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by Erin
Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:18 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: What was YOUR school experience?
Replies: 26
Views: 7334

What was YOUR school experience?

My husband asked me tonight what the people who are homeschooling their children, what THEIR OWN school experience was. And I have heard a zillion stories on why people are homeschooling their children, most are that of our own, but I never once heard what peoples experiences were when THEY were in ...
by Erin
Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:40 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Questions for everyone interested
Replies: 44
Views: 19986

Great thread! Its a nice way to get to "know" everyone!! And I could have joined the wild hair club about 5 years ago. Picture: long VERY thick naturally curly hair and Minnesota's summers. Not pretty. :) Favorite hobby: I actually just got a hobby. And its actually extemely odd. I am researching th...
by Erin
Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:22 pm
Forum: Archived Threads for Little Hands to Heaven
Topic: Hmm, when should I begin with my 2?
Replies: 10
Views: 16271

Thanks everyone!! I think I decided to just go for it!! We are going to start in the Fall though. Then we can start and see where my son will be at. Right now Meeah could probebly even handle the kindergarten book, so I don't want to hold her back at all. Thanks so much for advice!!!
by Erin
Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:17 am
Forum: Archived Threads for Little Hands to Heaven
Topic: Hmm, when should I begin with my 2?
Replies: 10
Views: 16271

So would it be better TO wait so we can do them both together, or would it be better to start Meeah now, and then Migel later? And then they will be in seperate "grades"? They are a little over a year apart. I know obviously in some areas they will be in different "grades", I just don't know how I s...
by Erin
Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:14 am
Forum: Archived Threads for Little Hands to Heaven
Topic: Hmm, when should I begin with my 2?
Replies: 10
Views: 16271

Hmm, when should I begin with my 2?

I should be getting my HOD preschool books any time now. My kids are 2.5 and 3.5. I want to keep them as close together as I can. I was going to do preschool with them over the next year and a half, and then start the Kindergarten book. Well, when we start that, Meeah will be 5 and Migel 4. Since it...
by Erin
Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:38 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: An Easy Way to Say Thanks to Mike and Carrie!
Replies: 14
Views: 6548

Just an fyi, as a newbie myself, that is the FIRST place I looked :) . To see the reviews. So great idea!!
by Erin
Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:57 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Foreign Language
Replies: 8
Views: 3126

being in the world of daycare, I completly agree with Tansy! The more words a child hears before age 5 the better! If they are taught or spoken to in a foreign language as early as can be, the easier it will be to pick up on. I teach Spanish and Sign Language to all my daycare kids (well, and my own...
by Erin
Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:04 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Hi! New to HOD and homeschooling, would love any advice!
Replies: 7
Views: 3595

Hi! New to HOD and homeschooling, would love any advice!

Hi! Let me introduce myself before my questions :) . My name is Erin, I am 26, my husband is Adam, 27. We have been married for 5.5 years, been together for 9. We have 2 children. Meeah is 3.5 and she came home from Guatemala at 4.5 months. Migel is 2 and he came home from Guatemala at almost 6 mont...