I am SOOOOO THANKFUL I found this video. I have a 2nd and 4th grader and I was starting to get a little freaked out. You saved me so much heartache and stress.
I am so happy you found this helpful! Try not to stress out. It will all make sense once you start. Blessings and prayers for your upcoming school year❣️
Hi Anna, YES it sure did!!! A few session of recording and then the editing. Oh mannnnn the editing!! 😂😂 I FINALLY got it done though. I tried so hard to keep it as short as I could, but as you can see, that didn’t work out to well. Lol. Thank you for taking the time out to watch it. Have a blessed day 🙏🏼
I’m new to homeschooling and ordered Abeka. What would be the benefit of organizing all the work by week vs just letting them write directly in the book? I do love all the organization you are doing.
This was very helpful! Thank you for going through the organization process so thoroughly. I found it very calming 🥰 especially feeling so overwhelmed with all the books. This was perfectly done - thank you!
Awe, I’m happy this has helped. I completely understand how it can be a bit overwhelming. Prayers for you and your kiddos for a beautiful school year. 💕
Thanks for the detailed help! I’m an Aussie and our school year starts at the end of January and this year for the first time we will be using Abeka. I only know one family in Australia using it. So this has been very good. Thank you!! 👍😊😘
I am so happy it helped! Welcome to the Abeka family. ✝️ If you ever have any questions feel free to ask. Not sure if I know all the answers, but I could sure try. 😊 My family has been praying hard for your country. My heart breaks for the families and wildlife affected. We will continue to pray Australia! ❤️
I'm just here to say we are switching to Abeka come August of this year (been with ACE and Christian Light for years now) but anywho... I've literally been doing nothing but binge watching your videos. I like to be extra prepared and get as much info in before we start and you have been so helpful! Thank you tremendously for everything you do ma'am!
Hi Bortego10! Welcome to our UA-cam family! I am so happy that my content is helping. I hope that my channel continues to be motivational and encouraging. ❤️ And thanks to you for binge watching 😉☺️
This was extremely helpful!! This fall will be my first year homeschooling through abeka and I will be homeschooling 3 of my 4 kids. I've been looking for a way to organize their stuff to make things as easy as possible and THIS METHOD is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into this video ! 🙂
Hi Marisol. Welcome to the homeschooling fam. I’m so happy to hear that this video is helpful to you, on your new adventure. Prayers for a wonderful school year for you and your kiddos. 😉🙏
I thought my mom was the OCD one because she’s diagnosed and all. Watching the paper be torn out hurt me to my core especially when it ripped improperly. Thank you for the video! I know it is a lot and many of us can get overwhelmed. I as many others like seeing other methods so I can grab new tips. Very much appreciated!
It was discouraging for sure while the pages were ripping crazy! Thank you for hanging out and seeing how I have organized our curriculum for this specific year! 💖
Hi, I am currently reviewing all home schooling options as I have 5 children to teach. Your video was phenomenal! I enjoyed your attention to detail and organizational skills. I wanted to share that Amazon has extra wide index dividers to help with the tabs issue..(Avery Big Tab Insertable Extra Wide Dividers, 8 Multicolor Tabs, 1 Set (11222) Hope it helps. Thanks again!
Hi LG. Thank you so much!!! 🤗 it definitely took some time. But it’s always worth it in the end. (The organization and the video) lol. And YES that is super helpful, thank you! I will be ordering those when needed! 🌸 Take Care and have fun researching.
Thank you so much. I decided to start home schooling. When I was looking for Curriculum, your videos are what made me choose Abeka. I’m about to start teaching my kindergartener and 11th grader. I received all my curriculum and am learning how to organize by watching your videos. Thank you for all your hard work. By the way, I love that you talk and personable. It would be boring if not!
Hi Rayz. That is awesome news. I’m so happy that my content has been helpful to you and your journey thus far. Thank you for all your kind words. I started my channel to build a homeschooling family here on UA-cam. I want my channel to be positive and a place where Mamas want to come to have a moment. Even if it is organizing homeschool curriculum, hauls, planning videos, or just chit chatting. ☺️ Thanks for being apart of this family 💖
Thanks so much for this video! First time homeschooling and using Abeka. I felt lost and completely unorganized till I watched you’re video! Can’t wait to watch you’re other videos!
Hi Christine! Welcome to homeschooling. I’m so happy you are feeling more confident in your upcoming school year. I hope you enjoy all of my content. Thanks for joining our homeschool family here on UA-cam❣️
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos! We are switching to homeschooling in the fall and I have ZERO experience in it. These videos will definitely be my go to!
No problem!! Starting off on this homeschooling journey can be overwhelming. Just make sure you give yourself Grace. 💜 I’m so happy that you found these helpful! Please don’t forget to give them 👍.
This video helped me so much! I just got our 7th grade Abeka box and wheew I was pretty overwhelmed. Thank you for sharing this! You are an amazing Sister for doing this for your Sister and sharing with us too.
I love how you showed all the steps laid out. Im here now sorting paperwork, and putting my lesson planner in a binder with sheet protectors then I will do this step you did. Thank you
ashley vickers Fun times 🤗 I actually like prepping all the new work! Lol. Is that weird?! Hope fully you enjoy it. If you don’t enjoy it now, you will later. 😉
I really appreciate how you have organized everything. I look forward to teaching my daughter 2nd grade with Abeka. I will be better at organizing with your system. Thanks so much.
Thank you so much for this video. We are starting our first homeschool year with Abeka in 3 days. I will be spending these next 3 days organizing like this. A bit of work, but seems like it will make life so much easier.
Hi. Just found your channel through searching UA-cam and I am homeschooling (1st and 6th grade accredited Abeka) for the first time ever this year (starting Sept 9) and I have to say thank you for sharing how you organize the curriculum week to week! It's a big help on helping me figure out how I may want to organize everything to make it easier for all of us.
I am SO happy that you found my channel also! It is so nice to know that this is helpful. This is my second year doing homeschool with Abeka, and we love it. It is definitely a heavy load, but well worth it. I find the videos are really helpful. It takes the load off a little bit. Just remember that this is homeschool and not public or private. That I think has been the hardest part for me. Wishing you the best with your new homeschooling journey. It is the best!!! Try to take it for what it is, and don’t sweat the small stuff. You will have some good days and some challenging days. Remember the reasons you chose to homeschool in the first place, and it will keep you pushing forward. Praying and coffee work best for me!
It definitely does. But, having a curriculum organized to your families liking, is so worth it. I do have other organization videos on curriculum if you want to check them out. They are under my playlists. Have a beautiful week.
Such an encouraging and awesome way to be organized! I used your video for my son’s first grade Abeka curriculum and it’s working like a charm! Can’t wait to do this for second grade! If I survive! 🤣.
Thank you so much for this video. I am new to Abeka and very overwhelmed. I too have a lamination, flash card, and organized obsession. This is great. Helps me so much and feels amazing to have it all together before we get started. Bless you.
Hi Angie, your very welcome!!! I’m happy you found this helpful. Yay, it’s nice to know I’m not the only one that loves laminating, flash cards and organization. Lol. Welcome to the homeschooling family! May God always guide us through our teaching of our youngsters 🙏🏼 Have a blessed night!
You are crazy organized. I love it! We’re doing Abeka Math and Language Arts for 2nd grade next year. I find the lesson planning and organizing rather daunting.
