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by my3sons
Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:52 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: HOD: A Unit Study Curriculum
Replies: 0
Views: 2287

HOD: A Unit Study Curriculum

A Unit Studies curriculum stands out from other curricula because it includes a unifying theme! Instead of approaching each subject separately, unit studies integrate across various subject areas and topics. This helps children better understand what they are studying. In turn, this helps children b...
by my3sons
Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:44 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Dictation skills help in many areas of your child's schooling!
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Views: 2241

Dictation skills help in many areas of your child's schooling!

Teaching Tip by Carrie... Dictation skills help in many areas of your child’s schooling! One of my absolute favorite Charlotte Mason-style teaching strategies is the way she uses studied dictation. This is because studied dictation encompasses so many skills within a short session. What does a studi...
by my3sons
Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:24 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: What guides are you using?
Replies: 24
Views: 2236

What guides are you using?

Hey ladies! What HOD guides are you using, and what are your favorite parts of them? I am down to one guide - World History with my son, Emmett. We are on Unit 26, and the year is flying by! My favorite parts are... *hearing Emmett read aloud his history written narrations (so improved and full of h...
by my3sons
Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:10 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Sharing a Fun Week with CTC!
Replies: 3
Views: 838

Re: Sharing a Fun Week with CTC!

Oh, I love to see pictures of kiddos doing HOD! Your daughter's 3 x 3 project turned out so well. You can be so proud of the neat, colorful work she did on this project. Phyllis Wheatley was a favorite book of mine. Wasn't she amazing? What an inspiration! My older sons loved helping my youngest son...
by my3sons
Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:01 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: DS6 - "EVERY Day is a Fun Activity, Mom!"
Replies: 3
Views: 635

Re: DS6 - "EVERY Day is a Fun Activity, Mom!"

As we were sitting down to Week 17 Day 3 of Beyond, I said to DS6, "Oohh, we have a really fun activity today!" And he responds, "EVERY day is a fun activity, Mom. You don't have to say if it's a fun activity or not because they ALL are!" So sweet! So grateful to HOD for making every day FUN for my...
by my3sons
Wed Feb 22, 2023 2:51 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Help! Homeschooling Woes & Regrets…
Replies: 5
Views: 880

Re: Help! Homeschooling Woes & Regrets…

Hello, I’m hoping someone out there can help me. I have a daughter who is almost 16. She is wanting to go to college, but is afraid she will not be prepared or able to handle the work. We actually started her out using HOD for 1st grade, but I would consider most years after that “unschooling” beca...
by my3sons
Wed Feb 22, 2023 2:23 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: CTC - Written Narrations
Replies: 7
Views: 1142

Re: CTC - Written Narrations

Oh good, Jaime! I'm just so glad to hear your daughter felt this was a weight off her shoulders! I'm also glad she will follow the intended guidelines in the plans of reading independently and writing her narration in 5-8 sentences. She will grow in to this skill and thrive with it eventually, just ...
by my3sons
Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:08 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Notebooking Pages: plans to print in NON high-gloss paper?
Replies: 15
Views: 3558

Re: Notebooking Pages: plans to print in NON high-gloss paper?

Ladies, I've been away from the board for awhile while writing new products. We've also been with our son Greyson back and forth to Mayo clinic many times this past year (and just got home Tuesday again) as he has Crohns/colitis and continued complications from the total removal of his colon he exp...
by my3sons
Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:09 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: CTC - Written Narrations
Replies: 7
Views: 1142

Re: CTC - Written Narrations

You're right, I was afraid she wouldn't be learning the independent skill she is supposed to if I help her too much now, but I probably do need to scale back the independence in this area until she is ready. She loves the independence of CTC in all the other areas, BUT written narrations. I think i...
by my3sons
Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Skipping notebook pages CTC & up
Replies: 5
Views: 1817

Re: Skipping notebook pages CTC & up

I'm so glad you got them! I cannot imagine doing CTC without them! They are an integral part of the program. Your child completing the notebook assignments provides portfolio assessment, which is one of the primary means of assessment, as opposed to worksheets/quizzes/etc. that you would find in a m...
by my3sons
Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:05 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: CTC- what in the world
Replies: 9
Views: 2083

Re: CTC- what in the world

Such good thoughts here... StephanieU... ...there are players you can use that will slow it down. I personally find great value in having kids learn something auditorily, as there will be times in life they have to learn that way. We speed up the female instructor for Emmett's Geometry, and now we f...
by my3sons
Thu Jan 05, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: How much "together time" is beneficial?
Replies: 4
Views: 1247

How much "together time" is beneficial?

In a previous teaching tip, I mentioned how we can always be assured of plenty of "together time" in a homeschooling setting! One thing to weigh is how much "together time" is truly beneficial? Often as homeschool teachers, we default into thinking that anything done together is undoubtedly better. ...
by my3sons
Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:03 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Homeschooling and Sick? 5 Tips to Help!
Replies: 0
Views: 4332

Homeschooling and Sick? 5 Tips to Help!

Are you homeschooling and sick? My family sure has been - me included. ‘Tis the season for all sorts of sicknesses, and many tend to hang around awhile. Homeschooling parents and children alike get sick. One family member passes sickness on to another, and sometimes it even circles back around for o...
by my3sons
Wed Oct 05, 2022 4:44 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Answers to Guide Questions
Replies: 3
Views: 1829

Re: Answers to Guide Questions

I'd be glad to help! I've enjoyed Revival to Revolution three different times through the years with my own sons, so I will happily share my experience of the benefits of these portions of the plans. Both of these boxes of plans are intended to be more inspirational, and as such do not have answer k...
by my3sons
Thu Sep 29, 2022 2:59 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Placement help
Replies: 3
Views: 1850

Re: Placement help

My daughter is newly 7 and finishing up Abeka grade 2. I would like to start her in Beyond Little Hearts. I was thinking of doing Preparing to Build by R&S with her and the Drawn into the Heart of Reading. She loves reading, writing and creative expression. Is this going to be too easy for her? I w...