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Lovely people of HOD! I am in need of guidance and support. I have 4 children, 5 come late October. My oldest, DD is 2months shy of 12yo and is placed in Preparing with Extensions and in DITHOR 6/7/8. DD2 is 8.5yo and in Beyond, and just now starting to read. DS is a new 6yo and is in LHFHG. DD3 is ...

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This blog post link is for June 18-22, our first week in ANY HOD BOOK EVER! I started my oldest (11yo) in Preparing, with Extensions, using DITHOR level 6/7/8. When I go, I go all out :) Ladies your supprt here has been a GODsend! You all strongly suggested to stagger the start dates for each of my ...

We started with my oldest child, per all your wonderful suggestions, at the end of June, then took a week break, and started back on this week. Here is a link to our work! NOTE: This is exclusively Preparing, with Extension read of the Woolly mammoth book and DITHOR, level 6/7/8. In the next couple ...

Thanks, girls! Here's what I decided to do: SA will be 3 in July, so we'll be starting LHTH near August (after all trips are over and DOH! right when the 'maters are ready to can!) using the 2-3 year materials, but it will be super loose. Bible, hand rhymes, whatever. Mostly, it will be to begin tra...

What a great question, krazzymama! I, like you, am using multiple HOD books with math being the one exception, as we have MUS and DH has said to finish out what we have before we do something else. (ok, and reading for my little guy, we have Delightful Reading and an Abeka book...the money done runn...

Thank you, everyone!

Kathleen and Shannon, thank you! I'm glad I'm not just being crazy about this. I *do* understand that any plan or list I make will change, but for me, I need SOMETHING to go from. So thank you for not laughing at all my questions! Shannon, your last comment made me chuckle -- I used every parent tri...

Thank you, Miranda!

THanks, Miranda - I'm not losing my marbles! It seems easy to just do without, then, or did you use something in place of NA,NF with the drawing book?

I think that moving HR downstairs is wise. It will be a matter of training him to stay still and quiet during that time. Have you used "tot boxes" for your youngers? I can't live the "fly by the seat of your pants" lifestyle anymore, and need to come up with a very specific base plan for SA-2yo (wil...

My teacher's manual uses both the drawing book AND NA,NF. We don't have NA,NF but can I just not use it, and use the drawing book?

I have another question or 3. Maybe more. It seems like small stuff, but in figuring out how to swing this (and knowing MG-11yo's penchant for routine) I would like to know your thoughts on: --how to order Preparing boxes for MG, both during the "training" period and in "real-life". Should I be aimi...

Iwas noticing that it is in the TM that I have,but it isn't online. Is there a substitution?