3rd grade, so I put it away, but now this is making me want to pull it out for my 1st grader 😂 he loves the sentence editing in TGTB so I think he would love this too! Thanks for sharing!!
Haha, my kids know "elbows off the table!" 😁 big hi from the UK. I really enjoy your videos, I have 5 little ones (not as close in age, 9yrs between them) and I'm so inspired by you and your family.
Are you always this cheerful and happy? I just ask because this is not how I tend to be during the homeschool day with my kids. So I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong! How do you manage to be such a lovely person and still have kids to teach? I am ASTONISHED. What is your secret?! Btw THANK you so much for this video. I was on the fence about this but now I think I'm just going to go ahead and buy it for mine. I wonder if it will help be a jolly sweet mama like you?
Hi Kelly! I am definitely NOT always like this during a normally homeschool day. Especially when I'm trying to work with one kid and I have 4 other ones crying or fighting in the background. 🤦 So don't worry mama! You're not doing anything wrong. ❤️ We have tears ands hard days just like every other homeschool family. I'm trying to convey that in my videos but I know it doesn't always come across well. I'm hoping to do a REAL day in the life video, showing the good, the bad, and the ugly so people know we're just like everyone else.... not perfect, but striving to be more like Christ every moment. ❤️ ❤️ I'm glad this video helped! 😁
@@PursuingPeace Aww thank you so much for your reply and for trying to make me feel better. See, you are so sweet! Honestly, i can just tell that even off camera you are much nicer of a teacher than I am and much further down the road of Christlikeness lol. I look forward to your videos.
I'm homeschooling mama from Russia and it was very interesting to watch your video! We (globally in Russia) don't have such (actually any) book or notebooks for homeschoolers:( So preparing school program is totally on me.
Her enthusiasm is awesome. I’m starting my 3rd grader on this as soon as it arrives. We also use TGTB LA. Wondering if there’s anything you skip in her LA because of adding in Fix it Grammar. My daughter isn’t quite so zealous about school. 😆
Hi Samantha! Yes! I do skip the writing portions of TGTB and the editing exercises. The writing portions I skip because we're planning on doing Essentials with Classical Conversations and that is ALL about writing....so I'm not too worried about her writing right now. :)
Hi! I am just beginning TGTB Level 3 (doing a "survey" of it to see if it is something I want to do next fall :) I am planning to also do Fix It Grammar alongside of TGTB, but I am noticing TGTB has them keep a vocab journal, too (at least in Level 3)...did you have your little one also keep a vocab journal with TGTB and with Fix It Grammar? or just choose one?
Thank you! ❤️ We started in 3rd grade and she was 9. But my boy is now in 3rd grade and I'm planning on waiting until next year for him. So it depends on your child.
Hello, I'm looking into Fix It for my soon to be 4th grader. She knows her basic grammar pretty well, so do you recommend still starting with Level 1? Did Level 1 get a lot harder as she your daughter went through the book or did she finish it just as easily as this video? Thanks!
Hi! I would recommend still starting with Level 1 just so she grows accustomed to the way the curriculum works. The lessons are short so if she wants to do more than one lesson a day she definitely can. 😁
Yes I do! We skip the editing portions on TGTB. We still do the grammar parts though. She just needed some extra practice with finding everything in a sentence.
Hi, thank you for the video! I am just wondering if you are still using TGTB with your oldest daughter? Are you adding Fix It Grammar and IEW writing to TGTB? Is it too much? I am a mom of 7 and have only been using TGTB for a year now.
I don't think I caught why you choose to do Fix It Grammar alongside with your LA curriculum. Can you help elaborate your reason why you are doing this additional?
This is level 1 Grammar. A manual to such basic level is kind of an overkill. It is somewhat sad to see a "teacher" refers back to the manual to check if the answers of her student is right. It makes you doubt the competency of the one teaching. I find that the manual isn't necessary at any level. You can skip it altogether and save some money and storage space if you wish to purchase Fix It Grammar for your kids. The Student Book will suffice provided you have a good understanding of rudimentary grammar, otherwise, it will be like a blind leading the blind. In that case, maybe you should let somebody else do the teaching OR educate yourself first before embarking on homeschooling your children.
