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[thisbrownteacher]

5 YouTube Channels Homeschool Families Simply MUST Check Out

This Week's Curated Content is All About Some Really Dope (read: Interesting, Informative, and Generally Accurate) YOUTUBE Channels that Homeschooling Families (or Classroom Teachers) Can Use to Support Their Homeschool Curriculum.

(Looking for Podcast Suggestions to Supplement Your Homeschooling or Classroom Curriculum? Say Less! Check Out This Post Filled With Educational Podcast Recommendations.)

MELANATED AND WELL-EDUCATED

New and Confused Homeschool Families Start Here! Talk about user-friendly. This channel is the perfect go-to site, especially for new homeschooling families.

The presenter, Erica, is well-informed and speaks with the benefit of first hand experience. She also podcasts, blogs, and vlogs (or something like that 😃) so you can consume her content in various ways.

ThisBrownTeacher's Hot Take: It's a GO for Me.

These videos are clean! The recording and formatting is so well done. And getting insight from someone who's actually DOING what you're doing ... well, well, well ... you gotta love it when a great plan comes together.

CRASH COURSE

Crash Course is a YouTube channel filled with science, social science, and historical content presented in fun, usually a mix of real people and animated clips.

Agreeing that the site is witty and fast-paced, CommonSense.org and other commenters are seemingly thrown off by the word 'course' in the channels moniker. CommonSense.org gives Crash Course a rating of 3 out 5 stars, deciding that anything labeled a "course" should be interactive and offer opportunities for students to "engage" with the content - something they claim Crash Course does not necessarily do.

ThisBrownTeacher's Hot Take: Check it out. 👍🏾

Sometimes a video is just that ... a video. And most homeschooling or traditional school teachers will add their own spin on information curated from the internet regardless. The content is better suited toward older learners and families should preview the content first to ensure that all topic matter is copacetic.

THE HANDMADE HOMESCHOOLER

With shoutouts to the "Homeschool Haters" (facts 😉) and videos titled THINGS I WON'T DO AS A HOMESCHOOL MOM and 6 THINGS I DON'T DO AS A HOMESCHOOL MOM, you know you are about to get the real-deal-truth-ruth when it comes to homeschooling. Mandy's channel -THE HANDMADE HOMESCHOOLER- is truly an internet fav. Plus, she runs a free Facebook Group and, even though I, personally, don't rock with a whole bunch of extraneous and miscellaneous purchases and fees related to homeschooling, if you need some early guidance, this channel has curriculum and other resources for preschool and upper grades at the ready.

ThisBrownTeacher's Hot Take: Yes, Please! 💯

Besides the cute, little YouTube Shorts she does, as a classroom teacher, I REALLY appreciate The Handmade Homeschooler's approach to HS prep and organization. She seems to backwards plan and Year-At-A-Glance prep like the most veteran of school teachers. Her content is interesting and informative. And definitely the place to go for real talk, organization, preparation, and subject based ideas and information.

ART FOR KIDS HUB

Art for Kids Hub is a great look for all homeschooling families because:

The channel is actually created and hosted by an actual family. With kids. Doing art.

Most of the projects are easy, uncomplicated, and do not require a bunch of supplies or skills. In most cases, pencils and perhaps crayons or markers will suffice.

My boy loves this channel for all of the cool HOW TO DRAW ... videos that provide easy to understand, step-by-step techniques for drawing everything from ants to a slice of lemon pie.

ThisBrownTeacher's Hot Take: For sure! For sure! 👌🏾

While some of the drawing tutorials or subject matter (Bugatti anyone?) may frustrated younger or easily frustrated children, pre-viewing and pre-selecting a drawing or two you know your homeschooler can handle is the perfect addition to your Art or Creativity curriculum. For sure!

Real Life Lore

What's cool about the Real Life Lore YouTube channel is, by far, the ... LORE! Featuring titles such as What's the Deepest Hole We Can Possible Dig? This channel is chock full of subject matter based topics that are arranged in way that makes what could be somewhat dry content (digging holes ... huh?) really engaging for elementary aged homeschoolers and up. Filled with science and history/social studies heavy themes, from comprehension questions, essays, drawings, map quests, experiments, and more, your learner can successfully interact with this content in so many ways and have fun doing it.

ThisBrownTeacher's Hot Take: For sure! Say less. ✅

Top Fuel Dragsters Visualized and Telling Time on Mars. Sheesh. Say less.

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Looking for more hip homeschool content? CLICK HERE or visit HipHopHomeschool.org.

Read more about why drumming can help neurodivergent learners … HERE.

Read more to learn why it's so important to advocate for atypical thinkers  … HERE. 

Read on about the benefits of helping children build their self-regulation skills  … HERE.

[arcanalight]

     Because I see talk about this and because it’s been on my mind for literally a year and won’t leave me alone: Akira loves dressing up. Persona Q2 really confirmed a lot of my headcanons with him on that front, and it’s more than just crossdressing, but there’s a specific thought I want to talk about regarding the Crossroads bar.

