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by Allison TX
Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:08 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: I'm back! I' ve missed you all!
Replies: 22
Views: 3888

Re: I'm back! I' ve missed you all!

Welcome back, Carrie. Thank you for all your hard work! We appreciate it. :)

Allison
by Allison TX
Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:47 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: An impatient question about RTR shipping.... :)
Replies: 13
Views: 2580

Re: An impatient question about RTR shipping.... :)

Yay!!!!!!! :D :D :D
I can't wait to see the new guide! I will be watching for our mailman for the rest of the week! :)
by Allison TX
Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:14 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Read-alouds for CTC and another guide??
Replies: 11
Views: 3490

Re: Read-alouds for CTC and another guide??

Allison, are your children also doing the Extension Books themselves? I was thinking that he would do those but I guess he could just read the read-alouds instead No we aren't using the extensions. My boys are 4th and 5th grade, so they fit into the age range nicely. I think the extensions would ha...
by Allison TX
Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:53 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Read-alouds for CTC and another guide??
Replies: 11
Views: 3490

Re: Read-alouds for CTC and another guide??

How about having your oldest read the history read aloud set on his own? (I only suggest this because he is on the older side of the guide.) Then they can both listen in on the Beyond set? I started out reading aloud to my boys from the history set, but after adding in Beyond with my youngest, I now...
by Allison TX
Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:17 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Julie's Mom Devotion book
Replies: 11
Views: 2383

Re: Julie's Mom Devotion book

Julie, I'm so excited that you are writing a new book! I am very much looking forward to it. :D Praying for you as you finish writing. :)

Allison
by Allison TX
Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:39 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Julie's Mom Devotion book
Replies: 11
Views: 2383

Re: Julie's Mom Devotion book

I loved this devotional book! :) It was wonderful. Everything in it was so applicable to my life. :) I highly recommend it, and really wish she would write a sequel. :)

Allison
by Allison TX
Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:23 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Beyond with a 3rd Grader
Replies: 12
Views: 2662

Re: Beyond with a 3rd Grader

There is so much to Beyond that I think you will be fine. :) If you really feel the need to up the science, you could add in a CLP Nature Reader for your son to read on his own. Did he enjoy the one scheduled in the Emerging Reader set? If so, that would be a very easy, inexpensive, and not time con...
by Allison TX
Thu May 27, 2010 3:51 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: List of questions to help me decide about CTC
Replies: 3
Views: 1054

Re: List of questions to help me decide about CTC

Hi Tracey. :) This year my kids were in 5th, 4th, and 1st grades too. We used Little Hearts (had spread it out over two years) and CTC. I'll try to answer some of your questions. :) 1)You can always use your own LA choices. That's part of what makes HOD so great. Although, I will say, we have grown ...
by Allison TX
Fri May 21, 2010 8:32 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Wow, I am so impressed!
Replies: 7
Views: 1918

Re: Wow, I am so impressed!

I agree. :) I was so impressed the first time I looked through a HOD guide. So complete! And God honoring. We have now used Little Hearts, Bigger, Preparing, and are 1/2 way through CTC, and the guides just keep getting better. :D

Allison
by Allison TX
Fri May 21, 2010 7:26 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Has anyone used books from the extension as storytime books
Replies: 18
Views: 3837

Re: Has anyone used books from the extension as storytime books

This is very helpful information, Carrie. I will try and stay with the scheduled packages when choosing books in the future. There are still so many to choose from with the boy, girl, and classic sets. :) Thank you for your explanation. I'm always so impressed with how much thought goes into your gu...
by Allison TX
Tue May 18, 2010 8:02 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Charlotte Mason
Replies: 9
Views: 2284

Re: Charlotte Mason

http://www.heartofdakota.com/educational-philosophy.php

Yes. It is based on the Charlotte Mason philosophy. The link above does a wonderful job of explaining the HOD educational philosophy. Hope this helps. :)

Allison
by Allison TX
Tue May 18, 2010 7:57 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Has anyone used books from the extension as storytime books
Replies: 18
Views: 3837

Re: Has anyone used books from the extension as storytime books

You have a girl, is that right? I would read Tolliver's Secret over Guns for General Washington based on the age of your dc. My boys loved Guns for General Washington, but they read it themselves. Sarah Witcher is listed as Historical Fiction. I think you could probably use that for Adventure though...
by Allison TX
Sun May 16, 2010 9:33 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Has anyone used books from the extension as storytime books
Replies: 18
Views: 3837

Re: Has anyone used books from the extension as storytime books

I don't think so- it is listed as historical fiction. But I haven't read the book. :)
by Allison TX
Sun May 16, 2010 1:31 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Has anyone used books from the extension as storytime books
Replies: 18
Views: 3837

Re: Has anyone used books from the extension as storytime books

Hi lovedtodeath. We did that when we used Bigger. There were a few books in the storytime titles that we had already read, so we just chose a few from the extension pack and substituted with those. Almost all of HOD books are sorted by genre in the bookshop, so it's very easy to do. Our favorite boo...