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My 13 year old is using a combination of TT6 and Systematic Math. My son has struggled with math for years now but I'm happy to say he is finally getting it.
In the past he used a combo of R&S/MUS but when he had to do both Beta and Gamma over again and still was missing many problems I switched him to Math Mammoth. With MM he was still struggling. He completed 3A/3B. Fast forward to this year. I pulled out the TT6 workbook only (I don't have the cds) and also purchased Systematic Math and he goes back and forth with the two.
My 11. yr. old is using TT5 and he doesn't struggle with math.
My 9 year old is using TT3 he doesn't struggl with math either.
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Sorry, I know people are probably tired of the HOD threads, but I couldn't get this to post on the Social Group:glare:.
Ethan and Lance are using Beyond and as of today we are on Unit 6. I see lots of threads where people do not like this guide or Bigger and am wondering why.
So far we are loving it. The children look forward to our reading together for history and storytime. They beg for more reading with Stories of the Pilgrims and Boys and Girls of Colonial Days.
One thing that I love about Beyond is I'm reading aloud to my children again. At times we put the guide away and I will read for the hour that we were suppose to do Beyond stuff.
I know the science is light but it works for me. I love the Bible verses. I don't have the children memorize them because of AWANA but I do read and discuss them.
My boys are 7.5 and just turned 9.
Blessings,
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With one ds he uses only the textbook and I use the answer key :D. My ds had issues with the yellow notebook paper on the screen :tongue_smilie:.
My two other dc use mainly the cds only. They have worked in their workbooks but it's few and far between.
I do like owning the workbooks though because it's easier to look up a answer that was wrong and when I'm getting my lessons in order I can look through the workbook to see what's ahead.
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27 Reasons Not to Buy HOD http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=265464
This thread on writing progression takes you to the HOD forum (hope that's okay) http://www.heartofdakota.com/board3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8731 and this one on spelling :) http://www.heartofdakota.com/board3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8374&p=60935#p60935
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I started the school year with HOD: Little Hands, Bigger, CtC, and Rev 2 Rev. I added some things of my own. I also dropped things from the HOD guide. I had my 8th grader in Rev and my 4th and 6th graders in CtC. My days were full juggling the 2 younger ones and my highschooler, giving each child an individual English/writing lesson, doing the together portion of CTC (I did none of the together portion with my 8th grader) and keeping up with our Latin. That's an understatement. My days were extraordinarily full. At the end of that full day I still needed to evaluate the work my kids had done. I couldn't evaluate it well because I had not read it. They were doing it independently and I had no idea if they were understanding the information or thinking about it well.
I had thought that the way HOD was set up would help my kids make those important connections that I thought I was missing. It did not. My kids needed a mentor to guide them through and I couldn't do it with HOD. There just was no time for me to keep up with their reading, read through their writings and point out those connections.
Their days were full too, very full. For my elementary students it was too much. And yet, it didn't feel like learning but a manic pace of box-checking. By the end of the day we were all so exhausted, we just didn't care about discussing or taking things to the next level. We just wanted to get all the boxes checked so we could do something else. ANYTHING else.
This is what concerns me, especially in the higher guides. I have read on the HOD forums why there is no answer key (can't find the thread at the moment)but I would like a little more help in this area. At least give me the choice to use it or not, so I can spring-board from it (answer wise).
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Anybody else out there today?
Mine will be up later, you're just to quick for me ;). We haven't finished our school day yet (not til 2:00p.m.). I usually blog during quiet time.
Edited at 3:39: Mine is finally up :) Kids are quiet, so I was able to get it done. Week 17. If you have time feel free to hit the "home" button and scroll to read about the rest of our week. I'm a daily blogger.
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Oh and ummmm you know you love H-O-D when you are B-R-O-K-E and yet you will scrape up every penny to get what you need for the next level and you're not even going to need it for another 6 months (with your excuse being that you need more 'reading' material). :glare:
I hear you on this one. I purchased Bigger and we won't need it until 1/13:D. My children are only on Unit 6 of Beyond.
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Wow...raising hands to speak? Are most people so formal with their own kids? Is it just during school time?
My children raise their hands. I started this way back when I had 6 children ages 6 and under. With six children trying to talk to one mama, the hand raising really helps.
I also teach two children or more together, so again, I have them raise their hands.
I use a bell too :blush:. Makes life so much easier when you need all the children to come at once. Ya, it sounds like a heard of elephants but it works :tongue_smilie:
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When you keep reading the same HOD threads over and over:tongue_smilie:.
When you take your HOD guide to bed with you :001_smile:.
When you buy one of those clear acrylic coobook holders to put your HOD guide and tell the kids how beautiful it looks:D
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Carmen, I just found this thread and wanted to say, praise the Lord!!! Have you found a church? I'm so thankful that my dh and I have found a good church. 90% of them homeschool too. It's great.
I'm so happy for you.
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Things that don't always get done is poetry (both Beyond and Preparing:001_huh:). I try to at least read it. I do try to at least do what is recommended once a week.
