The Good & The Beautiful vs Masterbooks REVIEW | Homeschool
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- In today's video we are discussing the Pros and Cons of both Masterbooks and The Good & The Beautiful. Of course, these are our own opinions. Every homeschool is different and you have to find what works for you and your family.
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As a mom who was debating these two curriculums, this was so helpful. Thanks for making this video!
So happy to hear you found it helpful! Thanks for watching ❤️
My children use TGTB what we've learned is to simply stop in the middle of a lesson and resume the next day if we have to. Also to help with the booster cards I would have a small white board and create little sentences with the words they're supposed to master so when they see it in a book or sentence they will recognize it. I sometimes still have to say "hey remember that's one of your sight words" then they realize and say "oh yeah!" Sadly the English language is filled with words that don't make sense to the rules so the only way to master them is by seeing it often in literature. These words won't truly be mastered until they start to read on their own more.
That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing.
This was helpful. I’ve seen reviews of these curriculum but a side by side is great because they are both open and go Christian curriculum that are affordable. I also appreciate reviews because you had so much insight of how it actually went versus telling us what you’re planning on doing.
So glad you found it helpful.
I’m so glad you guys made this video!! We’ve struggled so much with the LA from TGATB. I was feeling so discouraged and thinking I’m not cut out for homeschooling. I’ve just been focusing on the math from TGATB but pulling from other resources for LA.
What part was hard for you about LA?
We are so glad that this video helped. That's what our main goal is! We hate that a curriculum can make us feel like homeschooling might not be for us. We have been there too. Hope your family can find a curriculum that works for you. We appreciate you watching our video!
I would love an update on how masterbooks is working for each of your kiddos or if you've implemented anything else. I have a struggling 9yr old in 3rd grade (public school- was homeschooled 2 years ago, but he struggled then too. I blamed myself...rant rant. He still struggles and he's at a great school. Its just not working for him for several reasons) anywho, we will be going back to homeschool next year. I want to pull him out now, for so many reasons, but I'm not yet prepared. I was going to order The Good and the Beautiful... I appreciate you showing how the lessons actually work. Thank you! - Sheena
Since this video we have made the switch to Christian Light Education, which we are loving. We are going to be doing an updated video soon.
We only use Masterbooks for science, my daughter was extremely bored with the other materials from Masterbooks. The Good and the Beautiful is definitely more advanced and better for kids who need a bigger challenge. Loved your video.
Thanks so much for watching! We have made the switch to Christian Light Education. We are loving it so far! How do you like Masterbooks Science?
This was a great review and video. We quit TGATB because the pages looked too overstimulating for our son. Totally agree with too many moving parts. We love CLE. Thanks for sharing. Just subscribed. I also have a channel mainly about homeschooling and I actually have a video about why we quit TGATB. It would be fun to be friends and connect here.
Thanks so much for watching! CLE is great. We just subscribed to your channel. Yeah, let's connect, love having other homeschooling mamas!!! XOXO
Have not finished watching yet! But I love your video. Love the honesty and how you’re describing everything. I totally think it’s crazy they assume you have your completely master before u go on because I did that when I started homeschooling with reading and language arts with one of my kids but I layered realized what they don’t get at first they get later on. If you keep going. Cause it clicks or continues to reinforce what you learn as you go. And the list memorizing totally get that my kids totally seemed to memorize lists but I noticed they could see the word later not recognize it because it looked different. Like say caps or font or something so I started trying to show word in different types to see if they recognized it.
@@JohannaCoursey yes it definitely doesn’t work for us. That’s the beauty of homeschooling we get to find what works for our kids. Thanks for watching ♥️
My kids were the same way with TGATB LA and Math. I'm changing to Masterbooks LLFLE and they like it so much better. Thank you for doing a review on both of these curriculum 😊
Thanks for watching!
I like how you went through the pros and cons. We have used both and basically quit using both except for typing and handwriting and some science of TGTB and we’ve added back in Masterbooks Science for my littles and they love Masterbooks Academy for Spanish.
I am a new subscriber! I’m also a homeschooling UA-cam mama! I share all about our homeschooling and the curriculum we use.
I am so thankful you said that about the booster cards because that's exactly what my daughters would do!! They would master the cards with ease but then not recognize the words in a sentence!! So glad we aren't alone in that lol!!
Yes, definitely not alone lol. Thanks for watching!
This is so interesting! My kiddo is an avid reader. He just turned 6 but he's definitely ahead in L.A. Still, I wanted to start with first grade L.A. to make sure we don't skip concepts. I can totally see how it would be challenging if he wasn't a fast reader. I would concentrate on reading and read-alouds before doing this curriculum. Then this curriculum is great. It has worked really well for us. We finish each lesson in about 10 minutes. We're still finishing kindergarten math and we do 2 lessons a day sometimes. I absolutely love the open and go concept. But I can definitely see how it's not terribly exciting all the time. My kiddo also hates the coloring, painting and most crafts. I simplify them and just let him use colored pencils instead of paint, or do checked instead of coloring ... But he loves memorizing poetry, the narrations and TGTB story books. Still, this makes me want to look into Mastebooks. TGTB doesn't have much in terms of Bible stories or biblical concepts. Thank you so much for doing such a thorough review.