Hi Julia P! Lol. Most people find organizing daunting. 😂😂 I actually enjoy it. 🤭 I even prepare my nieces for my sister. Welcome to the Abeka Family!! ❤️
Just saw your video for the first time. Thank you for the information. I used to have the hardest time with the divider tabs with sheet protectors. You might already know this by now, but I used to line up the divider tab and cut a little slit in the sheet protector where the tab will stick out, then, in goes the divider tab into said sheet protector and the tab extends right out of the slit perfectly! Like they were made for each other! :-)
Awesome @Kat Jones! Welcome to homeschooling. You’re in for an amazing ride. I hope you subscribe to my UA-cam homeschool family. I upload homeschooling content a few times a week. 💕
Aloha. Wanted to say that I am so appreciative of your videos! Thank you for helping me get organized. I love your process and how you clearly present the steps.
I loved this video!!! So helpful!!!! I’ve been watching so many videos trying to find ways to organize my stuff...thank you!!!! As far as your divider tabs being the same size as your sheet protectors, I put the divider in a sheet protector and just cut a little slit where the tab has to go thru.
Thank u very much 4 taking time 2 do this. It is such a great help 2 me in organizing my daughters books because when I 1st started I felt so overwhelmed with so many books. This your video was very helpful and easy to follow. I was able 2 go along with u and finish organizing her folders. Thank you. Happy homeschooling :-)
Just wanted to say I loved this video. I’ll be referring back to it for the coming school year. I loved your idea about tearing out the manual. I wish I would’ve thought about it for this school year. My son’s manual is tore up right now and we aren’t even finished with school yet. I know it’s not anything serious but looking at it in the shape it’s in drives me crazy. Love your videos by the way. Keep up the great work.
Thank you Kristi 💕 Yes!!! It drives me crazy when the books start to fall apart 🤣 Thanks for being apart of our homeschool family here on UA-cam! Have a beautiful week.
Oh my goodness ! So glad I came across you! I just enrolled my boys in Abeka and they start in a couple weeks ! I am going to watch alllllll of your videos lol
Welcome to the homeschool family J Renae! I’m so happy you enjoy my content. Have fun! I’ll be editing more videos while your watching them. Lol. I will keep em coming. 💖
Thank you so much I am watching from Las Vegas. You are awesome. I love your videos, I am doing Abeka for the first time this year for my second grade daughter so this is perfect! Thanks for the tips... I bought the books bound will have to buy them unbound next year.
Diana Zarate thank you!!! I am so happy that you have found them helpful. If you guys are doing video led, you will love Mrs. Chappell. She is an amazing teacher. 💜 Happy Homeschooling.
You are awesome! I'm homeschooling for the first time this year. My daughter will be a third grader. I wish I had a room to make my homeschool room and had a great system like you!
Awe that’s so sweet, thank you. 💕 My daughter will be a third grader this year as well. And you don’t need a school room to have an awesome system. The beautiful thing about homeschooling, is you can have your homeschool environment any way you want. You can take it outside, on your family room couch, even to a park. So, don’t ever think just because you don’t have a room specifically for homeschooling, yours won’t be awesome! 💕
Simply Homeschool thanks. I guess it comes from being a classroom teacher. And my daughter gets so distracted! So it may help lol. I definitely need some organization. I stuck with Abeka because it’s what she knows from her private school. It’s a good curriculum. After watching your comparison video I think I’m going to go the independent route to have more flexibility and can adjust to if we want to do something different or if she is having a tough anxiety time, then we’re not pressured so much. Especially for our first year homeschooling. I’m going to start watching a lot of your videos to try to organize and prepare!
Yes, that makes sense. I see where the struggle can be from. And we chose Abeka for the same reason. I’m just finishing up with the organizing video for my daughters 3rd grade curriculum. I’m hoping I can have them up sometime this week. I hope you find my content helpful. Happy homeschooling! ☺️
Thanks for taking the time to make these organization videos! It's been so helpful. My friend and I schedule a "organization party" to do this for the next school year!! We are dorks! 😜 But I'm so excited to organize for the next school year! You are a sweet lady. I love your heart and passion for your kiss, homeschool and for the Lord! ❤️
Hi Ashlyn! You’re very welcome. 😉 I love the idea of an organization party! Hmmmm I may have to steal that idea, and have my sis do it with me! #teamdorks Awe, thank you for all your kind words. ❤️ Happy organizing!
This is so so so helpful! Thank you so much! New Homeschool mommy and I’ve been looking for a video just like this!! I have two more new homeschool mommy’s I sent them this vid! What a blessing!
Welcome “New homeschooling Mommy”! I’m so happy it was helpful. And thanks for sharing 😉 I appreciate it. I hope you stick around and subscribe to my UA-cam homeschool family. I’m so excited to share this coming up school year with you all. And thank you for the kind words. 💕
God bless you and your hard work you put into homeschooling your family :) thank you. I decided to get unbound and idk if good choice or not they get lost easily during the binder and hole punching phase lol :)
Hi Ashley Harkness. Thank you for the kind words. Oh man, I hope they didn’t get lost. That’s the bummer. I suggested unbound because it’s a pain to get them out of the books. I thought it would save some time.
Rubinoaksacademy Yay! I’m so happy you found this helpful! Don’t forget to check out my other videos. I have a lot of content on Abeka. 😊 Have a blessed night!
I think so! 😊 I’m new at this whole UA-camr thing, so I’m still trying to figure out how I could do it. Being a Christian and a Mama, I think we all need fellowship 💜
@Karen Sislo Welcome to our homeschooling family. I am so happy you found this video helpful. I have a huge variety of videos about Abeka on my channel that you may find helpful as well. ❤️ Have a beautiful day.
You’re welcome! I’m happy you found it helpful. I will link one of my videos with tips for a homeschooling Mamas. 😉 ua-cam.com/video/l7asZogoZhw/v-deo.html
Hi! I'm new to your channel and loving it. This is our first year with Abeka with a kindergartner and second grader. I really like how you file the lessons to have them ready. I was wondering why do you use a binder for the manual instead of leaving the pages in the book? Thank you! I'll be binge watching this week! Lol!
Hi @Griselle Zapata! Welcome to my channel. I am so happy you enjoy the content here. So with the Manual I like to have my daily lessons separate from my teacher guides and keys. But you can leave it in the book if you works better for you. I think I just like making more work for myself. 😬🤣 Enjoy your binge watching! Lol 😉 Please don’t forget to hit that like button for me. Thank you so much for being apart of my channel!
Hi Chef Steph! Thank you for watching. 💕 I am actually recording a series on our homeschool room makeover. The first video should go up in a few days. I do have previous videos on my channel. I will link them for you. ua-cam.com/video/NuulkKcrbn8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/pKNsdWWQeaw/v-deo.html
Hi there! We love your organizing method and would love to share your video within one of our upcoming blog. Would you be open to sharing this video with us and also sharing a few images with us? Specifically, any images you have depicting your organizational skills and techniques. Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you soon.
Awesome video! Do you think it matters which day of the week you start your school year on? For example, would it throw the setup of the lessons off if you started with lesson 1 on a Wednesday?