In Preparing I sit and do the Bible Study twice a week but I do require the boys to study the verses everyday. With Preparing we are so busy that I keep forgetting to do dictation (something we were doing before:tongue_smilie:), so next week
I'm going to make it a priority and do it before I start reading.
For the most part I'm not trying to tweak HOD. I like the science and don't plan to add anything there (can't imagine finding the time either).
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When I decided to use HOD a few months back I thought I'd try to use it as close to the guide as possible. Here is what we are doing.
With Preparing the only thing I'm adding is All About Spelling. I thought we'd continue with this as well as use HOD's studied dictation (something we were doing anyway with Simply Spelling).
Instead of using Singapore for math Caleb is using MUS and Brent TT.
I decided to stick with Shurley English instead of switching to R&S, since Shurley is workding for us.
I dropped everything else that we were using for language arts, WWE, Simply Spelling, MCP Plaid Phonics.
With Beyond I am having Ethan, use ETC but only to keep him busy ;). He too is continuing with AAS as well as Beyond's spelling list. I chose to go with New American Cursive.
Like the other two we are using a different math program. Lance is using AAR instead of what HOD recommends.
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I do enjoy reading what everyone is up to, thanks for sharing. Please continue to chime in ;)
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Thank you! I just looked at the Scope and Sequence for TT and it looks looks like the first 5 chapters are going to be review. I think I am going to try and line the. Lessons up because I am weird like that..but I have also thought about having him start MUS while in the beginning of TT's easy lessons, just so he'd be ahead of the game. When he does finally get to those lessons in TT they'll be review.
Anyone else?
No, not weird at all. To tell you the truth, I'm just too lazy to try. I get stressed out because then I fill like I'm put in a box of having to complete x amount of lessons from one program and x amount from the other before going back to the other :lol::001_huh::tongue_smilie:. I know because I've tried it in the past with my two older children (using other math programs). So, this time around I thought I'd just go with the flow :001_smile:.
If you do line them up, please post about it. I know others will be greatful. Every bit of help is appreciated.
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My son Brent is using TT and MUS but I am not lining them up. He started TT5 in the summer. He stopped in Sept. and started Gamma. He completed Gamma in Dec. and is now picking up TT5 again, once I have funds to purchase Delta I plan to have him do three days of TT and two of MUS, so we'll see how it goes. Or maybe one week TT the next MUS.
I hope to start Ethan with Gamma this year too. He is half way done with TT3.
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The way I see it, is it's less then private school, plus we get to keep all the books:D.
If I switch Annette next year it will be $564.78+. Compared to Bob Jones (still not sure which route to go with her) that is cheap. Also my next set of boys will use it and all I'd need to purchase are the consumables.
For Caleb and Brent who will use CtC the cost will be around $447.00+.
My last two boys will be in Bigger but I have found almost all of it used.
My oldest will use BJ for 9th grade with dvds :001_huh:.
I'm thinking of purchasing HOD gift certificates every month so it won't seem like a big chunk at one time. Another option would start finding the books used now and only purchase the HOD exclusives. Buy a little from Amazon throughout the year.
So, yes, it's expensive but worth it.
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Katrina, would it work if you continued with Bigger with your 9 year old and started Beyond with your 7 year old? With you 5 year old just concentrate on math and phonics? If your 7yr. old is strong with the 3Rs would having him do more narrations. Have him dictate the narrations to you and copy them (like WWE but use HOD selections), use the appropriate R&S grammar level, basically just require more from him.
Another thought would be to combine him with your 9 year old for now but if things start becoming to difficult in future guides you can slow it down while your older ones continues at regular pace.
Not sure if any of that helps but maybe it'll give some ideas.
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If what you want for your dd is to have character, then you must intervene, whether directly with her, or less directly with her teacher. Just because there are many kids that do the same thing, or worse, does not mean you have to suck it up and allow it. Avoiding conflict with dh is the chicken sh*t way out. Either you value honesty or you don't. If you don't, then by all means, stay out of the way and let your dd receive a grade for work that is someone else's.You are the mother, and you know your dd and her ability level, and you know she is not doing her best. You said she waited too long to start the assignment. There is a lesson to learn here. There is a big part of me that would let my dd turn in the paper and hope the teacher recognizes that she did not read the whole book, then I would let dd know that she can't go anywhere until she does read the book and prove to me that she did so by discussing it with me - and I would be sure to ask questions that are not in the notes she used to write her paper.
Maybe I am just stuck in an episode of Cosby where Theo didn't read a book he was supposed to read for class but gets a passing grade on the test, so Claire tells him he still needs to read it and pass a test she prepares.
