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I enjoyed talking through placement with you on the phone earlier this week! I think the placement for your kiddos is a compilation of all of the wonderful advice given in this post! We ended up with PHFHG for the younger student and Revival to Revolution (as this guide will be used primarily for 8t...

I think this link gives such a good overview of the homeschool philosophy that is inherent in Carrie's design of Heart of Dakota's guides... https://www.heartofdakota.com/educational-philosophy.php We have had so much family time homeschooling these past nearly 20 years - precious memories! Our chil...

I loved reading about your homeschooling days in each of your posts! Our lives may be different in some ways, but we are so interconnected because we all homeschool with Heart of Dakota. I love those connections and am thankful for them, especially lately! This world can feel disjointed and disconne...

Stephanie, So sorry to hear about the rough week! Our school week had a major bump in the road as well, quite unexpectedly. Tuesday afternoon, one of our base workers (a national employed on our small mission base and a dear brother in Christ) fell from a ladder while tree-trimming and nearly sever...

Julie, Thanks so much for this info! I’m looking forward to our last go-round with Preparing next year! Thank you and the HOD team for all your hard work! 😊 So glad to have helped! I hope you enjoy the new notebooking pages, and thanks for the encouragement you give to us and to other ladies on thi...

Good morning! I just have a moment before homeschooling USII and MTMM, but I also wanted to share links to Carrie's Introductions for each of the high school guides! Carrie poured her heart into these Introductions, which number about 25 back-to-back pages of details about each high school course. T...

I am so glad to hear you and your daughter are enjoying World Geography, Amber! I've enjoyed using all of our high school guides nearly twice now, as my second son will graduate this year. What a blessing! So, in answer to your question, Heart of Dakota's high school guides include both guided learn...

Good afternoon! I'd be happy to answer your questions! For more helpful details about the new PHFHG guide and the new notebooks, I'll link Carrie's email newsletter below: https://www.heartofdakota.com/blog/2021/01/28/new-preparing-hearts-notebook-pages-and-guide/ I've seen the new guide and the not...

Congrats on graduating your son! How neat that he has been asked to lead Bible Study for his church college group! We love Bob Schultz too - wish he had been able to write more books before he passed away, but his books live on to inspire young men everywhere. I would recommend "Battlefield of the M...

Hello, My second son will start the guide preparing in Jan. I was going to use the old guide with him. Is there a huge difference between the old revision and the new one? Will some of the books still be used. I know I have all the books, even the ones for the expansion package, for the older revis...

Oh good! Sounds like a great plan is coming together! As far as the DITHOR kickoffs, as Rice said, as long as you keep them on the same genre, they can do their kickoffs together. There are usually about a dozen kickoff ideas to choose from, so there's a lot of fun and fresh ideas there! There are q...

So glad you are coming back to HOD and in a better place to do so! My placement advice is very similar to Rice's (thanks Rice, BTW)! 7th grade son starting in Jan.: Definitely Revival to Revolution for all the reasons Rice mentioned, and also because he's been doing online schooling with probably li...

Welcome to the HOD Board, Sunnyridge! I just finished reading Rice's response to your post, and I agree with it wholeheartedly! She gave such solid advice, and I'm so glad she responded because she has a similar family make-up and has done an outstanding job of making Heart of Dakota work well for s...

Hello Mallory, and welcome to the HOD Board! I'm so glad you are enjoying Heart of Dakota with your son! You can use any grammar with Heart of Dakota, so if you want to use a different one you certainly can. As the previous poster shared, it is a good idea to only do grammar for the amount of time s...

Thanks, Lourdes! The notebooking pages are turning out to be so lovely - I can't wait to see the finished product! I'm so glad you are going to get to enjoy them. Also, just have to say, love having you here - brings back good memories of where this all started.

In Christ,
Julie