Do you supplement? If so, with what?

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ktwensel
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Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by ktwensel » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:24 am

Ladies,

Do any of you supplement HOD or use it strictly as is?

If you do supplement, what do you add?

Thank you so much.
Karen
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HappyMama
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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by HappyMama » Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:58 am

I pretty much use it as is except this year I added a Come Look With Me book for art appreciation and a Building Thinking Skills book for my oldest ds. But those together barely take any time at all, so it feels like we really haven't added anything. :) I find HOD to be so balanced and thorough, I don't really feel the need to supplement. I'm curious to see what other HOD moms are doing. :)

striving2Bprov31
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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by striving2Bprov31 » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:25 pm

Dear Ladies,

I can comment on this!!! In the past, I have tried to supplement HOD in different ways, use different Lang arts than suggested, etc. etc. Basically, wanting the open n go of HOD but doing way too much changing in the name of "making it my own". I've really learned HOD doesn't need that. But mostly, all of that "supplementing" did ABSOLUTELY nothing for my kids--all it did was get me halfway to the looney hospital.:)

So for the very first time (starting in January-taking a break right now) we will begin doing HOD EXACTLY as written. The peace about it is overwhelming. I have really come to trust Carrie and Julie. HOD is beyond awesome.....Exactly as written!!! This is coming from a "do-it-yourself" homeschooler!!!

This has been my experience and I hope this helps. I found we will drive ourselves crazy and off course in our homeschooling trying to supplement here and there!! IMHO!

Enjoy your HOD adventure!:)

Liz

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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by Candice » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:49 pm

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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by LynnH » Sun Nov 21, 2010 3:25 pm

I pretty much use HOD as is. The only thing I supplement is with some extra vocabulary. The reason for this is unique to my child. He came out of ps as a 5th grader with reading comprehension challenges and as I started working with him I realized that his vocabulary knowledge was poor. I was really surprised to find out some of the words he didn't know the meaning to. So we did an extra vocabulary book in an attempt to get him up to speed. I really think that if we had been doing HOD from the beginning with all the rich living books that he wouldn't have had the vocabulary issue and I wouldn't have had to supplement. We are doing a roots program now, again to just help him catch up. He does go to a co-op one day a week, but he only takes 2-3 classes that require very little homework. He doesn't take any history or writing classes there because I like the way HOD teaches those and don't really want him messed up by being taught a different way. We do use a different math, but I don't consider that supplementing since that is an option in the guide.
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dd 22 college graduate and employed as an Intervention Specialist
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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by blessedmomof4 » Sun Nov 21, 2010 3:41 pm

I only added Spanish and Music, and I only do that on alternate Fridays. It's because I am Latina and I want my daughter to learn a little Spanish, and I'm a singer so music is extra important to me. Otherwise, I find there is no need to add a thing to HOD, it is so well-balanced. I have homeschooled for many years, and this is the first curriculum I've ever used that did not require supplementing or tweaking, but is just fine the way it is. :)
Lourdes
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2 grads 9/19/92,7/8/95
2 in charter school 1/31/98, 9/19/99
3 in Heaven 8/11/06, 8/18/10, 9/13/13
Future HODie is here! 9/14/12

ktwensel
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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by ktwensel » Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:30 am

Thank you all for your wisdom!

I am going to resist the urge to tweak!
Karen
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amethyst rain
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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by amethyst rain » Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:05 am

We use it pretty much as is. I use Hooked On Phonics for language arts instead of what is recomended. It works out well though, because it still fits within the time frame. We also add in more art, via homeschool co-op. Oh, and we are doing Draw, Write, Now instead of the handwriting because ds was getting bored with that.

I think it works well for us because I try very hard to pick something that still fits within the time frame that HOD recomends. We are not adding more work, just substituting what works best for us.

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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by Tree House Academy » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:06 pm

We use HOD as written including the math and English recommendations! :) In the past, I have tried using other things (English and math) and I find that HOD really nailed it with their choices and it really flows best in the guide that way.

For my older and younger sons, I add French (older does it daily - 4 days a week and younger does it weekly, 1 day). I learned it in school and I love teaching it to my boys.

