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This would be so helpful! I had come to the MB tonight to find info on that very thing! If it is not possible to do a sticky, could anyone share any links they know of for setting up Preparing and Little Hearts.

I just wanted to ask how long it normally takes to do the left side only of Little Hearts? If anyone would be willing to give me a breakdown of how long each block takes on that side of the plans that would be a huge help as well. I am trying to plan our routine for next year. This will be our first...

My son understands the conceps easily, but about half way through Singapore grade 3 math, he began to hate math. I'm talking tears and major concentration blocks! I could not understand why he hated it because he understood everything so well. Then, I realized that even though he could figure out a ...

I am looking for advice on how to be sure and ground my dd in her math facts. We have been using a combination of Rod and Staff preschool books with the Rod and Staff grade 1 math book for her K year in math. My son (upcoming 4th grader) caught on to math concepts very easily, but has struggled lear...

My son is nine and will be ten in December. We are new to HOD. We will begin using Preparing in August. This past school year he has completed and done well with Writing With Ease level 2. If anyone could give me advice about how to determine which level of dictation from Preparing I should use with...

I am searching for opinions concerning math for my upcoming fourth grade son. We used Abeka in his K and 1st grade years which is spiral and math seemed to be very easy for him. Then, we switched to Singapore for his 2nd and 3rd grade years. I loved using Singapore math. However, I feel that it did ...

Thank you so much for answering my questions! This has been very helpful!

I just wanted to ask why HOD uses different writing programs each year. I was wondering what the benefits are of using different sources each year (Write With the Best, IEW, The Exciting World of Creative Writing, etc.) rather than just using one writing program for successive years. Also, when usin...

Thank you everyone for your advice and encouragement!

I am planning to attend this conference. I was looking at their website ( great homeschool conferences--southeast) and saw Heart of Dakota listed. Are you all planning to be there? I really hope so!

Blessings,
Jenny

I notice in the Little Hearts packages that one can choose between The World God Made text (K level) and Our Father's World text (grade 1 level). I will be combining a first grade dd and a K dd for Little. Which text would you recommend? Does The World God Made text correlate better with the experim...

I also have a question about this book. Does it matter which edition you use? I assume the lesson plans are written with the page numbers for the 2010 edition. Would using another edition throw you off in either content or following the lesson plans?

Thanks everyone! My husband likes to read to our son at night. I thought I may purchase these for read alouds for husband to read to him.

I am planning to put my son in Preparing next year. (He is in 4th grade). I have have the long range goal of him learning Latin. I would like to use Memoria Press. Do any of you teach Latin with HOD? I am looking for advice. Do you think I should start him in Latina Christiana next year, then begin ...

Thank you! Do you think the extension set would be good as additional read alouds or would this be too much? They all look so great!