@PursuingPeace Pray for the future of the homeschooled kids of this generation that they will be competent and apt to face the challenges of the ever changing workforce. Pray that these children will not end up just flipping burgers and that they will reach their full potential and be great and wise leaders. And please pray for parents like you and I who decided to home educate our kids that we will strive for excellence so we could give our children a much better future. Homeschooling is intentional parenting on steroids. We need to educate ourselves all the time to be better teachers to our kids. We can't just pick up a book and start teaching it to them without first perusing it and getting us informed of what we are going to teach our kids. That's lazy teaching... and that's lazy parenting. And that's what I observed. I am an advocate for learning alongside our children. But for the love of Pete, we should at least have a better understanding of the fundamentals before we embark on such endeavor. And if not, what are we doing about it? Pray for wisdom and guidance! I am not coming from a place of hate. But I have such great passion for homeschooling that it's so annoying to see so many parents, especially after covid, embarking on this journey with less preparation. Homeschooling is a commitment we shouldn't take lightly. Pray that you shouldn't just jump to the conclusion that something is wrong with the person who had the boldness to criticize something in order for change to happen so that excellence is achieved.
You might not have meant it with hate, but that's how you're coming off. Your intentions might be good, but no one is going to take it well when you say they're lazy parents. If you truly have a passion for homeschooling, then you also need to know how to speak to those who homeschool. We're normal, every day parents who deeply love our children and work hard for them every day and don't deserve to be criticized harshly by someone who hardly knows us. If you truly care about this, then teach classes on grammar for homeschool moms or have a website where we can go to learn more. Be a part of the solution, because I'm sorry to say, right now you're just creating more problems. I normally don't say things this bluntly, but you seem like a person who can take criticism. I'm going to go homeschool and love my kids now so I won't have time to engage in this discussion any longer unless you learn to speak with love...and a filter.
I can take criticism. I hope you do, too. I hope I create in you a change... a desire to be better at what you do... to find the time to look at the books you're going to use to teach your child before you even begin the lesson. School teachers don't just show up at work without lesson planning. So why do we do it to our own children we are homeschooling? I have seen so many parents make excuses for not having the "time" so they just do the bare minimum homeschooling their kids. But if you look closely at how they spent their day you would see why they didn't have the "time". I didn't call you a lazy parent. There's a difference between lazy parenting and lazy parents. To call you a lazy parent is an attack on you, someone I clearly do not know. So just to be clear, I am not trying to attack your character or you as a person. It's unfortunate that that is how you perceived what I said. Lazy parenting, however. is what I observed in this video based on the unpreparedness of the home educator, and that was what my comment was about. We need to be able to take criticism and strive to be better... that is my hope for you.
We love Fix it too, love seeing how diligent Abby works.
Nice! That was very helpful for me. Thank you!!
She's so cute 😍 love her energy.
We really enjoy Fix It Grammar! Loved seeing the sweetness of watching you and Abby work through it together 💜 she’s growing up so much!
Yes she is! 😭 I can't believe how much she can do on her own now. ❤️ Your videos on Fix It Grammar really helped me when I was thinking about getting it. So thanks friend! ❤️
So good to see you here, Dina! 🤗 Thank you for sharing this with us. We sure love Fix It in our home, too!
Great job Abby! 🙌 Thank you Dina for joining me on this collab ❤️
Okay I bought this used and I read somewhere it’s recommended for 3rd grade, so I put it away, but now this is making me want to pull it out for my 1st grader 😂 he loves the sentence editing in TGTB so I think he would love this too! Thanks for sharing!!
Level 1 supposed to be for 3th grader?
@SuperAndora that's what I also read about level 1
Thanks for this great video. I definitely will add this to my list of things to try when my daughter is a little bit older.
Thank you for the breakdown of the lesson. This looks perfect for my kid.
I find myself looking at the teacher manual too 😄 especially I'm those later lessons.
Yes! I imagine I'm going to be looking at it alot in the future. LOL!
Love the dictionary and notebook word find !
So happy to see your video again♥️
Your daughter is such a joy!
Oh thank you!!! ❤️
OK here you have completely sealed the deal we’re doing IEW next year
Happy I could help! ❤️
So cute!!! Love her smile and attitude! Great job on the lesson everyone!
Thank you! ❤️
We've been loving fix it grammar!
I love these do a lesson videos. So helpful
I'm happy they're helpful! ❤️
Her sweet smile 💕😉..Good job mama!
Thank you! ❤️
Thank you so much for this video! I think it’s something my daughter would benefit from. ❤
Yes....the everyday practice is wonderful!
Haha, my kids know "elbows off the table!" 😁 big hi from the UK. I really enjoy your videos, I have 5 little ones (not as close in age, 9yrs between them) and I'm so inspired by you and your family.
