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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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

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

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During the month of May, I like to share our plans for the next year of homeschooling. Last week, I shared what I’m using for my soon-to-be 3rd grader. This week, I’m sharing what curriculum I’ve chosen for my 5th grader!

0:00 Grade 5 Curriculum Choices
1:01 Alexie Preface
3:13 Language
7:04 Math
8:49 Science
10:02 Social Studies
12:05 Art
13:28 French
14:41 Independent Study
18:02 Outro

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True North History https://www.truenorthhistory.ca/
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During the month of May, I like to share our plans for the next year of homeschooling. And we’re starting off by talking about my youngest Zoé and what she’ll be using next year when she’s in Grade 3!

I'm sharing what curriculum I chose for each subject, why I chose it, and how I hope it’ll impact our kid!

0:00 Grade 3 Curriculum Choices
1:13 Zoé Preface
4:17 Language
6:35 Math
8:27 Science
9:39 Social Studies
12:12 French
13:43 Art
15:53 Independent Study
17:05 Outro

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I’m going to my first homeschool conference! I’m heading to the 32nd annual Ottawa Homeschooling Conference presented by the Rideau Valley Home Educators’ Association!

I’m making the most of this trip by getting a little shopping and some alone time in before the conference.
And then we’ll head to the conference, where I will be a vendor with True North History! It’s going to be a busy 36 hours, but it is certainly an adventure.

0:00 A Homeschool Conference Adventure
2:28 Ikea
5:17 Shopping
6:57 Getting Ready
10:27 The Conference
12:20 Heading Home

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We have been using Brave Writer as the main spine of our language art curriculum for 2 years now, and we love it! I honestly can’t say enough good things about it. And since we love it so much, I get a lot of questions about it.

What’s a week like with Brave Writer? A day? What’s the cost? How does it work?

While I’ve done other reviews of the program, today I’m doing a very detailed walk-through, explaining exactly what to expect with this program, a daily and weekly outlook, and why we love it so much!

0:00 Brave Writer
2:26 Programs (monthly vs singles vs classes)
6:20 What’s included in a novel study?
9:02 A Week with Brave Writer
28:23 Book lists
31:55 Outro

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This is the point in the year when I START planning our next year of homeschooling. It’s a time when I reflect on our year, and I start dreaming about what next year might look like. The dreaming part is probably one of my favourite parts of the year because everything is an option.

The problem is narrowing things down to a realistic goal for the year. We like to involve our kids in the dreaming process since it gives them some ownership in the learning process.
But if you feel overwhelmed with all the planning, let me walk you through my dreaming and planning process.

Money-saving tips
Reflect
Research and a list
Family Meeting
Research again
Final decisions and shopping
Outro

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