@@jrodriguez6888 We have both switched from masterbooks to Christian light education. If something’s not working you have to find something that works. There are a lot of curricula that are more heavy on the biblical aspects, TGTB barely scratched the service for me but of course that’s preference. Thank you so much for watching. ♥️
Thank you both for taking the time to share your thoughts on both of these programs. We've tried them both and I pretty much agree with your assessment.
I'd be interested in a monthly check in to see how you and your kiddos are enjoying it in the future. ❤
Thanks for watching. Some things have changed. A review will be coming soon.
We ❤ Masterbooks! 😊 thanks for the video!
*I've got a 4th & 6th grader and we use MB for all of our subjects. Definitely get their "Adventures in" science series! Simple, weekly science experiments! Also, check out their Passport to America book!! 😊
We will definitely have to check those out. We are also using their math and we are LOVING it. Thanks for the recommendations.
The art studies are a reward for finishing the days work if desired. And the artist / author studies are a simple culture intro for the kids but MOSTLY for the parents. References and cultural literacy incase you want to further your child’s education / book series.
I love this review. You Mamas did an excellent job representing your ideas in a down to earth relatable way!
Thanks for watching!
I tried the LA from TGATB last year and was really discouraged. We haven't been doing LA this year, just reading & spelling independently. I've been looking for a way to incorporate more writing. I've also been looking into Master Books. Thank you so much for this review!
We definitely had our troubles with TGATB. We are currently using Christian Light Education and are loving it! Thanks for watching!
I am very glad you both made this video because I have been going back and forth between the 2 for my 1st grader (going into 2nd) boy. This video popped up on my feed. I wasn’t searching so…..God. Right!? Helpful. ❤
Aw that makes me so happy to hear that! Hope you found the video helpful. All glory to God ❤️🙏🏼
I’d love to see an update video for the end of year!
Highly recommend using a white board for the child to read off of instead of the booster card itself.
That's a great idea! Thanks for the recommendation.
I have a kindergartner using TGTB. For us, language arts can be a struggle at time and I don’t like that you can’t move forward until the card is mastered, but I understand that they have to have that skill down. It can be frustrating at times though. I’m thinking about switching to masterbooks next year. I am homeschooling my autistic child who will be starting kindergarten and I just know I can’t use TGTB for him. I am wondering if I should use masterbooks for both of them next year.
I’m going to have to get the phonics from Masterbooks. Great video!!
Thank you! We have been loving masterbooks.
You shouldn't have to master something to do the lessons ... You master by DOING the lessons... That's why I have serious problems with TGATB
Yes! We completely agree. Thanks for watching
Thank you so much for this! Do you have a review comparing these math curricula as well? I am debating about whether or not to switch from TGATB math to MasterBooks math for one of my children who is strong in LA but struggles with math.
@@rebeccagaston2023 we don’t have a video of that but we both switched to Apologia math for both of our children and we have a review/ flip through of level 1
Lol it overwhelms me just by looking at the filled pages. But i recall wanting to purchase tgatb for my kids badly.. just because of how "pretty" it was.
Im glad i didn't though
What grade is are you talking about? I am looking at using TGAB for my kindergartener.
Would you recommend these for other countries to use for homeschools? Or would you say it's heavily American/America based? I'm hoping if I can use it, I'll probably change and cut parts out.
Send the books and stuff
Could you possibly tell me the name of the other symbol used in the phonics book that you pointed out that indicates the different pronunciation of the "A" as "au"?
@@AvaPrice it is called a breve and looks like this ă
@@AvaPrice it is called a breve and looks like this ă
I noticed the LA curriculum for kindergarten doesn’t teach silent e! (I couldn’t believe it) what are you using to teach that topic?
Please do an update!
Any update??
We just uploaded an update on Masterbooks, if you want to check it out. Since this video we have switched to CLE. Thanks so much for watching.
Im curious to know how you use Christian light education with master books? I’m debating on those two and can’t decide on what to go with!
So since I started the year with Masterbooks I already had it on hand I just lined up the lessons. So for example if our CLE lesson was about quotation marks I found the same activity in Masterbooks for extra practice. I personally don't think both are necessary because CLE has so much review in every lesson. Hope this helps.
My son is currently using TGTB for LA level 1 and is complaining that the lessons are too long. He used it for K all the way through and is about 6 weeks into level 1. Level 1 or 2 for masterbooks if I were to switch???
You can always break it up into 2 days.
Thanks for the video
You're welcome! Hope you found it helpful
I love the bloopers 😂
question so this books u showed are all they do for like learning school?
No. They are focusing on language arts specifically which is what seems to be the core of the education.
Are you making more videos?
Yes! We will be soon
My kid almost seems distracted by the extra colors everywhere
How you explained the booster card situation I think that’s what’s happening with us I have been trying to figure out how he can get them all perfect but then gone….. I feel like he is scrapping by and not learning everything he should
Cover the stuff with paper or flash cards. That’s what I do for my 5 yo.
Are you guys twins?