Hi! Thanks for watching. No, You should be ok. It is pretty cool because Abeka labels their work by lesson not days of week. They make it so it can be used on whatever day you choose. When you write your cheat sheet for lessons and weeks just start lessons 1-3 would be week 1. Lessons 4-8 week 2. Lessons 9-13 week 3. I hope that make sense. 😉
No problem. I’m happy you have found this video helpful. If you are asking about the weekly file folders, those are actually from the year before! 🤦🏻♀️😬😂 I had notes everywhere for myself (that I didn’t need). Lol. It was our first year homeschooling so I was winging it. I guess that’s how we learn. 😉
I just put more sturdy tabs inside the manual and saved time by not ripping it out worked the same, also when filing lessons I used appendix b for the order of each lesson
Thank you so much for all your tips and insight. I feel like some of the weight has been lifted and I am more prepared to start the year. Is 3rd grade the same concept when putting all the work together? I appreciate it
I’m happy you found this video to be helpful. For our 3rd grade year we changed some of our curriculum so we weren’t solely using Abeka. I ended up spiral binding our curriculum per quarter (which has been working ever since.) I’m pretty sure it will be the same concept if you plan to use the crate system for 3rd grade. I do know that the higher the grade, the more difficult it is to break up the pages per lesson. But, you could always look over the curriculum to see if it’s doable before organizing, that way you will know for sure if it will work. I’m sorry, I wish I could be more helpful.
Hello, I had a question maybe you have the answers? I am currently going through the second grade curriculum and I realized, I don’t see where or how they grade the 2nd grade history, science, and health books
Thank you for such helpful information! 📚 Do you feel there is an advantage to filing folders by each week versus filing folders for each day? Just trying to figure out which will work best. Thanks! 🙂
Hi @Jennifer Martinez. Your welcome. You don’t have to be accredited. You can be unaccredited if you choose to be. I linked a video below explaining both. ua-cam.com/video/EMVz4ZdFYyY/v-deo.html
I really appreciate all these Abeka videos. My son and I are going into first grade and we’ve been homeschooling since grade K but this will be our first year with Abeka and I’m wondering if I should organize my crate by week like you’ve done or by lesson. Could you tell me the pros and cons if you know?
Hi Alyjah. Honestly, I don’t think that there are any cons about setting it up by lesson. You would just need more file folders. But, either way would work great.
Hi, how do you file lessons that are front and back but are different weeks? For example, for language, lesson 5 is front and lesson 6 is back. Week 1 is lesson 1-5 and week 2 is 6-10.
Hi Monique. Yes have the page that says lesson 5 and lesson 6 in week 1. After your kiddo is done with lesson 5, put the sheet with lesson 6 so they can do it on the following Mon. 😊
Hi Emily! Welcome to our homeschool family. The Abeka website is very confusing. You can order a free catalog online and it is so much easier to navigate through. Are you planning on doing Full Tuition video and books. Or are you planning on Parent Led?
would love to see how you put together your daughters school cart and how you put together her cheat sheets as well if you had a chance to make those rules cards. There so much cool info in the lesson guides I was thinking of making something to put those rules on as well
Hey Tamara Joy. I have a playlist for 2nd grade on my channel, and that is where you will find the cart video. Now this is what we used for her 2nd grade year. I also have a binder and chart video in the playlist as well. ua-cam.com/play/PLlc1Rn0q5V9o3g4CDwXS-f5Tvxw_Fc8pw.html
I did make the rules cards. I think I’ve included them in a video or 2, but I can’t remember. 😬 I wrote each fact on a large flashcards and the. I laminated them. I made tabs on them so they were devised. So, nouns, verbs, predicate, and so on. Then I put them on rings. They works perfect.
@@simplyhomeschool18 wow thanks so much I hope you know how much a blessing your channel has been thanks for sharing your gifting with all of us. May God bless you in all you do
I’m new to homeschooling and I Ordered Abeka. What would be the benefit of organizing all the weeks vs just letting the kids write in each book? Honest question. Thank you
Hi Monique. I think it’s just preference. I like having all of her work ready for the year, without the hassle of finding the different books and ripping out pages each day. But, that’s just my opinion. I also like having all of my teacher keys in order and my daily guides with instructions for grading. I will be honest, it’s a little more work at the beginning of the year, but for me it’s worth it. But I’m a little extra. Lol 🤷🏻♀️
I just tear out the pages for each set of 10 lessons and I put them in order inna folder and I just go there every day and grab the pages we need. It spares me the trouble of handling the books every day, but I also don't feel overwhelmed by doing all this work.
I just want to take the time to say thank you for you sacrificing your time to do these videos. It is extremely helpful. I am a first time homeschooling mom and it seems to be overwhelming and we haven't even started yet. Your truly a blessing and I appreciate you. I have done everything so far except for putting the lessons in the folders. I am accredited but I think I'm going to switch to parent taught. I already feel the pressure and we start tomorrow 11/02/20 and I'm still not situated. I know that I will get through this by the grace of GOD. Is there any other way to communicate with you other than on here? If not I totally understand. Once again GOD bless you and thank you so much.
Hi @Nicole Evans. 💕 Thank you!! I am so happy to hear that it has helped. I know it can be overwhelming, but you will do great. Give yourself some Grace and everything will fall into place. Just know that I am still not always prepared. Don’t let this video fool you. Lol. ☺️ I pray for a smooth and enjoyable first day of homeschool for you guys. 🙏 You can always DM me through my IG account Simplyhomeschool18 or my email is simplyhomeschool18@gmail.com I will respond to either. God Bless you!
@@simplyhomeschool18 your such a blessing. Glory to God. Thank you so much. On IG my name is Spiritual Secrets Locks By Nicole. Thank you so much and be blessed.
So the cheat sheet you made that has the week numbers with the lessons on it...how do these line up with the video manual? Is there just 5 lessons per subject in each week?
For your main subjects like, arithmetic, phonics/language, and writing you will have a lesson (on paper) each day. For 5 days a week. But for spelling, science, history, health you won’t have (paperwork) everyday. Make sure you are looking at the bottom corner of each seatwork/classwork before filing.
Simply Homeschool Thank you so much for taking the time to respond!! 🌺I just got 8 boxes yesterday!! It all looks so overwhelming...I am gonna start putting my kindergartener in her own crate...and then I’ll put the other two that are doing academy in one large crate with lid! You are so helpful, thank you for your videos!! I’m such a visual learner and I love your videos!
No problem! I love when curriculum comes, it feels like Christmas. Lol. Great idea on starting with the kindergarten curriculum. It should be pretty close to the 1st grade curriculum video that I did. Happy organizing 🥳
I have set up all my folders this is my first year doing this. I am wondering what do you do if you miss a day in the week? Do you then have to move everything forward and start over?
Hi Natalee. Honestly, I have no idea. I just purchased the crate from Walmart. I think it was around $5. The hanging folders and file folders were from Amazon. I haven’t had any problems with any of them. 😊
Hi Heather. I actually purchased it as a bundle through Amazon. I wish I still had the info on the seller, but it was 3 years ago. 🙈 But, Amazon has so many great choices.
Hi! Thanks so much for this video! Maybe you said this and I missed it but what size binders do you use for the homework and cheat sheets? Also is that the system you would use for 3rd grade as well? Do you make separate crates for each child?
Hi SamBam. I’m happy you found this video helpful. You can use a 1 1/2” or 2”. This year for my 3rd grader I did something different. But you can definitely do the crate filing. You would just use the lesson numbers on the bottom of the worksheets to file them according to their lessons. 😊 I had separate crates for the kids. But, if there’s enough space in one crate for 2 kids you can just use separate color file folders and do it that way. Not sure if more than 2 kids schoolwork would fit into one crate. 😉
@@simplyhomeschool18 Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I have loved your channel and all the help you've provided! We get our Abeka curriculum in next week and I can't wait to get started! You've made it seem much more doable for our first year of homeschooling.