For my younger son, I also added a simple music book once a week (we are a singing family and this is more for learning to read music than anything else) and he loves to draw, so we do drawing once a week. :)

Both of my boys take art in co-op as well.
~Rebecca~

ds13(8th) - Rev to Rev w/ TT Pre-Algebra, R&S English 6, CLE Reading 8, Rosetta Stone French
ds9 (4th) - Preparing Hearts, TT Math 4, R&S English 3, CLE Reading 4, & Writeshop Jr.

We have completed LHFHG, BLHFHG, Bigger, CTC, & RTR.

Kathleen
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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by Kathleen » Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:45 pm

As is...and oh so happy with it!!! :D
Homeschooling mom to 6:
Grant - 19 Kansas State University
Allison - 15 World Geography
Garret - 13 Res2Ref
Asa - 8 Bigger
Quinn - 7 Bigger

Halle - 4 LHTH

4littleones
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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by 4littleones » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:24 pm

We use HOD Beyond the way it is and I tell you, there is a certain sense of freedom in doing that!

The children learn modern Greek and Violin and Piano, but I don't consider this supplementation. Rather, extention of the curriculum in that we add new subjects, not supplementing the ones that HOD has already.

Happy days! :D

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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by Mommamo » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:37 pm

Well, I like to think that we do it as written, but we do add a little bit. I'm not sure if I would call it "supplement," since it's really just adding things that aren't there. So I'm a piano teacher, so we do add a composer study, some music and movement, and piano lessons (for all three children, believe it or not). We also add Spanish. We attended an immersion Spanish class for a while, but now I just teach it and we use a curriculum (that I'm not actually thrilled with, so I'm trying to figure out where to go from here with that). We also do a little state study thing-learning state flower, food, etc... So none of it is supplementing what HOD has already included-that is too perfect! HOD is so well thought out and time conscious that I can get everything done, and it enables me to be able to add "extras" that are important to me. So it's not lacking AT ALL. I just wanted these extras for the kiddos, and HOD lets us do that.
Momma to my 4 sweeties:
DD 14 - MTMM and DITHOR (completed LHFHG, Beyond, Bigger, Preparing, CTC, took a couple years off, and now she's back!)
DS 11 and DD 9 - Preparing(completed 2 rounds of LHTH, LHFHG, Beyond, and Bigger)
DD 6 - LHFHG

ktwensel
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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by ktwensel » Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:19 pm

I am really enjoying reading your answers on this.

We started our first week of Bigger and LOVE it so far (only going into the 2nd day :lol: ) but I'm finding it hard to release my grasp on some of the things we were doing. (ie, R & S Spelling, Bible, and Science). My ds loves his Bible and I will let him continue (can never have too much!) and I think I will let them just read their Science without notebooking. Spelling is quick and I may have them continue, I don't know. I just don't want my day to be 6 hours long!!! :roll:

I would love to do composers and authors too along the way.
Karen
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blessedmomof4
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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by blessedmomof4 » Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:31 am

Just to let you know, there is a light treatment of some composers in the history study of Preparing Hearts, and one book about Mozart and one about Shakespeare in the independent study set :)
Lourdes
Wife to Danforth
2 grads 9/19/92,7/8/95
2 in charter school 1/31/98, 9/19/99
3 in Heaven 8/11/06, 8/18/10, 9/13/13
Future HODie is here! 9/14/12

jjcmehl
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Re: Do you supplement? If so, with what?

Post by jjcmehl » Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:14 am

We use it as written. The children are a year ahead in grammar, since we initially used the classical approach to grammar when we first started home educating. I do add in nature study occassionally. We also add in composer study as this is a requirement from our Suzuki piano teacher. We do picture study, but that is intertwined with their cursive.

We will be taking a break from read alouds to focus more on Christmas stories and further Bible Study.
Christine
wife to DH for 11 years
DD 10.5 (5th) Preparing w/ Ext, French, Logic
DS 9 (4th) Preparing, French
DS 5 (K) Bible, story, & 3 R's
Adding: Suzuki piano; nature, composer, & picture studies
DS 2.5 Tot School
DS 6 mo. Starting to crawl

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