Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

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julieabird
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Re: Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

Post by julieabird » Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:18 am

Thank you for the prep info!
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Re: Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

Post by Homeschooling6 » Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:23 pm

Just wanted to say that this post helped me a lot. I referred to it while getting my stuff ready.
Thanks!
Linda<><
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djemommy
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Re: Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

Post by djemommy » Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:51 am

Oh my I just found this it is so helpful ...esp for all us newbies out there!
Thank you thank you!

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Re: Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

Post by my3sons » Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:56 am

Thanks! :D I have plans to take pics of getting ready for all of the guides eventually! Someday... :D

In Christ,
Julie
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Re: Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

Post by my3sons » Wed Jan 14, 2015 7:45 pm

Do you want to have a laugh on me? :D I just used my own post here to get ready for my last child to start BHFHG! :lol: It's been 4 years since I've taught BHFHG. I'm in my mid-40's now, you know :wink: , so this helped jog my memory and make quick work of getting ready to start BHFHG with my youngest. I am so excited to begin! :)

In Christ,
Julie
Enjoyed LHTH to USII
Currently using USI
Wife to Rich for 28 years
Mother to 3 sons, ages 23, 20, and 16
Sister to Carrie

StephanieU
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Re: Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

Post by StephanieU » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:52 pm

Julie,
Did you make any changes this time around? We have 9 more units of Beyond. Then we will take 2-3 weeks off and start Bigger.
Mom to
DD15 US1 (completed LHFHG-WH)
DS13 MtMM (completed LHFHG-Rev2Rev plus some of LHTH)
DD12 Rev2Rev (completed LHTH-RtR)
DS7 Beyond (completed LHTH-LHFHG)

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Re: Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

Post by my3sons » Fri Jan 30, 2015 12:19 pm

StephanieU wrote:Julie,
Did you make any changes this time around? We have 9 more units of Beyond. Then we will take 2-3 weeks off and start Bigger.
I am such a creature of habit, so the answer is that I didn't make one single change since last time. :lol: I know, not very exciting, right?!? I even have the same recipe box, having taken out our last son's cards and rubber banded them. I also am using the same green folder for storing the timeline, having taken out our last son's timeline and putting it in his portfolio binder. I also even drew the timeline the same way. Actually, I had my oldest ds, Wyatt, make the timeline, using my last son's timeline as a reference. Emmett is reading "The Secret School" too. I guess I just often stick with what works, as it makes my days be about my teaching instead of prepping and planning. My kids like that, and so do I! :D :D :D Thanks for asking, and I hope you have a great finish to Beyond, and a happy start to Bigger! :)

In Christ,
Julie
Enjoyed LHTH to USII
Currently using USI
Wife to Rich for 28 years
Mother to 3 sons, ages 23, 20, and 16
Sister to Carrie

Stacy350
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Re: Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

Post by Stacy350 » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:12 pm

I know this is an older post, but it seems very helpful to a HOD newbie like me. Could someone tell me if I am correct in my thinking and answer a few questions please?

so with the post above we will need:
2 note books
Note cards
A box to put the cards in (if we want)
Some sort of timeline

The binder with tabs part seems like a preference. It looks like instead I could use a notebook for poetry copy work.
Part of post removed by board moderator per board rules.

But why does she have a tab for science experiments AND science note booking? And then yet another tab for guess and question?

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Re: Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

Post by StephanieU » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:27 pm

So, each unit has two science "papers." The first is the lab report. The second is a notebooking page. These are done on separate days. Some families organize by date completed while others keep the two categories separate - totally a choice.
Here is what I used to get ready (we will start in April, but I wanted to get a jump on it):
*Index card file with alphabet tabs and index cards for vocabulary and probably Bible verses
*Two composition books - one for dictation and one for grammar. If you do poetry copywork, you might want a third (but if you do cursive, you don't need to do copywork).
*Binder for history notebooking, science notebooking, and science lab reports. I am putting our poetry pages in there as well as any storytime items, but they could go somewhere else (Julie made a little book for the poems).
*I also printed out a timeline similar to Julie's, and I put it in the front pocket of the binder.

That is it other than the books.
Mom to
DD15 US1 (completed LHFHG-WH)
DS13 MtMM (completed LHFHG-Rev2Rev plus some of LHTH)
DD12 Rev2Rev (completed LHTH-RtR)
DS7 Beyond (completed LHTH-LHFHG)

mtmom9107
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Re: Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

Post by mtmom9107 » Thu May 18, 2017 7:41 pm

Thank you Julie for these pictures. I'll be doing Bigger this Fall with my oldest. I'm such a visual person and the pictures help so much!
I also have a question. How old was your son when you did Bigger with DITHOR? I can't decide between that and about 1/2 way through the emerging readers for my daughter. She's a pretty good reader. She can read the final books of emerging readers pretty good, needs a little help, but overall, pretty good.

StephanieU
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Re: Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

Post by StephanieU » Thu May 18, 2017 7:52 pm

mtmom9107 wrote:I can't decide between that and about 1/2 way through the emerging readers for my daughter. She's a pretty good reader. She can read the final books of emerging readers pretty good, needs a little help, but overall, pretty good.
I would finish the ER books first. One advantage of this is that DITHOR is more work that the ER books.. So since it will take a little bit to get used to the new guide, it is probably best to wait on starting a while other program too. Second, there is no rush. I did the math and realized that if we did two genres with Bigger and then five a year with Preparing through MtMM (following the schedule in those guides, which is 3 days of DITHOR a unit and 5 genres a year), we will complete all three DITHOR workbooks exactly once. And that is Carrie and Julie's recommendation (complete each workbook once).
Mom to
DD15 US1 (completed LHFHG-WH)
DS13 MtMM (completed LHFHG-Rev2Rev plus some of LHTH)
DD12 Rev2Rev (completed LHTH-RtR)
DS7 Beyond (completed LHTH-LHFHG)

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