Hey Kristina, yes definitely. I didn’t learn about that until after I did this video. And ever since I have forgotten to order unbound. 🤦🏻♀️ So, if you are planning to use the crate system, try to remember to order unbound. Lol
Oh man! Put on some worship music, turn on your infuser or candles, and get to ripping. Lol. That is literally what I am doing now. I always forget to order the unbound 🤣
Do you have a video to show what you do for her cheat sheet folder/binder and homework binder? Also, what is her cart and what do you put in it? Did you make a video for that? And could you clarify the folder you were talking about in this video, that if it's another day's lesson as well and not finished, it goes back in her folder? Do you have that in a video to show what you mean? I need to catch up on a lot of your videos!!
Hi Amanda. If you look under my 2nd grade playlist you will see a video on the cart I use and on the cheat sheet binders. In the binder video you will see the daily folders I was talking about. 👍
No problem. I did change it this year. We shall see how it works out. The filing system worked great. I just won’t have as much room for it and 3 others this year. So we are trying something new.
I gotta admit when this started I wasn’t sure what you were going to do, but I’m really glad I kept watching. This video was SO informative and detailed and organized! It’s my first year homeschooling and I was really struggling. I’m so thankful I found your video! I subscribed to your page and I’m really looking forward to watching your other videos. Thank you for sharing this!!
Hi TheMains2009. I organized the lesson that is first into the folder that is to be done first, when my daughter completed that lesson, she would know to set it aside for her next lesson. Or we would put it in the corresponding folder for the correct lesson. I hope this makes sense. So for instance, if it was 104 and 105. It would be in the file folder for L104. On that day she would complete the page and then she would (or I would) put it in the folder for L105. ☺️
Hi there! Thanks for the visual help! I'm considering using Abeka Academy next year for my 3 older children, all whom study at the same grade level. Could you give me some advice as to what books (out of the student kit) are absolutely necessary to have individual copies of? Meaning, I'd hate to buy 3 sets of student kits and then realize I have unnecessarily purchased books they could've shared. Does that make sense? It's really hard to get a good idea from the website as to what are textbooks and what are activity books/readers. In your opinion, what are the essentials that I should buy 3 copies of and what can be shared. 🤪 I hope this makes sense! Thank you!
@bailee long Hi. Yes, I totally understand. The website can definitely be confusing, especially when you are new. What grade are you planning on getting? And are you planning on a full curriculum? Video or parent led? Sorry there are so many options, so I need details to steer you in the right direction ☺️
Hey if you have Instagram follow me at Simplyhomeschool18 and inner message me. It will be so much easier. 👍 I’m seeing a few different choices, but it really depends on what you want. 😊
Love Teachers Pay Teachers for cheap Orr free visuals if I don’t want to type out one. Also, the book pages can be torn in five or six pulls without torn pages. I just tear the front page off and grab a group of pages and pull kind of up and out slowly while using the other hand to push on the binding while tearing. Once I realized this, it became much less monotonous :)
I am SOOOOO THANKFUL I found this video. I have a 2nd and 4th grader and I was starting to get a little freaked out. You saved me so much heartache and stress.
I am so happy you found this helpful! Try not to stress out. It will all make sense once you start. Blessings and prayers for your upcoming school year❣️
This video must have been a lot of work, but I LOVE it! So nice to have an Abeka channel to watch. Thank you for all the effort you put in❤️
Hi Anna, YES it sure did!!! A few session of recording and then the editing. Oh mannnnn the editing!! 😂😂 I FINALLY got it done though. I tried so hard to keep it as short as I could, but as you can see, that didn’t work out to well. Lol. Thank you for taking the time out to watch it. Have a blessed day 🙏🏼
I’m new to homeschooling and ordered Abeka. What would be the benefit of organizing all the work by week vs just letting them write directly in the book? I do love all the organization you are doing.
This was very helpful! Thank you for going through the organization process so thoroughly. I found it very calming 🥰 especially feeling so overwhelmed with all the books. This was perfectly done - thank you!
Awe, I’m happy this has helped. I completely understand how it can be a bit overwhelming. Prayers for you and your kiddos for a beautiful school year. 💕
Thanks for the detailed help! I’m an Aussie and our school year starts at the end of January and this year for the first time we will be using Abeka. I only know one family in Australia using it. So this has been very good. Thank you!! 👍😊😘
I am so happy it helped! Welcome to the Abeka family. ✝️ If you ever have any questions feel free to ask. Not sure if I know all the answers, but I could sure try. 😊 My family has been praying hard for your country. My heart breaks for the families and wildlife affected. We will continue to pray Australia! ❤️
I'm just here to say we are switching to Abeka come August of this year (been with ACE and Christian Light for years now) but anywho... I've literally been doing nothing but binge watching your videos. I like to be extra prepared and get as much info in before we start and you have been so helpful! Thank you tremendously for everything you do ma'am!
Hi Bortego10! Welcome to our UA-cam family! I am so happy that my content is helping. I hope that my channel continues to be motivational and encouraging. ❤️ And thanks to you for binge watching 😉☺️
Thank you for sharing your struggle for the art book! I would have destroyed mine but you saved my sons 2nd grade art papers! 😊
I love the idea of putting the manual in a binder 👍🏻 thank you for sharing 😊
Thank you! It is super helpful 👍🏼
This was extremely helpful!! This fall will be my first year homeschooling through abeka and I will be homeschooling 3 of my 4 kids. I've been looking for a way to organize their stuff to make things as easy as possible and THIS METHOD is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into this video ! 🙂
Hi Marisol. Welcome to the homeschooling fam. I’m so happy to hear that this video is helpful to you, on your new adventure. Prayers for a wonderful school year for you and your kiddos. 😉🙏
@@simplyhomeschool18 Thank you! I appreciate the support
I thought my mom was the OCD one because she’s diagnosed and all. Watching the paper be torn out hurt me to my core especially when it ripped improperly. Thank you for the video! I know it is a lot and many of us can get overwhelmed. I as many others like seeing other methods so I can grab new tips. Very much appreciated!
It was discouraging for sure while the pages were ripping crazy! Thank you for hanging out and seeing how I have organized our curriculum for this specific year! 💖
Thank you so much for this video It gave me confidence for teaching my kiddos! I have prek4 Grade 3 and Grade 6
I’m so happy to hear that this video has helped❣️
Hi, I am currently reviewing all home schooling options as I have 5 children to teach. Your video was phenomenal! I enjoyed your attention to detail and organizational skills. I wanted to share that Amazon has extra wide index dividers to help with the tabs issue..(Avery Big Tab Insertable Extra Wide Dividers, 8 Multicolor Tabs, 1 Set (11222)
Hope it helps. Thanks again!
Hi LG. Thank you so much!!! 🤗 it definitely took some time. But it’s always worth it in the end. (The organization and the video) lol. And YES that is super helpful, thank you! I will be ordering those when needed! 🌸 Take Care and have fun researching.
watching and organizing with you! THANK YOU
Nice! Have fun! 😊
I watched your video and did file everything this way for first grade. It made it so easy for me! Thank you! Will do again for second grade!!
Im so happy to hear that you are loving it? Have a wonderful school year!
Thank you so much. I decided to start home schooling. When I was looking for Curriculum, your videos are what made me choose Abeka.
I’m about to start teaching my kindergartener and 11th grader. I received all my curriculum and am learning how to organize by watching your videos.
Thank you for all your hard work. By the way, I love that you talk and personable. It would be boring if not!
Hi Rayz. That is awesome news. I’m so happy that my content has been helpful to you and your journey thus far.
Thank you for all your kind words. I started my channel to build a homeschooling family here on UA-cam. I want my channel to be positive and a place where Mamas want to come to have a moment. Even if it is organizing homeschool curriculum, hauls, planning videos, or just chit chatting. ☺️
Thanks for being apart of this family 💖
You just saved my life, soooo helpful, thank you so much
Thanks so much for this video! First time homeschooling and using Abeka. I felt lost and completely unorganized till I watched you’re video! Can’t wait to watch you’re other videos!
