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I am so excited about seeing the new guide! You are helping me provide my daughter (& eventually my son) with such a well rounded education. Thank you for all the hard work & prayer you put into this curriculum. HOD has truly been a blessing to my family.

Hi! You may also want to look @ simplycharlottemason.com. I attended a seminar last year given by the creator of this website & until then I knew very little about Charlotte Mason. I was using HOD, but it was my first year homeschooling & was pretty clueless about a lot of things. :oops: (I'm still ...

Julie & Carrie,

Thank you so much for your help. I can't wait to get started! I look forward to joining the HOD group again, I have really missed it.

Mindy

Julie,

I forgot to tell you the time frame for the books.....perhaps 4 weeks worth would be good.

Thank you so much for doing this for me, I really appreciate it.

Mindy

Julie,

Thank you for explaining the Science.

I would love to see what books are needed for the different weeks. It would be a lot easier to be able to order only what I need.
Thank you!

Mindy

Carrie, Thank you so much for taking the time to break down the first few weeks for me. I also wanted to ask what the difference is between the 2 Science options other than what is stated in the catalog. Thank you again for your help, I can't wait to get everything together so we can "begin" our new...

Thank you so much for your response. If I started out just purchasing a few items, what would you recommend for the first few weeks?
Thanks,
Mindy

I need advice & prayers! Last year was my first year homeschooling my 12 year old dd & I used HOD CTC. I did quite a bit of research before I decided to use this curriculum & I was extremely pleased with it. However.....being my first year, I still had the "school" mentality & wondered if I shouldn'...

I am so glad to see I am not the only one who has been checking the board daily. I was honestly feeling a little obsessed! :lol: This is my first year homeschooling & I often wonder why I am so concerned with next year when we haven't completed this year yet. I really enjoy this board & enjoy readin...

I would like to thank everyone for their helpful input & suggestions. It is so nice to have a place to go & get help or just reassurance from other moms who truly care! :D Carrie, you really put my mind at ease. I worry so much about my dd being behind that I panic at the first sign of struggle. I k...

She is having a hard time with the present, simple past, helper form chart & the present, past, future tense chart. When we go over it, she may know the present tense, but will struggle with the simple past & helper form. I am also having a hard time teaching her when a past tense verb needs a helpi...

My dd is doing CTC with level 4 Rod & Staff English and she is having a very hard time learning the verb tenses and helping verbs. Does anyone have any tips or tricks you can share that might help her understand these types of verbs? She is very frustrated & I can't seem to explain it to her in a wa...

Carrie, Thank you so much for your response. We have added Write With the Best back into our day & have slowed down a bit with Shurley English. I have ordered Rod & Staff & can't wait to begin using it. I feel much better since I have gotten my concerns out there & received so many great suggestions...

Thank you so much for your help. I am going to purchase the Rod & Staff English, re-introduce Writing With the Best, & consider doing everything @ half speed for a while. I talked to my dd about the different ideas & she wants to stick with CTC because she is really enjoying it so far. She is also c...

Thank you so much for your advice, it really helps & it is a comfort knowing others can relate to what I am going through. We will begin unit 6 next week. For Language Arts, I am using Shurley English because I had already purchased it before deciding on HOD. It takes up quite a bit of time & it's n...