What would I do if I went back in time and had to homeschool kindergarten all over again? With so many families starting to think about homeschooling their little ones come September, I thought I would share some of my wisdom as a more experienced homeschool parent about what I would do, what I would use, and a few things I wish someone would have told me when my kids started kindergarten years ago.

Kindergarten Again?
Things to remember
Morning Basket
Theme of the Month
Focus on Language
Focus on Math
Bonus Subjects
Outro

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The Good and the Beautiful Language: https://www.goodandbeautiful.com/pages/free-homeschool-language-artssrsltid=AfmBOoqXrRKbdUAyp7gVXCozWqjlTSgTUeUM8RPkTUZDFLDZOd-gSpWG

TPT option1: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ALPHABET-BUNDLE-Letter-of-the-Week-and-More-Kindergarten-Literacy-2829771

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The Good and the Beautiful Math: https://www.goodandbeautiful.com/collections/math?srsltid=AfmBOor0H0xy-6R2Uh5TT8Sf3kTgJzjQpcTbMFl1l5CzIjm74FgQ3n3f

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Today, I’m sharing how I plan out my homeschool year! I’m doing my annual long-term plan, and you can come along with me! Featuring this year’s Essential Homeschool Planner, I’m walking you through what worked, what didn’t, and how we’re making some big changes for next year!

0:00 Annual Planning
6:20 Planner Walk-through
16:18 A new schedule
26:42 Laying it out
38:45 Outro

2025-2026 Planning Series
Gr. 3 Curriculum - https://youtu.be/WatWZ_bveGw
Gr. 5 Curriculum - https://youtu.be/Sp-7dUJ-8wU
Unit Studies and Novel Studies - https://youtu.be/zyAs3py4unI
Planning Out 2025-2026 - https://youtu.be/1tMZThqfyQo

True North History https://www.truenorthhistory.ca/

Planners
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Downloadable PDF Planner Dated -
https://www.truenorthhistory.ca/product-page/homeschool-planner-academic-calendar
Downloadable Planner PDF Undated - https://www.truenorthhistory.ca/product-page/homeschool-planner-undated

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Today I’m sharing exactly what unit study themes and topics we will be doing next year in our homeschool! And since you know I love to incorporate a great novel with my units, I’m also sharing what novel studies we’ll be doing, too! And in a fun little twist, you can guess which of my kids picked which unit!

0:00 Unit Studies And Novel Studies For 2025-2026
2:08 Kingdoms and Classification
3:50 Weather and Water
5:27 Safety
7:34 Mammals
9:32 Canadian Geography
11:37 Canadian History
14:22 Ancient Greece
15:41 Bonus Novel Study
16:24 Outro

Novels:
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The One and Only Ivan https://amzn.to/44L17Mc
Heartwood hotel 2 https://amzn.to/4j9d2XA
Spies on Parliament Hill https://amzn.to/3SII5yw
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief https://amzn.to/432WLyz
Wilderlore https://amzn.to/4mrlPag
Encyclopedia Brown https://amzn.to/45mdQVA
Wild Robot https://amzn.to/4dlUmCN

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