Hi Christine! Welcome to homeschooling. I’m so happy you are feeling more confident in your upcoming school year. I hope you enjoy all of my content. Thanks for joining our homeschool family here on UA-cam❣️
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos! We are switching to homeschooling in the fall and I have ZERO experience in it. These videos will definitely be my go to!
No problem!! Starting off on this homeschooling journey can be overwhelming. Just make sure you give yourself Grace. 💜 I’m so happy that you found these helpful! Please don’t forget to give them 👍.
Amazingly helpful video and I see it recommended all the time in the Abeka mom Facebook group! ❤️
❤️ Thank you for watching ❤️
This video helped me so much! I just got our 7th grade Abeka box and wheew I was pretty overwhelmed. Thank you for sharing this! You are an amazing Sister for doing this for your Sister and sharing with us too.
I am so happy to hear that it was helpful. It can definitely be overwhelming. Don’t worry, it will all come together. It will get easier and easier. 💕
I love how you showed all the steps laid out. Im here now sorting paperwork, and putting my lesson planner in a binder with sheet protectors then I will do this step you did. Thank you
ashley vickers Fun times 🤗 I actually like prepping all the new work! Lol. Is that weird?! Hope fully you enjoy it. If you don’t enjoy it now, you will later. 😉
I am new to Abeka Homeschool. Thank you so much for this video.
Welcome to the homeschool family! I’m so happy this was helpful! 🌼
I really appreciate how you have organized everything. I look forward to teaching my daughter 2nd grade with Abeka. I will be better at organizing with your system. Thanks so much.
Thank you Teresa! I hope it helps. Happy homeschooling 💖
Thank you so much for this video. We are starting our first homeschool year with Abeka in 3 days. I will be spending these next 3 days organizing like this. A bit of work, but seems like it will make life so much easier.
Hi Melissa. Welcome to the homeschooling family. ❤️ I hope you are happy when everything is organized.
Hi. Just found your channel through searching UA-cam and I am homeschooling (1st and 6th grade accredited Abeka) for the first time ever this year (starting Sept 9) and I have to say thank you for sharing how you organize the curriculum week to week! It's a big help on helping me figure out how I may want to organize everything to make it easier for all of us.
I am SO happy that you found my channel also! It is so nice to know that this is helpful. This is my second year doing homeschool with Abeka, and we love it. It is definitely a heavy load, but well worth it. I find the videos are really helpful. It takes the load off a little bit. Just remember that this is homeschool and not public or private. That I think has been the hardest part for me. Wishing you the best with your new homeschooling journey. It is the best!!! Try to take it for what it is, and don’t sweat the small stuff. You will have some good days and some challenging days. Remember the reasons you chose to homeschool in the first place, and it will keep you pushing forward. Praying and coffee work best for me!
@@simplyhomeschool18 thank you so much! Prayer and coffee I'm sure will be what helps me too lol
Amazing! All this prep works takes a lot of work but I'm sure it pays dividends throughout the year.
It definitely does. But, having a curriculum organized to your families liking, is so worth it. I do have other organization videos on curriculum if you want to check them out. They are under my playlists. Have a beautiful week.
Such an encouraging and awesome way to be organized! I used your video for my son’s first grade Abeka curriculum and it’s working like a charm! Can’t wait to do this for second grade! If I survive! 🤣.
🤣🤣 You will survive, but just barely! 🤣🤣 I’m happy that the organization is working for you.
Thank you so much for this video. I am new to Abeka and very overwhelmed. I too have a lamination, flash card, and organized obsession. This is great. Helps me so much and feels amazing to have it all together before we get started. Bless you.
Hi Angie, your very welcome!!! I’m happy you found this helpful. Yay, it’s nice to know I’m not the only one that loves laminating, flash cards and organization. Lol. Welcome to the homeschooling family! May God always guide us through our teaching of our youngsters 🙏🏼 Have a blessed night!
You are crazy organized. I love it! We’re doing Abeka Math and Language Arts for 2nd grade next year. I find the lesson planning and organizing rather daunting.
Hi Julia P! Lol. Most people find organizing daunting. 😂😂 I actually enjoy it. 🤭 I even prepare my nieces for my sister. Welcome to the Abeka Family!! ❤️
Simply Homeschool I love Abeka. Grew up with it. We’re kind of eclectic homeschoolers but Abeka Math really clicked with my daughter.
Oh that’s awesome!!! So you are an Abeka rookie! I agree, we love a Abeka as well. 💜
Just saw your video for the first time. Thank you for the information. I used to have the hardest time with the divider tabs with sheet protectors. You might already know this by now, but I used to line up the divider tab and cut a little slit in the sheet protector where the tab will stick out, then, in goes the divider tab into said sheet protector and the tab extends right out of the slit perfectly! Like they were made for each other! :-)
Thank you so much! That is a great idea. 😉
I just bought grade 1. This is a super helpful video!!
Awesome @Kat Jones! Welcome to homeschooling. You’re in for an amazing ride. I hope you subscribe to my UA-cam homeschool family. I upload homeschooling content a few times a week. 💕
Aloha. Wanted to say that I am so appreciative of your videos! Thank you for helping me get organized. I love your process and how you clearly present the steps.
Hey @Mimi Schmidt. I’m so happy to hear that this video has been helpful! ❤️ Thank you for watching.
I loved this video!!! So helpful!!!! I’ve been watching so many videos trying to find ways to organize my stuff...thank you!!!!
As far as your divider tabs being the same size as your sheet protectors, I put the divider in a sheet protector and just cut a little slit where the tab has to go thru.
Hi!! Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed it! 🤗
That is a great idea! Thank you! 👍
Loving this video! Thanks so much for making the video! So helpful!
Crafty Bee's Homestead Thank you!! I’m so happy it was helpful 😊 Have a blessed weekend.
@@simplyhomeschool18 you also! 🤗
Very helpful video! Thank you!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching.
Thank u very much 4 taking time 2 do this. It is such a great help 2 me in organizing my daughters books because when I 1st started I felt so overwhelmed with so many books. This your video was very helpful and easy to follow. I was able 2 go along with u and finish organizing her folders. Thank you. Happy homeschooling :-)
I am so happy that this was helpful! Praying for you and your family to have a wonderful school year.
Thank you for all your hard work recording. Very helpful.
You are very welcome, Vicky❣️ I’m happy you found it helpful,
Just wanted to say I loved this video. I’ll be referring back to it for the coming school year. I loved your idea about tearing out the manual. I wish I would’ve thought about it for this school year. My son’s manual is tore up right now and we aren’t even finished with school yet. I know it’s not anything serious but looking at it in the shape it’s in drives me crazy. Love your videos by the way. Keep up the great work.
Thank you Kristi 💕 Yes!!! It drives me crazy when the books start to fall apart 🤣 Thanks for being apart of our homeschool family here on UA-cam! Have a beautiful week.
Oh my goodness ! So glad I came across you! I just enrolled my boys in Abeka and they start in a couple weeks ! I am going to watch alllllll of your videos lol
Welcome to the homeschool family J Renae! I’m so happy you enjoy my content. Have fun! I’ll be editing more videos while your watching them. Lol. I will keep em coming. 💖
Yay! I will be here ready to watch lol
Thank you so much I am watching from Las Vegas. You are awesome. I love your videos, I am doing Abeka for the first time this year for my second grade daughter so this is perfect! Thanks for the tips... I bought the books bound will have to buy them unbound next year.
