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What’s New in Term 2? || Simplifying Our Homeschool || New Curriculum & What We Are Dropping

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In this Term 2 update, I’m walking you through what’s changing in our homeschool as I keep simplifying and tightening up what’s actually working. I share what I’m using with my 1st grader and my 3rd grader right now, what I’m adding for the new term, and what I’m dropping (because if it’s not serving us, I’m not forcing it). This is very much a real-life look at how I adjust mid-year—especially when I want our days to feel calmer and more consistent. I also give an Ambleside Online update and talk through how I’m approaching our group subjects. I mention several of the resources we’re pulling from—things like Math with Confidence, McGuffey Readers, and some of our language arts and reader choices—plus a few of the history and literature spines I’m considering or rotating. If you’re in that “we need to simplify, but I still want a rich homeschool” season, this video will give you a practical framework for deciding what to keep, what to change, and how to make Term 2 feel doable.

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