     When Akira started working for Lala-chan part-time, he asked if dressing up was required. She, of course, said no--but Akira followed up with ‘is it optional?’ He wouldn’t always crossdress, but when he does? He’s beautiful. He’s already beautiful, with long, dark lashes and perfect skin, but his drag is so on point that people legitimately can’t tell at times. Not only is his look flawless, but he has amazing range with his voice. In the metaverse he tends to adopt a deeper tone, which carries over into the real world when he’s more serious. His normal tone is a bit higher, but he can take that tone much softer, much more feminine. He’ll sometimes do this just to mess with others and get a reaction, but he tends to adopt this voice when he crossdresses. 

     Regardless of what he chooses to wear at the bar, Chihaya waits for him on late nights. Lala-chan is often busy, and she can’t step away from the bar to walk Akira to the station. Ohya similarly can’t accompany him, as she’s usually very drunk on the nights she goes to the bar. The red light district in Shinjuku is a dangerous place where both women and men might be bothered. Chihaya makes sure no one lays a hand on Akira. Despite being nearly a foot shorter, she is fiercely protective and much more dangerous than she looks. Look at her (or Akira) wrong and she will not hesitate. She doesn’t need to read her cards to know a whole lot of trouble is coming your way.

[cristalrotoyvacio]

Hace un tiempo atrás , pensaba que tal ves, estando junto a él... me haría sentir bien... Pero algo en mí cambió, y ya no espero que me aprueben o me entiendan para estar feliz. No pienses mal, quiero alguien que me sepa amar. Un amor real y verdadero. Si viene bien, si no que más da.. la vida sigue igual.

[survivingpierce]

"Katherine, have you ever desired the companionship of a pet?"

@thesacrificialxlamb

            her first instinct was to tell him "no". what would she want to do with a pet? it would just be an obstacle and she’s not one of those people whose only company is a pet because they aren't capable of making real contacts.

            then, however, katherine remembered the big dog her family used to have. the horse she used to have. they weren't classically pets – the dog was mainly there to guard the house and yard and a horse wasn't the typical pet. she remembered the joy those animals brought and she also remembered the loyalty of these animals. their kind eyes. their affection.

            admittedly, although subconsciously, she slightly envied the people who have a pet and formed one of these admirably strong relationships with them.

            "a pet is not feasible for me … you would have to be a responsible owner and i'm not such a person. it’s not just about reminding yourself to feed it regularly or walk it. it's about if i have to rush out of an area, i don’t have the time to go where i stay and pick up my cat or my dog. i would have to leave them behind, never knowing what happened to them." and she could not bear that, her heart would, after all, be attached to this animal. it would be a loss she'd mourn and she wanted to spare herself that feeling.

            "a pet is also a vulnerable weak spot. they depend on you, and i don’t want anything to happen to an innocent animal just because it’s my animal. so no, i do not allow myself to even consider the possibility of a pet."

[deceptivemorals]

Send me ✔ and I’ll bold what my muse would do with/for yours  || accepting

@ladamedemartel​ sent ✔

Acquaintance:

hold the door for them | help them carry something | let them borrow something | let them use their phone | smile at them when passing in the streets | shake hands with them | flirt with them in a bar | share a taxi with them | give them a ride home | lend them money | sit next to them on public transportation | offer them some food | help them find something they lost

Friendship:

let them stay the night | listen to them complain at 4 am | help them get over a break up | go out shopping with them | pet sit for them | help them move houses | help them find a lost pet | go on vacation with them | stay up all night with them | help them hide a dead body | provide an alibi for them | take their side in a break up | talk about their future plans | be maid of honour/best man/etc. at their wedding | share food with them

Lover:

let them stay after sex | gentle sex | rough sex | experiment | handcuffs | bdsm | whips | orgasm denial | aftercare | cuddles after sex | tea/coffee/etc. after sex | gentle kisses | rough kisses | passionate kisses | sloppy kisses | lazy kisses | hang out without sex | hide their relationship | cheat on them | cheat on someone else with them | dirty talk | loving talk | gentle touches | rough touches | nervous/shy touches | say “I love you”

Married/dating:

take them on expensive dates | pay for dates | make them pay for dates | go to the movies | put out on the first date | get an arranged marriage | stay at home most nights | cuddle in front of the tv | propose first | drop hints until they propose | give a big/expensive/elaborate proposal | have a quiet proposal | say yes to a proposal from them | have a big wedding | have a small wedding | elope | get married in Vegas | go on an expensive honeymoon | go on a cheap honeymoon | have kids | get a pet | move in together | laugh during kisses | laugh during sex | tickle fights | fight over who’s cuter | make them sleep on the couch after fights | make up sex | angry sex | no sex | let their parents stay over | let their family visit often | tell them “I love you” every day

Sibling/platonic:

fight | hug | laugh at them when they get hurt | help them hide a dead body | provide an alibi for them | tell them they’re annoying at least once a day | share food with them | help them move houses | walk them down the isle | try to sell them online | set up an online dating account for them | set them up on blind dates | try to set them up with your friends | listen to their problems | help them cook | cook them food | make them watch shows they don’t like with them | tell them they’re an idiot/little shit/loser/dork/nerd affectionately