Diana Zarate thank you!!! I am so happy that you have found them helpful. If you guys are doing video led, you will love Mrs. Chappell. She is an amazing teacher. 💜 Happy Homeschooling.
Thank you, Thank you! I've been trying to find a way to organize that makes sense for me. Thank you for the detailed video!
Your very welcome Rayna! I’m so happy this was helpful!
Thank you so much! And God bless your family!
No problem! Blessings 🙏❤️
You are awesome! I'm homeschooling for the first time this year. My daughter will be a third grader. I wish I had a room to make my homeschool room and had a great system like you!
Awe that’s so sweet, thank you. 💕 My daughter will be a third grader this year as well. And you don’t need a school room to have an awesome system. The beautiful thing about homeschooling, is you can have your homeschool environment any way you want. You can take it outside, on your family room couch, even to a park. So, don’t ever think just because you don’t have a room specifically for homeschooling, yours won’t be awesome! 💕
Simply Homeschool thanks. I guess it comes from being a classroom teacher. And my daughter gets so distracted! So it may help lol. I definitely need some organization. I stuck with Abeka because it’s what she knows from her private school. It’s a good curriculum. After watching your comparison video I think I’m going to go the independent route to have more flexibility and can adjust to if we want to do something different or if she is having a tough anxiety time, then we’re not pressured so much. Especially for our first year homeschooling. I’m going to start watching a lot of your videos to try to organize and prepare!
Yes, that makes sense. I see where the struggle can be from. And we chose Abeka for the same reason. I’m just finishing up with the organizing video for my daughters 3rd grade curriculum. I’m hoping I can have them up sometime this week. I hope you find my content helpful. Happy homeschooling! ☺️
Thanks for taking the time to make these organization videos! It's been so helpful. My friend and I schedule a "organization party" to do this for the next school year!! We are dorks! 😜 But I'm so excited to organize for the next school year! You are a sweet lady. I love your heart and passion for your kiss, homeschool and for the Lord! ❤️
Hi Ashlyn! You’re very welcome. 😉 I love the idea of an organization party! Hmmmm I may have to steal that idea, and have my sis do it with me! #teamdorks Awe, thank you for all your kind words. ❤️ Happy organizing!
This is so so so helpful! Thank you so much! New Homeschool mommy and I’ve been looking for a video just like this!! I have two more new homeschool mommy’s I sent them this vid! What a blessing!
Welcome “New homeschooling Mommy”! I’m so happy it was helpful. And thanks for sharing 😉 I appreciate it. I hope you stick around and subscribe to my UA-cam homeschool family. I’m so excited to share this coming up school year with you all. And thank you for the kind words. 💕
God bless you and your hard work you put into homeschooling your family :) thank you. I decided to get unbound and idk if good choice or not they get lost easily during the binder and hole punching phase lol :)
Hi Ashley Harkness. Thank you for the kind words. Oh man, I hope they didn’t get lost. That’s the bummer. I suggested unbound because it’s a pain to get them out of the books. I thought it would save some time.
Love this video. We are switching to Abeka next year and I was wondering how I was going to organize it all!
Rubinoaksacademy Yay! I’m so happy you found this helpful! Don’t forget to check out my other videos. I have a lot of content on Abeka. 😊 Have a blessed night!
Fellowship would be so neat! 🤗🙏
I think so! 😊 I’m new at this whole UA-camr thing, so I’m still trying to figure out how I could do it. Being a Christian and a Mama, I think we all need fellowship 💜
@@simplyhomeschool18 definitely!
Thank you so much for this video, it is so helpful on Abeka and setting lessons up!! 💕
No problem! I’m happy you found it helpful❣️
Thank you so much. Your videos have been so helpful when choosing abeka.
❤️ I am so happy that my content has helped.
This was so helpful! 🙌 Thank you I am a first time homeschool in the middle of the year and felt so lost thank you for the video ❤️
@Karen Sislo Welcome to our homeschooling family. I am so happy you found this video helpful. I have a huge variety of videos about Abeka on my channel that you may find helpful as well. ❤️ Have a beautiful day.
I am new to Abeka Homeschool. Thank you so much for this video. I would like to ask you how I can process to organize my new homeschooling year?
You’re welcome! I’m happy you found it helpful. I will link one of my videos with tips for a homeschooling Mamas. 😉
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Love your videos!! We just joined abeka for 2nd grade parent led. This video is so helpful!!
That’s awesome! I hope you enjoy it. Thank you so much for the kind words Bright Stars Homeschool! I’m happy to hear this video is helpful. 💜
Hi! I'm new to your channel and loving it. This is our first year with Abeka with a kindergartner and second grader. I really like how you file the lessons to have them ready. I was wondering why do you use a binder for the manual instead of leaving the pages in the book? Thank you! I'll be binge watching this week! Lol!
Hi @Griselle Zapata! Welcome to my channel. I am so happy you enjoy the content here. So with the Manual I like to have my daily lessons separate from my teacher guides and keys. But you can leave it in the book if you works better for you. I think I just like making more work for myself. 😬🤣 Enjoy your binge watching! Lol 😉 Please don’t forget to hit that like button for me. Thank you so much for being apart of my channel!
Thank you, I really enjoyed this video and love the channel. Do you have a video that shows how you organized your home schooling room?
Hi Chef Steph! Thank you for watching. 💕 I am actually recording a series on our homeschool room makeover. The first video should go up in a few days. I do have previous videos on my channel. I will link them for you.
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Hi there! We love your organizing method and would love to share your video within one of our upcoming blog. Would you be open to sharing this video with us and also sharing a few images with us? Specifically, any images you have depicting your organizational skills and techniques. Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you soon.
Hi! Yes, that would be amazing. You can email me at simplyhomeschool18@gmail.com with the details. Thank you for reaching out.
@@simplyhomeschool18 Thank you so much. We will email you today!
Wow! Moms do a lot of work. Do you have a video for 4 or 5th grade, so my mom can organize me and my brothers for next year?
Yes, we sure do. ☺️ I have a video on how I bind our multi curriculum worksheets. I will link it here for you. ua-cam.com/video/fhTCp0_Ytug/v-deo.html
Hello, I am planning to use abeka and I have to have 180 days of school how would you recommend filling from 170 lessons?
Awesome video! Do you think it matters which day of the week you start your school year on? For example, would it throw the setup of the lessons off if you started with lesson 1 on a Wednesday?
Hi! Thanks for watching. No, You should be ok. It is pretty cool because Abeka labels their work by lesson not days of week. They make it so it can be used on whatever day you choose. When you write your cheat sheet for lessons and weeks just start lessons 1-3 would be week 1. Lessons 4-8 week 2. Lessons 9-13 week 3. I hope that make sense. 😉
Thanks for the detailed video! My son is starting 2nd grade and we are waiting on the books! Curious - what are the sticky notes in the folders?
No problem. I’m happy you have found this video helpful. If you are asking about the weekly file folders, those are actually from the year before! 🤦🏻♀️😬😂 I had notes everywhere for myself (that I didn’t need). Lol. It was our first year homeschooling so I was winging it. I guess that’s how we learn. 😉
I always enjoy all your posts.
Fran Imwalle Thank You!!! 🤗
I just put more sturdy tabs inside the manual and saved time by not ripping it out worked the same, also when filing lessons I used appendix b for the order of each lesson
That’s a good idea. Definitely a time savor. 👍😉
For books with glue binding you can put them in from of an heater or any source of heat and the glue will melt and make it easier to break down.
