oneddmanybooks Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I am so pleased and happy to find HOD and I owe a big thanks to the Hive! I think one of my first encounters with HOD came from one of those catalog threads. ;) I got my beautiful HOD catalog and thought that it had some great resources in it. But for some reason, it took me a little while to realize what a great fit HOD is for us. We have been using some of the first week online sample. I love the questions Carrie put in the Bible Study section and that it uses Proverbs. I love the poetry and hymns. I think we are going to love DITHOR, but we haven’t started it yet. We were already using Singapore math and R&S English. We are enjoying the history and science. Even though I’ve been sick some of this week, we’ve still schooled every day and enjoyed it. My dd isn’t used to doing a lot of writing, so I will use a mixture of doing things orally (esp. R&S), being her scribe, and of course her doing some of the writing. I hope to gradually increase the amount of writing she is used to doing in one day. She is a pretty voracious reader, so I will be giving her extra books to read. I especially appreciate how age-appropriate the guide is. I only have one child, and I am so happy that I don’t have to skip over a lot of things that are inappropriate (as I have had to do in other programs). My guide and some books are supposed to arrive tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwickimom Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 :) I just joined the HOD crowd this year with Preparing and we are LOVING it! I am glad you found a fit for your family. I look forward to using Beyond and Bigger with my boys!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneddmanybooks Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) Kwickimom, Preparing looks wonderful! Glad you are loving it. Edited October 21, 2011 by oneddmanybooks typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We are in unit 10 of Bigger this week, and I love it. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hscherger Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 This is our first year with HOD too. We are doing Preparing and Beyond. We are LOVING both. I can't believe I used to think I wouldn't like a planned curriculum. We moved just a few weeks ago, and I chose HOD for simplicity, but we are loving this year more than any other! I am already looking to next year and thinking of having my high schooler use REV 2 REV slightly modified. Glad you all are so happy too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedmom4 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 This is our first year with HOD also. We are using Preparing with my two youngest children. I LOVE it. The boys are having so much fun with it. We just made Egyptian cartouches from salt dough. They also love Write and Draw through History. My boys have found a love for drawing that they never had before. Wish I had found HOD a long time ago! God Bless, Elise in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwickimom Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I just bought the CTC TM and notebooking pages off of someone so I can dream about next year :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneddmanybooks Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 We are in unit 10 of Bigger this week, and I love it. :001_smile: That's great! Nice blog! I marked it so I can go back and read some more soon. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneddmanybooks Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 This is our first year with HOD too....I can't believe I used to think I wouldn't like a planned curriculum. ... I am already looking to next year ... Glad you all are so happy too! :iagree: :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneddmanybooks Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 This is our first year with HOD also. We are using Preparing with my two youngest children. I LOVE it. The boys are having so much fun with it. We just made Egyptian cartouches from salt dough. They also love Write and Draw through History. My boys have found a love for drawing that they never had before. Wish I had found HOD a long time ago! God Bless, Elise in NC About the drawing...dd got inspired by the picture (in the catalog) of the girl standing at an easel and she just HAD to paint twice this past week! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneddmanybooks Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 I just bought the CTC TM and notebooking pages off of someone so I can dream about next year :) :D I was just thinking recently that I could start to collect the books for Preparing! I have a couple of them already. Of course I'll have to hide them in my bedroom closet or somewhere so dd won't start reading them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwena Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We are finishing week 8 of Bigger and this is our 2nd year with HOD and we love it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We just finished week 8 and it's going really well. I think it has helped our consistency. We did the same things but more hit or miss. HOD keeps me fro putting something on the back burner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneddmanybooks Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 We are finishing week 8 of Bigger and this is our 2nd year with HOD and we love it!!! Edwena, glad you are having a great year with Bigger Hearts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneddmanybooks Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 We just finished week 8 and it's going really well. I think it has helped our consistency. We did the same things but more hit or miss. HOD keeps me fro putting something on the back burner. Yes, I think it will really improve our consistency too. It sounds like many posters are at week 8, which means I should get lots of good answers to any questions I have! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneddmanybooks Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Our box came yesterday! I think I'll celebrate by starting another HOD thread. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyinMD Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 My 11 yo is doing CTC and loves it. There has been no problems getting her to do her work this year. She really likes the layout with the boxes and generally gets started on all of the "I" boxes on her own. She did MFW last year and while I prefer the layout of MFW it was not what works best for dd. I actually bought both Preparing and CTC manuals to see what would be a better fit and I'm glad I did CTC. She seems ready for the work level in it plus she really wanted to do Ancient History. I did not care for the Dinosaurs of Eden book at all but have liked all the others. I need my twins to get old enough for Preparing because it sure looks like fun. I am not using all of CTC resources either. I'm subbing Elemental Science and I'm not using either the grammar or writing recommended. Dd was already doing well in GWG and she does weekly writing classes I don't need to add to it. I didn't get DITHOR but I'm wondering if I should have. We haven't done much in the way of lit study this year but we've been so busy I'm not sure I could fit more in. I love the notebooking with CTC. At the end of the year my dd is going to have a gorgeous notebook to show of her work for the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneddmanybooks Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 My 11 yo is doing CTC and loves it. ... I love the notebooking with CTC. At the end of the year my dd is going to have a gorgeous notebook to show of her work for the year. Amy, I love reading how others are using HOD; thanks! CTC looks fantastic and the notebooking pages are beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 So CTC question-is it possible to make it old earth friendly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmschooling Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Glad you love it! We've loved every bit of it these past 3 years!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrin Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 So CTC question-is it possible to make it old earth friendly? I've been wondering about this myself. I asked on the HOD Yahoo board, and got some good information. Apparently, if you're willing to tweak just a bit, it is very doable. I did notice in the sample at the HOD website, on Unit 1, Lesson 1 of CTC, there is a note for the Waring CD stating, "Note for parents: If you are not of the young earth philosophy, you may wish for your student to omit track 2." So obviously Carrie has planned to some degree for those of use who do not follow YEC. Preparing and CTC both present some YEC, though there is more in CTC, and it is pretty impossible to avoid it entirely, but you can tone it down and present alternative (OEC) views as valid. Preparing has you skip the evolution chapter in "A Child's History of the World", so you could use that anyway and present OEC. The dinosaur books in both manuals present YEC. I suppose you could skip those altogether or replace them with a traditional dinosaur text. The bible study book in CTC ("Genesis: Finding our Roots") is definitely not OEC-friendly. But there are enough excellent Bible studies out there to replace that fairly easily. Waring's history CDs for independent study ("What in the World?") are very YEC, but the later tracks are fine. The Apologia Zoology has some YEC content, but it is not as pushy as some other texts. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Thanks for answering. I think I will get the Preparing guide in the spring to preview it. This is really my big sticking point with using HOD from here on out. I've even thought of crating my own " boxes" schedule using WTM recs, HOD poetry, activities, science, and my CLE math and LA. I'm just really drawn to those boxes:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneddmanybooks Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 We are SO enjoying Bigger Hearts! Happy, contented sigh. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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