FWIW I agree with you, and would be very disappointed in my dd if she did this. I definitely wouldn't help with the paper and I would not allow use of the Internet for this or any other paper without knowing the book had been read. Just because others are lazy and dishonest is no reason to accept it from your own child. Hopefully a poor grade will be the consequence of not actually doing the work assigned. Even if it is not there would be consequences at home if it were me, with the intention of teaching honesty and the value of work. Good luck!Noelle
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We have a very well organised storage unit :tongue_smilie:. When we moved to a much smaller home two years ago, with no garage we thought a small storage unit was the best thing. My hubby has lots of tools and I have lots of books;)
My dh purchased shelves and we are labeling all the boxes with exactly what's in it.
Of course we got rid of tons of stuff.
As for our home, each bed has only one set of sheets, limited towels helps. We have those under the bed storage units.
limited amount of community toys. Right now all they have are legos, animal and car toys. Everything else is in storage and will come out when we move to a larger house (hopefully in a year).
In the kitchen I'm down to the knitty gritty. Got rid of things I haven't used for a while.
I'm sure the stuff I mentioned you all ready are doing, I hope to hear what others do.
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Hi, just thought it would be nice to see who's using HOD right now.
Currently I'm using Beyond with my two boys Ethan who just turned 9 a few weeks ago and 7yr. old Lance. On Unit 5. We started in Dec. with Beyond but some weeks we only completed three days.
Preparing with 11yr. old Caleb and 10yr. Brent. Just started Unit 4.
Little 'history' I was going to use HOD four years ago or when Preparing was the new guide. At the time I was very overwhelmed. I had had lots of littles and although Lance was 2 or 3 at the time I was still exhausted from being pregnant for 6yrs. in a row. I ended up using textbooks for my two oldest that year and ever since.
Now, I'm back to give HOD a try and so far I'm loving everything about HOD. It's a challenge to use two guides but worth it at the end of the day. I'm thinking of switching Annette, next year but we'll see with finances and all.
I would love to hear your story :001_smile:
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That's not the right one. Amazon has one used TM. The author is Robin Finley.
I believe you can only buy it from AG.
:iagree:as far as I know you can only purchase it directly from AG website.
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My kiddos are in grades 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th. Four of my children use HOD, so that helps with combining them in sets ;)
We school from 8:00-2:00. I try my best to start at eight. I use a block schedule. By using a block schedule it keeps me on track. It doesn't look like that everyday because sometimes for instance Annette, might need help with researching online so I'll sit with her and help or Caleb might need help understanding his math for that day etc.
My block schedule looks something like this;
Latin with four older
Math with Josh
Preparing School (HOD) with Caleb and Brent
Phonics/Lance
Beyond School (HOD) with Ethan and Lance
AAS & R&S Grammar with Ethan
Lunch
AAS/Shurley Grammar with Caleb and Brent.
Time wise it looks like this;
7:45-8:15~Math with Caleb
8:15-:30~Latin with Josh, Caleb, Annette and Brent. We practiced from chapter 8 and went over some grammar.(Normally we do Latin from 8:00 to 8:30)
8:30-8:40~Math with Annette. She is having trouble with her fractions.
9:00-10:00~Preparing School with Caleb and Brent. Completed Reading about History~Storytime~Bible Study~Geography and told the boys to draw their Woolly Mammoth to their cave painting. The cave painting they will do on their own.
10:00-10:10~Helped Annette research squirrels online for science (A Nature Walk with Aunt Bessie)
10:10-10:30~All About Reading with Lance. Continued to practice the 'th' sound and read words starting with th.
10:30-11:00~All About Spelling with Ethan. This session took a bit longer than usual. I didn't realize 30 minutes had passed. I had Ethan, spell words with the 'ng' and 'nk' words orally and on paper. We started a new lesson.
11:00-11:10~Rod and Staff English with Ethan. We did this orally.
11:15-11:50~Beyond School with Ethan and Lance. We did Bible~Storytime~History. I still need to do science (Grandpa Joe came to visit, so I had to cut our hour of Beyond time short).
Lunch. My dad took Annette, Ethan and Lance to Jack-in-the Box and brought us back burgers and tacos.
1:00-1:40~All About Spelling and Shurley English with Caleb and Brent.
1:40-2:00~Grandpa played catch with the children. Josh came home from his outing with his Auntie.
2:00-4:00~Quiet time. Mom blogs :)
Also there are things that I can get the kids started on and they do on their own.
HTH,
Linda<><
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Thank you!!!
HOD Res. to Ref. Omitting Science
in K-8 Curriculum Board
Posted · Edited by Homeschooling6
I might switch Annette to HOD next year using Res. to Ref. but she is really enjoying Queen's Homeschool A Nature Walk with Aunt Bessie. I had hoped to continue with Queen's science.
Now that I'm thinking of switching her to HOD next school year and HOD's science looks good as well I'm not sure which way to go.
This will be her first year using HOD so my thoughts are, maybe a lighter science program will be a good thing, since the program looks to be pretty full.
From looking at the HOD samples, I like the narration and copywork. I guess I should print sample week:D.
Would like to hear what others think about HOD science.
I guess doing both science programs is out, aack:tongue_smilie:
Thank you,