Hello! LOL! I'll have to tell Avi that someone from the UK actually saw this. HA! Oh I'm so happy I could help in some way. ❤
Actually a, an , and the are considered adjectives! But are called articles. Way to go!!!
Oh great! So she was right and didn't even know it! Lol!
Are you always this cheerful and happy? I just ask because this is not how I tend to be during the homeschool day with my kids. So I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong! How do you manage to be such a lovely person and still have kids to teach? I am ASTONISHED. What is your secret?! Btw THANK you so much for this video. I was on the fence about this but now I think I'm just going to go ahead and buy it for mine. I wonder if it will help be a jolly sweet mama like you?
Hi Kelly! I am definitely NOT always like this during a normally homeschool day. Especially when I'm trying to work with one kid and I have 4 other ones crying or fighting in the background. 🤦 So don't worry mama! You're not doing anything wrong. ❤️ We have tears ands hard days just like every other homeschool family.
I'm trying to convey that in my videos but I know it doesn't always come across well. I'm hoping to do a REAL day in the life video, showing the good, the bad, and the ugly so people know we're just like everyone else.... not perfect, but striving to be more like Christ every moment. ❤️ ❤️
I'm glad this video helped! 😁
@@PursuingPeace Aww thank you so much for your reply and for trying to make me feel better. See, you are so sweet! Honestly, i can just tell that even off camera you are much nicer of a teacher than I am and much further down the road of Christlikeness lol. I look forward to your videos.
Are you worried about how she is holding her pencil and how hard she is pressing? This looked like so much fun and now I want to do it 😂
No not to much. I have the same group and intensity. 😊 She's starting to learn to color artistically which is helping her soften her grip. 👍 😁
Amazing!!!
Great job mama!
Thanks again Marylu! ❤️
I'm homeschooling mama from Russia and it was very interesting to watch your video! We (globally in Russia) don't have such (actually any) book or notebooks for homeschoolers:( So preparing school program is totally on me.
Oh no! I'm so sorry! You can download some curriculums and print them at home if that works for you.
Her enthusiasm is awesome. I’m starting my 3rd grader on this as soon as it arrives. We also use TGTB LA. Wondering if there’s anything you skip in her LA because of adding in Fix it Grammar. My daughter isn’t quite so zealous about school. 😆
Hi Samantha! Yes! I do skip the writing portions of TGTB and the editing exercises. The writing portions I skip because we're planning on doing Essentials with Classical Conversations and that is ALL about writing....so I'm not too worried about her writing right now. :)
I’m on week 24 and feel like my daughter makes a lot of errors. Do you have any advice of how to help her?
I might have missed it when watching but do you use this on top of TGTB LA or have you switched???
Hi! Yes we do. But there isn't too much editing in TGTB level 4. So it seems to pair well together.
She’s so cute
Do you use this in addition to TGTB?
Yes! We just skip the editing portions in TGTB. 😁
Hi! I am just beginning TGTB Level 3 (doing a "survey" of it to see if it is something I want to do next fall :) I am planning to also do Fix It Grammar alongside of TGTB, but I am noticing TGTB has them keep a vocab journal, too (at least in Level 3)...did you have your little one also keep a vocab journal with TGTB and with Fix It Grammar? or just choose one?
Hi! We skip the vocab journal in TGTB. We also skip the editing portions in TGTB since it's in Fix It Grammer. 👍
I love your videos!
At what age/ grade did you start Fix It Grammar?
Thank you! ❤️ We started in 3rd grade and she was 9. But my boy is now in 3rd grade and I'm planning on waiting until next year for him. So it depends on your child.
Hello, I'm looking into Fix It for my soon to be 4th grader. She knows her basic grammar pretty well, so do you recommend still starting with Level 1? Did Level 1 get a lot harder as she your daughter went through the book or did she finish it just as easily as this video? Thanks!
Hi! I would recommend still starting with Level 1 just so she grows accustomed to the way the curriculum works. The lessons are short so if she wants to do more than one lesson a day she definitely can. 😁
Thanks so much for this video! Question, do you use this in conjunction with TGATB?
Yes I do! We skip the editing portions on TGTB. We still do the grammar parts though. She just needed some extra practice with finding everything in a sentence.
@@PursuingPeace Gotcha! Thanks for your reply!
Do you recommend this for a third grader or should I wait until 4th grade?
