I'm a former teacher turned homeschool mom here's a HACK- to get 'set in' dry erase marker off ----take a fresh black dry erase marker and color over it, then immediately wipe dry. It will come clean as if it was just done. Try it!
Yay for Teaching Textbooks! I’m so glad more secular parents are talking about it because it’s the one curriculum that I can’t believe more secular parents either know about or use. History Quest, Real Science Odyssey, Build Your Library, Torchlight, Brave Writer, etc. all seem to be so well-known in the secular circle except Teaching Textbooks (and JacKris grammar/writing/spelling). Teaching Textbooks seriously was the deal maker for me with homeschooling because I just do not do math well myself, let alone feel confident in teaching it. Suzanne also mentioned TT recently and I was so excited because I know I’m not the only secular parent very intimidated by math instruction at every level and TT really solved that for us. New subscriber :)
Welcome :). We are loving Teaching Textbooks. We also use Math U See, but with 2 smaller kids sometimes it’s really hard to make sure math gets done, so having teaching textbooks takes away any fear I have of my oldest falling behind in math.
Thank you so much for this video. We're very eclectic and don't really use boxed curriculum much. I haven't heard of most of these resources, so I'm super grateful.
I remember when I was so happy to learn about the plastic pouches! I still haven't bought or used them though, lol. I love hearing about all your new homeschool discoveries and I'm grateful to learn about new resources from you, thank you!
@@HomeschoolwithMelissa I'm thinking about trying that as well this upcoming year! I'm really impressed with their reading program. Thanks so much for all the interesting tidbits of good sources!
Thanx thanx thanx!! You enlightened me on things I had no idea of. I'm the same with Math and TT sounds like something I'm willimg to try out. Im going to my library today to learn about as many benefits as possible. I am exploring my Roku as we speak... So, please keep sharing!❤
Gosh, I totally agree with you about using those pouches (dry erase pockets), I used to laminate but found that once the ink dries it's extremely difficult to rub off!! So now, I just use those pockets! They are definitely worth it! I also need to check out some of the other resources you mentioned here! Thank you so much for sharing 👍
Thank you 😊 That was the issue we where running into as well. It was just so hard to rub off the dry erase once it dried this seemed like a much cheaper way to do the same thing
To clean the laminated sheets pick up some rubbing alcohol. Either keep a small glass jar with cotton balls and the alcohol in or you can put it in a small spray bottle. The dry erase marker comes right off super easy…
Thank you so much. I loved your video as well. I’ve been watching on my TV so giving everyone a huge thumbs up for the amazing resources; I am learning so much
Hi. We started using treasure hunt reading this week and it is secular and my little boy loves the videos and we are already on lesson 10 after only 4 days 😊 for me that's a win. Just wish I had known about it sooner. X
@@HomeschoolwithMelissa @cm6037 also, if you take a dry erase marker and just scribble over your dried up marker on the pages, it will take it right off too!!
I didn’t know of Libby and it’s awesome!!! We don’t have a TV and won’t have a tv as we love only using online videos!!! I will using on demand Tv apps!!! I We love treasure hunt reading!!! We used homeschool compass alongside our human body unit!!! I believe That sonlight and bookshark are the same company just bookshark is secular!!! We love homeschool apps!!!
I love this! Yes, I think BookShark and Sonlight are the same company as well. Libby is honestly one of the best things that I have found to use for personal and homeschool use 💕
I'm a former teacher turned homeschool mom here's a HACK- to get 'set in' dry erase marker off ----take a fresh black dry erase marker and color over it, then immediately wipe dry. It will come clean as if it was just done. Try it!
Thank you 😊
I knew you could use dry erase to get off permanent markers, but I didn’t think to use it on dried up dry erase. 🥰
Yay for Teaching Textbooks! I’m so glad more secular parents are talking about it because it’s the one curriculum that I can’t believe more secular parents either know about or use. History Quest, Real Science Odyssey, Build Your Library, Torchlight, Brave Writer, etc. all seem to be so well-known in the secular circle except Teaching Textbooks (and JacKris grammar/writing/spelling). Teaching Textbooks seriously was the deal maker for me with homeschooling because I just do not do math well myself, let alone feel confident in teaching it. Suzanne also mentioned TT recently and I was so excited because I know I’m not the only secular parent very intimidated by math instruction at every level and TT really solved that for us. New subscriber :)
Welcome :). We are loving Teaching Textbooks. We also use Math U See, but with 2 smaller kids sometimes it’s really hard to make sure math gets done, so having teaching textbooks takes away any fear I have of my oldest falling behind in math.
Thank you so much for this video. We're very eclectic and don't really use boxed curriculum much. I haven't heard of most of these resources, so I'm super grateful.
