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Family Subjects Kindergarten & 1st Grade | Come on an Adventure with us! | 2025-2026 Curriculum Pick

Individual Curriculum Picks for Kindergarten & First Grade | First Time Homeschoolers

Why we said "No" to the Good and the Beautiful Language Arts for Kindergarten and First Grade

In this video, I’m sharing my honest fears as a mom new to homeschooling. From deschooling myself to worrying about balance, losing my "me time," and the pressure to make everything magical — am I crazy for going down this path?!

I see all the shiny, beautiful homeschool videos on YouTube and wonder… what if my homeschool journey is just a hot mess?

If you're feeling overwhelmed or unsure about homeschooling too, you’re not alone.

Chime in below — what’s your biggest homeschooling fear right now?

New here? I’m an island mom homeschooling my little ones and figuring it out one day at a time.

Will Homeschool Just Be a Hot Mess? | Confessions on Deschooling, Expectations & Losing "Me" Time

Hey everyone! Welcome back! 👋
In today’s video, I’m breaking down the exact steps (using ChatGPT, Curriculum websites, Facebook, and YouTube) I took to choose our homeschool curriculum for the 2025–2026 school year.

📌 My ChatGPT Prompt (feel free to copy and tweak!):
“I would like to create a homeschooling pod for kindergarten and first graders. There will be individual subjects like math and language arts and group subjects like social studies and science. It can be religious but I do not want to teach religious content. I would like to focus on human kindness and emotional intelligence at this age instead. We will incorporate cooking, gardening, and we also have chickens and a yard for the kids to play in. It can have online components, but it will not be an online curriculum. We can pay for the curriculum. Please incorporate math, language arts, social studies, art, science. We have visual learners as well as kinesthetic learners.”

📄 Helpful Curriculum Resource
Rainbow Resource Curriculum Planning Guide:
👉 https://www.rainbowresource.com/pdfs/resources/FamilyWay_Curriculum.pdf
https://www.rainbowresource.com/pdfs/resources/FamilyWay_Curriculum.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoo8HUuIcr68FuzIYR5XTx59NOVLNQdKA9kWaGOZx8ao_d76OkM7

📝 More Info on My Blog
If you're a new homeschooler, I’ve written more about my curriculum research process here:
👉 https://thetravelingesprit.com/choosing-our-first-homeschool-curriculum-tools-for-new-homeschoolers/

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