Depends on your 3rd grader. My oldest loved it. But I knew my upcoming 3rd grader would struggle, so I'm waiting until 4th or 5th grade for him.
Hi, thank you for the video! I am just wondering if you are still using TGTB with your oldest daughter? Are you adding Fix It Grammar and IEW writing to TGTB? Is it too much? I am a mom of 7 and have only been using TGTB for a year now.
Hi! Yes we still use TGTB. I just added in Fix It Grammer because she needed more daily practice. 😁
I don't think I caught why you choose to do Fix It Grammar alongside with your LA curriculum. Can you help elaborate your reason why you are doing this additional?
Hi Abby! I just felt like my child needed a little more practice on grammar. She was having a hard time doing the editing exercises in TGTB.
what dictionary is that!? so cute
Hi Shelly! I can't remember off the top of my head. But I think I linked it in the description box. 😁
Does the child have to know these things already or does the book teach it
It starts off very easy and the book teaches the new concept at the beginning of each week.
Were all the vocabulary words in this dictionary?
They all have been so far! 😁
@@PursuingPeace Great! I wanted to get it to go along with fix grammar also.
Why did you repost?
I'm not sure what I did! Lol!!!
This is level 1 Grammar. A manual to such basic level is kind of an overkill. It is somewhat sad to see a "teacher" refers back to the manual to check if the answers of her student is right. It makes you doubt the competency of the one teaching. I find that the manual isn't necessary at any level. You can skip it altogether and save some money and storage space if you wish to purchase Fix It Grammar for your kids. The Student Book will suffice provided you have a good understanding of rudimentary grammar, otherwise, it will be like a blind leading the blind. In that case, maybe you should let somebody else do the teaching OR educate yourself first before embarking on homeschooling your children.
Is everything ok? Is there something I can be praying about for you? ❤️
@PursuingPeace Pray for the future of the homeschooled kids of this generation that they will be competent and apt to face the challenges of the ever changing workforce. Pray that these children will not end up just flipping burgers and that they will reach their full potential and be great and wise leaders. And please pray for parents like you and I who decided to home educate our kids that we will strive for excellence so we could give our children a much better future. Homeschooling is intentional parenting on steroids. We need to educate ourselves all the time to be better teachers to our kids. We can't just pick up a book and start teaching it to them without first perusing it and getting us informed of what we are going to teach our kids. That's lazy teaching... and that's lazy parenting. And that's what I observed. I am an advocate for learning alongside our children. But for the love of Pete, we should at least have a better understanding of the fundamentals before we embark on such endeavor. And if not, what are we doing about it? Pray for wisdom and guidance! I am not coming from a place of hate. But I have such great passion for homeschooling that it's so annoying to see so many parents, especially after covid, embarking on this journey with less preparation. Homeschooling is a commitment we shouldn't take lightly. Pray that you shouldn't just jump to the conclusion that something is wrong with the person who had the boldness to criticize something in order for change to happen so that excellence is achieved.
You might not have meant it with hate, but that's how you're coming off. Your intentions might be good, but no one is going to take it well when you say they're lazy parents. If you truly have a passion for homeschooling, then you also need to know how to speak to those who homeschool. We're normal, every day parents who deeply love our children and work hard for them every day and don't deserve to be criticized harshly by someone who hardly knows us. If you truly care about this, then teach classes on grammar for homeschool moms or have a website where we can go to learn more. Be a part of the solution, because I'm sorry to say, right now you're just creating more problems.
I normally don't say things this bluntly, but you seem like a person who can take criticism. I'm going to go homeschool and love my kids now so I won't have time to engage in this discussion any longer unless you learn to speak with love...and a filter.
I can take criticism. I hope you do, too. I hope I create in you a change... a desire to be better at what you do... to find the time to look at the books you're going to use to teach your child before you even begin the lesson. School teachers don't just show up at work without lesson planning. So why do we do it to our own children we are homeschooling? I have seen so many parents make excuses for not having the "time" so they just do the bare minimum homeschooling their kids. But if you look closely at how they spent their day you would see why they didn't have the "time". I didn't call you a lazy parent. There's a difference between lazy parenting and lazy parents. To call you a lazy parent is an attack on you, someone I clearly do not know. So just to be clear, I am not trying to attack your character or you as a person. It's unfortunate that that is how you perceived what I said. Lazy parenting, however. is what I observed in this video based on the unpreparedness of the home educator, and that was what my comment was about. We need to be able to take criticism and strive to be better... that is my hope for you.