I will definitely be trying this out this school year. Thanks Micah!
Thank you so much for all your tips and insight. I feel like some of the weight has been lifted and I am more prepared to start the year. Is 3rd grade the same concept when putting all the work together? I appreciate it
I’m happy you found this video to be helpful. For our 3rd grade year we changed some of our curriculum so we weren’t solely using Abeka. I ended up spiral binding our curriculum per quarter (which has been working ever since.) I’m pretty sure it will be the same concept if you plan to use the crate system for 3rd grade. I do know that the higher the grade, the more difficult it is to break up the pages per lesson. But, you could always look over the curriculum to see if it’s doable before organizing, that way you will know for sure if it will work. I’m sorry, I wish I could be more helpful.
Hello, I had a question maybe you have the answers? I am currently going through the second grade curriculum and I realized, I don’t see where or how they grade the 2nd grade history, science, and health books
Thank you for such helpful information! 📚 Do you feel there is an advantage to filing folders by each week versus filing folders for each day? Just trying to figure out which will work best. Thanks! 🙂
Hi Amanda! No problem. I think which ever way works better for you, is the best way. ☺️
I really enjoyed your video & it is so helpful!
I’m am so happy to hear that! Us homeschooling mamas have to stick together! Have a beautiful day 💜
Thank you so much for the video! Question: Our child is in elementary school. Why would we have to be "accredited"?
Hi @Jennifer Martinez. Your welcome. You don’t have to be accredited. You can be unaccredited if you choose to be. I linked a video below explaining both.
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I really appreciate all these Abeka videos. My son and I are going into first grade and we’ve been homeschooling since grade K but this will be our first year with Abeka and I’m wondering if I should organize my crate by week like you’ve done or by lesson. Could you tell me the pros and cons if you know?
Hi Alyjah. Honestly, I don’t think that there are any cons about setting it up by lesson. You would just need more file folders. But, either way would work great.
Hi, how do you file lessons that are front and back but are different weeks? For example, for language, lesson 5 is front and lesson 6 is back. Week 1 is lesson 1-5 and week 2 is 6-10.
Hi Monique. Yes have the page that says lesson 5 and lesson 6 in week 1. After your kiddo is done with lesson 5, put the sheet with lesson 6 so they can do it on the following Mon. 😊
Simply Homeschool thank you! This is my first time homeschooling.
No problem at all. Let me know if you have any other questions and I can try to help. Welcome to our homeschooling family! 💛
You know you can get the unbound abeka work books for homeschooling now it so that you can organize it without having to rip it out.
Crystal Williams that is awesome! That will save me some time for sure!!! That will definitely be in my cart for 3rd grade.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing
Oh no i saw this message to late
Ugh! I didn’t find out Abeka offered unbound until a year after I posted this video. I’m sorry.
New to this! Does the parent kit have to bought separately? This was a little confusing on the Abeka website.
Hi Emily! Welcome to our homeschool family. The Abeka website is very confusing. You can order a free catalog online and it is so much easier to navigate through. Are you planning on doing Full Tuition video and books. Or are you planning on Parent Led?
would love to see how you put together your daughters school cart and how you put together her cheat sheets as well if you had a chance to make those rules cards. There so much cool info in the lesson guides I was thinking of making something to put those rules on as well
Hey Tamara Joy. I have a playlist for 2nd grade on my channel, and that is where you will find the cart video. Now this is what we used for her 2nd grade year. I also have a binder and chart video in the playlist as well.
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I did make the rules cards. I think I’ve included them in a video or 2, but I can’t remember. 😬 I wrote each fact on a large flashcards and the. I laminated them. I made tabs on them so they were devised. So, nouns, verbs, predicate, and so on. Then I put them on rings. They works perfect.
@@simplyhomeschool18 wow thanks so much I hope you know how much a blessing your channel has been thanks for sharing your gifting with all of us. May God bless you in all you do
Aweee 💕 Thank you!! This means so much.
Excellent organization! I believe on Amazon they have extra wide dividers for binders. Hope that helps. :).
Thank you so much! I did “thankfully” find some. 😉
I’m new to homeschooling and I Ordered Abeka. What would be the benefit of organizing all the weeks vs just letting the kids write in each book? Honest question. Thank you
Hi Monique. I think it’s just preference. I like having all of her work ready for the year, without the hassle of finding the different books and ripping out pages each day. But, that’s just my opinion. I also like having all of my teacher keys in order and my daily guides with instructions for grading. I will be honest, it’s a little more work at the beginning of the year, but for me it’s worth it. But I’m a little extra. Lol 🤷🏻♀️
Simply Homeschool thank you for your reply. I’ll definitely keep that in mind. Great work!
You’re welcome. Thank you.
I just tear out the pages for each set of 10 lessons and I put them in order inna folder and I just go there every day and grab the pages we need. It spares me the trouble of handling the books every day, but I also don't feel overwhelmed by doing all this work.
I just want to take the time to say thank you for you sacrificing your time to do these videos. It is extremely helpful. I am a first time homeschooling mom and it seems to be overwhelming and we haven't even started yet. Your truly a blessing and I appreciate you. I have done everything so far except for putting the lessons in the folders. I am accredited but I think I'm going to switch to parent taught. I already feel the pressure and we start tomorrow 11/02/20 and I'm still not situated. I know that I will get through this by the grace of GOD. Is there any other way to communicate with you other than on here? If not I totally understand. Once again GOD bless you and thank you so much.
Hi @Nicole Evans. 💕 Thank you!! I am so happy to hear that it has helped. I know it can be overwhelming, but you will do great. Give yourself some Grace and everything will fall into place. Just know that I am still not always prepared. Don’t let this video fool you. Lol. ☺️ I pray for a smooth and enjoyable first day of homeschool for you guys. 🙏 You can always DM me through my IG account Simplyhomeschool18 or my email is simplyhomeschool18@gmail.com I will respond to either. God Bless you!
@@simplyhomeschool18 your such a blessing. Glory to God. Thank you so much. On IG my name is Spiritual Secrets Locks By Nicole. Thank you so much and be blessed.
🙌🙏 Perfect. Have a blessed first week.
So the cheat sheet you made that has the week numbers with the lessons on it...how do these line up with the video manual? Is there just 5 lessons per subject in each week?
For your main subjects like, arithmetic, phonics/language, and writing you will have a lesson (on paper) each day. For 5 days a week. But for spelling, science, history, health you won’t have (paperwork) everyday. Make sure you are looking at the bottom corner of each seatwork/classwork before filing.
Simply Homeschool Thank you so much for taking the time to respond!! 🌺I just got 8 boxes yesterday!! It all looks so overwhelming...I am gonna start putting my kindergartener in her own crate...and then I’ll put the other two that are doing academy in one large crate with lid! You are so helpful, thank you for your videos!! I’m such a visual learner and I love your videos!
No problem! I love when curriculum comes, it feels like Christmas. Lol. Great idea on starting with the kindergarten curriculum. It should be pretty close to the 1st grade curriculum video that I did. Happy organizing 🥳
the video that goes with this one
It is called Our Daily Homeschool Binder + Charts and Cheat Sheets. Also I have a video called Homeschool Cart Walkthrough. 😊
I have set up all my folders this is my first year doing this. I am wondering what do you do if you miss a day in the week? Do you then have to move everything forward and start over?
I would just move onto the next folder when I got there. Or I would make up the day on a weekend.
Can you tell me what art book you used please, it looks amazing
Hi Jennifer. It was the Art Projects 2 through Abeka. 😊
Can you buy the curriculum unbound ? I love the idea here .