Enemy:

fight them | take petty revenge | kill them | try to smother them in their sleep | hire an assassin | work harder to beat them at something | follow their social media just to get mad about it | make passive aggressive remarks towards them | spread rumours about them | laugh at them when they get hurt | take pleasure from them being upset | ruin their life

[touchedbydestiny]

nadia petrova

how and why did she turn vampire, why was it so important for her to find katherine? → sent by @malka-lisitsa​

nadia petrova was turned into a vampire at her own request in 1515 at the age of 25. during that time, nadia already lived with a group of people that belonged to the 'travelers'; a once powerful, cursed sub-culture of witches.

but let’s begin at the start:

as a newborn, nadia was adopted by a couple, dimitar stoyanov & maria stoyanova, who weren't blessed to conceive living children and were desperate. nadia's grandfather (katherine's father) knew dimitar who was a fisher, lived in a village near the black sea, and with whom he often traded.

katherine's father had already decided that katherine's child won't stay in the family as soon as the pregnancy was revealed. at first, he thought of giving the baby to a religious institution as a poor foundling that was accidentally discovered in the forest. but knowing that dimitar and maria were that desperate for a child, he decided to offer the baby to them, long before nadia was even born. they didn't ask too many questions and received a newborn nadia two days after she was born. dimitar and maria were also the ones who gave nadia her name.

nadia grew up poor but loved. sure, dimitar and maria would have preferred a boy but they were glad they had at least a child. dimitar and maria both had blue eyes, so nadia stood out with her brown ones. when nadia was three, she went on a long trip to visit a graveside. although too young to actually remember, this trip stuck to her. they never traveled as far and the ones who were dead (apparently a very gruesome death) weren't even family nor was it an actual funeral. nonetheless, both parents insisted on going to visit the graves. she remembered that both her parents were extremely thankful to the one man in that grave and they talked about nadia.

later, nadia did develop quite a temper although she was trying to behave. she was about fourteen years old when an argument with her mother escalated and the truth slipped from her lips. it was a shock to find out she was adopted although she didn't dare to ask about it at first. a few months later, maria caught a terrible fever and everyone feared for her life. nadia was with maria most of the time and maria, not wanting to die with any secrets, told nadia about the petrov's and how they have gotten her. maria only knew that nadia's biological mother didn't want her and wanted her to be gone which was what she told nadia. fortunately, maria recovered but the knowledge that nadia's biological mother didn't want her and gave her away without asking about her, hurt her.

at the age of seventeen, two things happened: she befriended someone from the group of 'travelers' who recognized that nadia was one of them. membership is earned by birthright and since the travelers needed each member to practice, they tried to 'recruit' her. another thing that happened was that her parents were trying to marry nadia off which was something nadia didn't want to, despite understanding their reasons (dimitar was getting older and as a girl, nadia needed a proper dowry).

nadia decided to join the 'travelers' and by doing so, she also found out about how it's possible that she has some kind of magic within her which in turn only increased her curiosity about her biological family.

it took years until she found the correct family because she only had a name and a faint memory of visiting graves. she also couldn't return home and ask her 'parents' because she had run away. with time, nadia's resentment against her biological mother grew. that also didn't change when she found out that her mother was mr. petrov's daughter who disappeared and therefore survived the gruesome murder. nadia only found out because someone remembered that the petrov's were of traveler heritage and that one daughter suddenly disappeared.

not knowing where someone comes from and being faced with that big mystery prevented nadia from finding rest. she wanted to know why. why would someone give away a child? why would that person not care for her? why did she never ask for her? why did she want to get rid of her? why did she disappear? why was the rest of the family murdered when nadia was only two years old? wasn't her biological mother scared for her? why did she hate her?

she wanted these questions to be answered but it was difficult to do so. it already took quite some time to even find out the name of her mother because her name wasn't on any gravestone and it has been decades since one has seen her.

nadia grew older and as she grew older, she knew she needed to make a decision: let it rest and put it behind her or keep searching. nadia knew she couldn't find peace and therefore decided to keep going. back then it wasn't necessarily safe for a woman to travel alone. an unwed woman also didn't have a good status and nadia was already 25. because of her connection with the travelers she knew of vampires. being a vampire would grant her enough time to keep searching while also giving her the opportunity to protect herself.

she managed to convince the travelers to help her track down a vampire before she kinda forced the vampire to turn her by extracting blood. then, her neck was snapped and she woke up in transition.

why did the travelers help her turn into a vampire? it's quite simple. at this time, the name 'katerina petrova' was a whisper that went around. a rumor about an escaping doppelgänger. and the travelers had a vested interest in finding the doppelgänger for their own purposes.

of course, if someone turns into a vampire, emotions are even more heightened hence why nadia was even more interested in finding out her origins and getting an answer: why would her mother hate her so much that she abandoned her, left, and never returned?

[bugbounty421]

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[hiddeningrid]

are u OK, jonathan?