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How I Organize BJU Press Homeschool Materials

Amy Harrell Smith

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How I Organize BJU Press Materials... If you’ve ever wondered what to do with all those Student Handouts, work texts, and test packets, this video is for you!

Check out what I’ve found to work best after 12 years of trial and error in homeschool curriculum organization.

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20 Comments

@MamaBear-m7o 2 years ago

Thank you so so much! I'm doing second grade and kindergarten, and this is exactly what I needed to help organize my BJU press curriculum. I hope you will make more videos 😊

@Liseyla 8 months ago

we need more moms like you :)

@rachellea3333 2 months ago

This video saved my school year and my sanity lol. Thank you times a million!!!

@nataliafeenstra9415 1 year ago

I felt like crying from how overwhelmed this whole info was for me

@heidiTV1184 1 year ago

This was super helpful as a first-timer doing BJU Press with my kiddos this year! I have not received my textbooks yet for the kits I ordered (1st and 3rd grade) but I am so glad I watched this before getting everything to mentally and tangibly prepare! Thank you!

@meghankristinasnyder4936 2 years ago

I have been so confused by this curriculum and your video put all the pieces together! Thank you soooo much for making all the resources that you do!

@XochitlPuga 2 years ago

Thank you so much for answering my questions on organization Amy! It’s given me ideas for my own kids. I love the filing system for the end of the year because I am starting to have too many binders taking up space 😅. I’m excited to organize now! And looking forward to your long term storage!

@Baresch-y7m 2 years ago

This was so helpful! Thank you so much!

@katrinapecht4914 1 year ago

Super helpful video! Thank you!

@vw658 2 years ago

Thank you! ❤

@natesfiancee8038 2 years ago

Thank you

@melanieturner5665 2 years ago

We use their fact reviews as 1 minute daily drills that we count as quiz grades. You could also use the fact drills over the summer as review. We do parent led and use spiral notebooks for them to write their answers in so we can save and reuse the work texts for the next child.

@MommyKelskat 3 weeks ago

Random question. But you seem so knowledgeable. We are in AL where a cover school is required. Since BJU is an online private school do you know if that counts as its own cover school?

@growinlove1992 1 month ago

Hi! Thank you! So a little confused. Do you still do a Moms binder and a student binder, or just one? Thanks

@vanessarongstad8576 1 year ago

We’re only using BJU for Bible and History this year. I simply put the loose pages sent to me in a plastic folder with brads for each subject. It so simple for us that way. What I’m struggling with is using homeschool hub.

@christinarodriguez2451 2 years ago

Hi, did you show the tool to remove the work text from the workbook?

@ozzy-j1l 1 year ago

For the 4th grade curriculum what do u think think works best a 3” binder, 4” or 5” if I’m using one binder for all? Or do u recommend maybe a 3” or 4” for each?

@peace-luv533 6 months ago

Can I use the printed video lessons guide as a lesson planner for the year & write the dates we did each lesson for my files or is there a better way to do print off lesson plans from the homeschool hub?

@ozzy-j1l 1 year ago

Do you also get the teachers edition?

@AB-83 2 years ago

Do you have a video on how you break up your subjects for the week? We are new to BJU and bought the whole grade package for each kid . i'm on the hub trying to figure out how many subjects they will have everyday to finish for the year. Example, would I schedule science and history every single day? Seems like a lot of material for one week.