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I would say sell the closet full of curriculum and jump head first into HOD. You will never look back or regret your decision. My daughter is 7 (just turned 7 in June) and also hates writing, worksheets and days lacking activities. This is our first year using HOD and we love it! We have used severa...

Where are you located, Jessica?

This sounds great! I would love to go today, but unfortunately three dentist appts yesterday threw us off schedule. This would be a great place to meet though, maybe once a month to have a Heart of Dakota fellowship time while the kids play together (we certainly couldn't afford it more often than t...

Hello Ladies, I was wondering if anyone out there is in West Georgia and would like to start a play group/ fellowship group. We have been in a Homeschool Fellowship group before, but we moved too far away to continue. Many of my children's friends are homeschooled, but live too far away from us to f...

Good Morning MommyInTraining, We are in the 7th or 8th chapter and the cat has not talked in human language yet. I don't think he will. If you have a cat (we have two), then you know that in their quirkiness, they seem to talk to you and communicate when in reality I'm sure it is not true. :lol: I'm...

Hello ladies, I have been reading alot of posts on here by moms who have children with suspected ADHD. I too have a son whom I suspected had ADHD, but never had been diagnosed because he's never been in anything other than homeschool. I began inspecting ingredients in everything he was consuming...t...

Thank you Amy for that website. I just checked it out and it looks like a wealth of fantastic information!

We always find it helpful to go for at least a brisk 20 minute walk in the morning before school. We are in GA and it is very hot right now, so after our walk everyone comes in to cool down and the younger ones are just tired enough to sit still for a story and pay attention (their wiggle is tempora...

Thank you Rebecca! I am not doing an extra program with her right now for handwriting. She did Handwriting Without Tears and the CLP handwriting last year. I guess after just typing that, I am thinking it is a laziness issue. She just doesn't like writing and wants to get it done as quickly as possi...

Hello, sisters, I have a question about the copywork/handwriting portion in "Beyond". My second grader does not like to write and tends to be a bit sloppy with the handwriting. She will write "stories" on her own that she makes up, but the technicalities of the letter formation is pretty messy. I wa...

Wow! What encouraging words from my sisters in Christ. Thank you all so much!!!

Hello sisters, I hope I'm not breaking any rules by posting this message, but I just wanted to let everyone know about a website that I found that has really helped our family. It is www.passionatehomemaking.com. It shows you ways to make your own cleaning and body care products at home, as well as ...

I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you Carrie Austin for this curriculum!!! Our first day with my 7 year old daughter in BLHFHG and my 4 year old son and 3 year old daughter in LHTH was so successful and wonderful that I am still in astonishment. I have a very active son, and we were con...