{"id":21158,"date":"2018-07-30T12:53:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T17:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?p=21158"},"modified":"2023-08-22T09:39:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:39:25","slug":"timberdoodle-3rd-grade-curriculum-unboxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/2018\/07\/30\/timberdoodle-3rd-grade-curriculum-unboxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberdoodle 3rd Grade Curriculum: Unboxing"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, our family has been ordering from Timberdoodle for years. We love all the products they carry.<\/p>\n

When we first began our homeschool journey, they offered lots of enrichment games and activities, but it wasn’t until much later Timberdoodle began selling a complete curriculum for each grade level.<\/p>\n

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By that time, we’d already pieced together a program of our own. But when Timberdoodle contacted me this year to ask if I’d be interested in reviewing their 3rd grade level elite curriculum kit<\/a>, I said, “You bet!”<\/p>\n

My youngest daughter, Abby, will be entering 3rd grade this fall. So this level is a perfect fit. Doing something fresh and new sounded fun. And the timing was right. As two of her sisters graduated in May, I was down to having just four students to homeschool — or so I thought.<\/p>\n

A Slight Change in Plans<\/h2>\n

Shortly after I agreed to teach using Timberdoodle’s program next year, I more than doubled my class size. I’m now teaching my five oldest grandchildren two or three days a week, as well, to give my daughter-in-law a much-needed break to rest and recuperate after a recent move and the birth of her 7th! <\/p>\n

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She and my son also have a third grader. Plus, the rest of their kids are close enough in age that they’re going to love working through many of the science, history, and literature lessons together!<\/p>\n

So this review opportunity really is a God-send. The grandkids were here when we cracked open the huge box of books and supplies Timberdoodle shipped us.<\/p>\n

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The books were extremely well packed and padded, so everything arrived in pristine condition. We had to pause from the unboxing long enough to photograph the costumes the kids made from the packing material. It’s as if all that brown paper leapt out of the box straight onto their bodies! <\/p>\n

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Parcels of Possibility and Potential<\/h2>\n

Digging into the contents, we felt like it was Christmas in July. It took us half an hour just to unbox and unwrap everything inside.<\/p>\n

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The children ooohed and aaahed over each new discovery. <\/p>\n

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I’ve never seen kids more excited about starting back to school! <\/p>\n

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The 3rd grade curriculum includes a few familiar and well-loved products we’ve used for years. Other components are brand-new to us. I’m looking forward to trying those out as much as the kids are.<\/p>\n

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I’d feel completely overwhelmed by the sheer volume of material to cover if it weren’t for the printed handbook and online lesson schedule Timberdoodle includes with every kit. These resources break everything down into small chunks and tell you exactly how much material you’ll need to cover in each subject to get through it all in a year. <\/p>\n

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You can read all about everything included in this kit in great detail at Timberdoodle, but here’s a brief listing, including comments on resources I’ve used before. You’ll also find links alongside products I’ve already reviewed; I plan to come back to this post to link others as I review them in the future:<\/p>\n

Timberdoodle 3rd Grade Curriculum Kit Contents<\/h2>\n

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