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- Mon Mar 28, 2016 12:59 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: New to HOD-Placement for First Grade
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3656
Re: New to HOD-Placement for First Grade
If I had it to do over again I would place my 6-yr-old in Little Hearts instead of Beyond. You can always place them where they fall for math and reading. Little Hearts is such a great guide and it lays the foundation for so many skills. It also allows you to really use the 1st grade year to solidif...
- Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:20 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: A Plea for Help from You Wise Ladies!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5362
Re: A Plea for Help from You Wise Ladies!
I didn't have time to read all of the responses so far, just sort of skimmed them. Here are some of my thoughts: 1. You are in charge of your daughter's education and the "public system," as well as friends/family circle are not in the equation. Now, I know that is hard when you are around family an...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:56 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Fun ? Re: res to ref
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1405
Re: Fun ? Re: res to ref
It is funny that you should ask this question because when we were reading the Mr. Pipes book I was thinking what a neat trip that would be to take with the boys. If you could get your hands on that book now, that might give you some neat ideas. They were touring Europe and spent a night in one of t...
- Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:31 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: A great schoolday moment - (copied Julie)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1918
A great schoolday moment - (copied Julie)
So last night I got home after 7pm and by the time I was getting schoolwork ready and looking through the book I saw the goldmining history activity was on for my younger son today. I groaned because I had no energy left to get stuff ready for it (not that it is that hard), or at that point in time,...
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:41 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Concerned about future grades in Singapore Math
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3436
Re: Concerned about future grades in Singapore Math
At first I was adding some review here and there because I didn't feel my son was ready to go on and thought he must have full mastery. However, as we progressed I noticed the pattern and realized we didn't need the extra review because the concept would come up again and be covered more in depth. B...
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:30 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Concerned about future grades in Singapore Math
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3436
Re: Concerned about future grades in Singapore Math
Singapore follows a pattern of introducing a concept then coming back to it in the future, sometimes the next guide, then review down the road. The first time a concept is introduced mastery is not expected. Even if a student seems to master a concept the first time, often when they come back to it ...
- Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:34 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Older Mommy Brain
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3932
Re: Older Mommy Brain
Well, I have you all beat as I am 51 :) with a 9 and 10 year old and we are doing fine with HOD. The beauty of the HOD guides is the fact that they guide our children to learn and guide us to help them learn. Basically you will learn along side them. It has been a wonderful experience for us so far....
- Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:11 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: The *S* word - socialization
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4522
Re: The *S* word - socialization
So I guess my struggle is: Do we need to be involved in more? Is simply being together, just the 5 of us, almost all of the time OK? Is it healthy? And if it's not, then what should I do to help us break out of our hibernation? It absolutely is ok. Our 21st century idea of socialization, as another...
- Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:11 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Beyond with 9yo?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2130
Re: Beyond with 9yo?
I would put him in Beyond because it would give him a solid start with HOD and you would not be back-to-back Bigger/Beyond, which is a load. For a 9-yr-old I would add English as you said, place him appropriately for math, and put him in DITHOR. I would also do Cheerful Cursive with him.
- Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:17 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: To combine or not combine
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2471
Re: To combine or not combine
With the age and academic differences you mentioned I would not combine. Like the other poster said, it is often easier to run two guides than combine. With the gap you have between your oldest will hit independent work as your younger hits the more teacher intensive guides, so it really won't be to...
- Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:32 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Organization / How much do you keep?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3416
Re: Organization / How much do you keep?
I keep everything and I would certainly advise to keep a good portfolio if not everything. I just joined HSLDA and although I haven't had time to look over everything yet, I am pretty sure they give that advice. I take things out of notebooks and attach them with one of those rings to save on space....
- Sat Dec 05, 2015 6:42 pm
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Helping Maintain Curriculum Through Daily Use
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3251
Re: Helping Maintain Curriculum Through Daily Use
I took mine to Staples and had them spiral bind a couple of our guides with laminate for the covers. That has worked really well for us.
- Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:17 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Praise for HOD and encouragement for those w/ dyslexic kids
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5393
Re: Praise for HOD and encouragement for those w/ dyslexic k
Thanks for your post. We are going down that road too. We are taking two years to do Bigger and I have often wondered what happens when we hit Preparing. Your post is encouraging and reminds me that one way or the other we can make it work.
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:16 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Discouraged - I have the bad attitude!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4728
Re: Discouraged - I have the bad attitude!
Yes, you truly are in a tough part of your homeschooling career right now. Hugs and prayers. Here are some thoughts that came to mind: 1. I think I would start with your CTC child and then have her care for the youngers for 20 minutes before she goes off to independent work 2. As soon as CTC child i...
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:28 am
- Forum: Main Board
- Topic: Skipping A Guide
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2138
Re: Skipping A Guide
It is not generally advised to skip a guide. There is a big leap from Preparing to R2R. You might look at the placement chart and the week preview of R2R to get an idea if your daughter would really be able to skip a guide (http://www.heartofdakota.com/pdf/rtr-week-at-a-glance.pdf). If you have doub...