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by whisperingoak
Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:41 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Sneak Peek #5: New American History Guide
Replies: 9
Views: 12998

Re: Sneak Peek #5: New American History Guide

This is exciting. Michael Farris is a household name here. He was the keynote speaker 3 years ago at our convention in OR. My husband enjoyed sitting in on the other sessions Michael Farris gave as well. After one such session my husband walked up to the HSLDA booth and purchased the dvd's. We have ...
by whisperingoak
Tue Aug 05, 2014 12:15 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: HOD vs. Ambleside Online?
Replies: 10
Views: 8672

Re: HOD vs. Ambleside Online?

Carrie, Thank you for sharing your heart on this particular subject. We used Bigger last year with 2 kiddos and it was a thoroughly enjoyable year. During all of the homeschooling years I have been learning more about CM. I suddenly thought "HOD" isn't CM enough and decided to go with AO. I purchase...
by whisperingoak
Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:58 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Bigger?
Replies: 5
Views: 1548

Re: Bigger?

I just took a look at my TM and do not see a schedule for level 3. I would just do 1 lesson a day.
by whisperingoak
Tue May 07, 2013 1:23 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: LA
Replies: 0
Views: 1784

LA

I've been pouring over the HOD website for days. We are currently using MFW (loosely) for our 7 and 8 yr old. I'm finding more and more that while it was wonderful for kindergarten and 1st grade, 2nd grade is not working very well for us. While I started with their recommended LA program we switched...