Hi Amanda. Yes you can choose unbound for most of the books if you’d like.
So with spelling, do they give out homework everyday for that weeks list?
Denise Johnson Yes, Denise. Once a week they have them write a list of the spelling words for homework.
What brand crate and files are you using? I keep looking for crates but I see so many mixed reviews
Hi Natalee. Honestly, I have no idea. I just purchased the crate from Walmart. I think it was around $5. The hanging folders and file folders were from Amazon. I haven’t had any problems with any of them. 😊
Hi! Just was wondering if you can take a picture of that notebook sheet you had with the lessons/weeks??
Or is it in the curriculum given somewhere?
Hi Jenna. I just wrote it myself. Go ahead and DM me on IG and I will send you a pic. I don’t think I can post a pic here.
Simply Homeschool sending message now! Thanks!!!
Where did you get the money poster at? That would be great for my kids to learn what each coin is worth!
Hi Heather. I actually purchased it as a bundle through Amazon. I wish I still had the info on the seller, but it was 3 years ago. 🙈 But, Amazon has so many great choices.
Do you have one for organizing 5th grade books? A lot of theirs don’t have the lesson number on them
Hi Sarah. I don’t, I’m sorry.
Hi! Thanks so much for this video! Maybe you said this and I missed it but what size binders do you use for the homework and cheat sheets? Also is that the system you would use for 3rd grade as well? Do you make separate crates for each child?
Hi SamBam. I’m happy you found this video helpful. You can use a 1 1/2” or 2”. This year for my 3rd grader I did something different. But you can definitely do the crate filing. You would just use the lesson numbers on the bottom of the worksheets to file them according to their lessons. 😊 I had separate crates for the kids. But, if there’s enough space in one crate for 2 kids you can just use separate color file folders and do it that way. Not sure if more than 2 kids schoolwork would fit into one crate. 😉
@@simplyhomeschool18 Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I have loved your channel and all the help you've provided! We get our Abeka curriculum in next week and I can't wait to get started! You've made it seem much more doable for our first year of homeschooling.
I am so happy to hear that! Prayers for a memorable first year of homeschooling for you and your family! 📚💕
Post it makes “post it tabs” you could put on the side, you can buy them on amazon.
Sarah Turner that is awesome! I will have to check that out. THANK YOU
Hi, did you use 2nd grade videos or parent led kit?
Hi. We did video led.
I saw somewhere that you can order Abeka workbooks unbound, have you considered that to make it easier than ripping them all out?
Hey Kristina, yes definitely. I didn’t learn about that until after I did this video. And ever since I have forgotten to order unbound. 🤦🏻♀️ So, if you are planning to use the crate system, try to remember to order unbound. Lol
@@simplyhomeschool18 got it! I think it's definitely a great feature Abeka has, we're using BJU and there isn't an unbound option
Oh man! Put on some worship music, turn on your infuser or candles, and get to ripping. Lol. That is literally what I am doing now. I always forget to order the unbound 🤣
@@simplyhomeschool18 haha, yep! It's a good thing prepping homeschool curriculum is basically a hobby of mine now! Lol 😄
Lol. I think it’s a club that we all belong too now. 🤣 I’m just happy I enjoy it.
Hola Liz, thanks for all your videos... so helpful, Q: why do you use the legal size hanging folders instead of letter size? Any particular reason?
Hola Francis. I use the legal size just because that’s what I had on hand already 😉 but you can use letter size.
Simply Homeschool muchas gracias
De nada. 😉
Do you have a video to show what you do for her cheat sheet folder/binder and homework binder? Also, what is her cart and what do you put in it? Did you make a video for that? And could you clarify the folder you were talking about in this video, that if it's another day's lesson as well and not finished, it goes back in her folder? Do you have that in a video to show what you mean? I need to catch up on a lot of your videos!!
Hi Amanda. If you look under my 2nd grade playlist you will see a video on the cart I use and on the cheat sheet binders. In the binder video you will see the daily folders I was talking about. 👍
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Ok thanks. I like your filing system but I know you changed it up this year. I have t watched the new one yet lol
No problem. I did change it this year. We shall see how it works out. The filing system worked great. I just won’t have as much room for it and 3 others this year. So we are trying something new.
I gotta admit when this started I wasn’t sure what you were going to do, but I’m really glad I kept watching. This video was SO informative and detailed and organized! It’s my first year homeschooling and I was really struggling. I’m so thankful I found your video! I subscribed to your page and I’m really looking forward to watching your other videos. Thank you for sharing this!!
You are ready a teacher your explanation is very clear, but please help me make some aid for teaching
Mardeah Smith Hi. What type of aid would you like me to help make?
I am doing this with my 2nd and 5th graders. What do you do when a week is divided on the same page?
Hi TheMains2009. I organized the lesson that is first into the folder that is to be done first, when my daughter completed that lesson, she would know to set it aside for her next lesson. Or we would put it in the corresponding folder for the correct lesson. I hope this makes sense. So for instance, if it was 104 and 105. It would be in the file folder for L104. On that day she would complete the page and then she would (or I would) put it in the folder for L105. ☺️
I’ve heard from other Abeka homeschool parents that they order their books unbound. Is that still an option?
Good morning Vanessa. Yes it is an option and it’s a time saver for sure.
How many hanging folders and file folders do you need in all for the crate system that you use? Thanks!
Hi Amanda Gladin. There are 34 total weeks in a school year, so 34 or more. Depending on if you plan to use a folder for anything else. 😊
Simply Homeschool thanks so much!
You’re welcome
When will a homeschool just come out with booklets ordered in weeks with all the subjects!!!???
Wouldn’t that be AMAZING!!!
Hi there! Thanks for the visual help! I'm considering using Abeka Academy next year for my 3 older children, all whom study at the same grade level. Could you give me some advice as to what books (out of the student kit) are absolutely necessary to have individual copies of? Meaning, I'd hate to buy 3 sets of student kits and then realize I have unnecessarily purchased books they could've shared. Does that make sense? It's really hard to get a good idea from the website as to what are textbooks and what are activity books/readers. In your opinion, what are the essentials that I should buy 3 copies of and what can be shared. 🤪 I hope this makes sense! Thank you!
@bailee long Hi. Yes, I totally understand. The website can definitely be confusing, especially when you are new. What grade are you planning on getting? And are you planning on a full curriculum? Video or parent led? Sorry there are so many options, so I need details to steer you in the right direction ☺️
I am looking at 2nd grade, video led!
And yes, full curriculum!
Sorry I have another question, are you planning on the kids watching the same set of DVDs or separately?
Hey if you have Instagram follow me at Simplyhomeschool18 and inner message me. It will be so much easier. 👍 I’m seeing a few different choices, but it really depends on what you want. 😊
You can actually buy your workbooks unbound. Would save a lot of time tearing everything out. Just FYI!
Thank you Graham! ☺️
Wondering why (not complaining) you didn't buy the unbound books?
Hi MO Mules. No worries at all. I honestly didn’t know about the unbound option when I created this video. But that would’ve saved so much time. Lol
@@simplyhomeschool18 I plan on watching more to see how you organized.
I hope it is helpful! Happy homeschooling 💖
Love Teachers Pay Teachers for cheap Orr free visuals if I don’t want to type out one. Also, the book pages can be torn in five or six pulls without torn pages. I just tear the front page off and grab a group of pages and pull kind of up and out slowly while using the other hand to push on the binding while tearing. Once I realized this, it became much less monotonous :)
Yes, Teachers Pay Teachers is an awesome resource. You can also purchase unbound books for easier organization. 😉 Have a wonderful week.