You are welcome. Im so glad some of this information is helping others. Thank you so much for watching :)
I remember when I was so happy to learn about the plastic pouches! I still haven't bought or used them though, lol. I love hearing about all your new homeschool discoveries and I'm grateful to learn about new resources from you, thank you!
Thank you so much! This collaboration has been such an amazing wealth of knowledge, thank you so much for hosting it 🥰
I love the side opening page protectors because you can slide them over workbook pages. :)
I didn’t even know they had side open ones. Thank you 😊 that’s awesome
Those pouches are so great! I still haven’t used them consistently… but they are great 😂
They are amazing and so much cheaper than laminating 🥰
Mystery Science is something we enjoy in our homeschool!
I have heard of that some. I will need to look into it more. Thank you for sharing.
We recently came upon the "All About Reading" program and we've been absolutely loving it!
It’s one if my favorites. I love their All About Spelling as well.
@@HomeschoolwithMelissa I'm thinking about trying that as well this upcoming year! I'm really impressed with their reading program. Thanks so much for all the interesting tidbits of good sources!
Thanx thanx thanx!! You enlightened me on things I had no idea of. I'm the same with Math and TT sounds like something I'm willimg to try out. Im going to my library today to learn about as many benefits as possible. I am exploring my Roku as we speak... So, please keep sharing!❤
Thank you so much for your kind words ❤️
Gosh, I totally agree with you about using those pouches (dry erase pockets), I used to laminate but found that once the ink dries it's extremely difficult to rub off!! So now, I just use those pockets! They are definitely worth it! I also need to check out some of the other resources you mentioned here! Thank you so much for sharing 👍
Thank you 😊 That was the issue we where running into as well. It was just so hard to rub off the dry erase once it dried this seemed like a much cheaper way to do the same thing
To clean the laminated sheets pick up some rubbing alcohol. Either keep a small glass jar with cotton balls and the alcohol in or you can put it in a small spray bottle. The dry erase marker comes right off super easy…
That’s a great idea. Thank you 😊
A lot of these resources I haven’t heard of before. Thanks so much!
Glad to find your channel through this collab ❤️
Thank you so much. I loved your video as well. I’ve been watching on my TV so giving everyone a huge thumbs up for the amazing resources; I am learning so much
There are so many resources I had not know about! Off I go to check them out. Thanks for sharing!
This collaboration has been a wealth of knowledge for me as well 🥰
I never heard of Roku before, I can't wait to check it out!
It came with our TV and it’s so convenient to have free apps right on the TV :)
Hi. We started using treasure hunt reading this week and it is secular and my little boy loves the videos and we are already on lesson 10 after only 4 days 😊 for me that's a win. Just wish I had known about it sooner. X
I am so glad you love it. I had only just learned about it and hadn’t had a chance to use it. Thank you for sharing it was secular. 😊
I didn't know you could assign things in Khan Kids! Thanks for that!
Of course 😊 I had only recently found out myself and it has been a game changer
Try vis a vis markers for your laminated pages, they tend to work better on the laminate plastic.
Good to know. Thank you 😊
We use rubbing alcohol to wipe off dried up dry erase marker, works like magic! 😄 Thanks for the free resource ideas. Just found your channel 👏🏼
Welcome. And thank you, I will need to try that, I have so many laminated sheets with dried up dry erase marker 😬
Oops, It’s actually isopropyl alcohol. 😁 rubbing alcohol may still work but it’s diluted with water.
Oh, good to know. Thank you 😊
@@HomeschoolwithMelissa @cm6037 also, if you take a dry erase marker and just scribble over your dried up marker on the pages, it will take it right off too!!
@MissPossimpible1 thank you 😊
I didn’t know of Libby and it’s awesome!!! We don’t have a TV and won’t have a tv as we love only using online videos!!! I will using on demand Tv apps!!! I We love treasure hunt reading!!! We used homeschool compass alongside our human body unit!!! I believe That sonlight and bookshark are the same company just bookshark is secular!!! We love homeschool apps!!!
I love this! Yes, I think BookShark and Sonlight are the same company as well.
Libby is honestly one of the best things that I have found to use for personal and homeschool use 💕
Use wet erase on laminated sheets! Works like a dream!
Thank you so much. I have a whole Math U See Alpha I that I laminated that I have been fighting to clean (and putting off 🤫😂).
Love this.
Thank you
Hey there. Try alcohol for the dry erase residue. It works wonders for me. 😉
Thank you 😊. I will have to try that. I’ve got a whole laminated math book that looks pretty rough
Thank you Melissa. I can’t find your references to the Roku resources in your description box. Can you provide?
Thank for letting me know. Here is the link to the Roku educational channels list: channelstore.roku.com/browse/educational
Where is link for Libby?
I just added the link to Libby in the description box. Thank you for letting me know it was missing ❤️