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I was so thrilled today when my 11 yo ds brought me his sarcophagus (mummy coffin) and said, " Look, Mom, I'm getting better." Starting out the first few weeks of Preparing, he was hesitant and often discouraged by his drawings. He would say that he didn't want to do them, but I am so glad I didn't ...

Paige,

Thanks for the info. I will try Kinkos.

The glue on my Preparing manual cover is coming loose, and I want to preserve it.

Thanks,
RuthAnn

I went to Staples and Office Max to see about getting my Preparing Manual spiral bound, and they told me that they couldn't do it. They told me that the cover is copyrighted and that by cutting off the end, the picture would no longer be intact. They said this is an infringement on the copyright. An...

Lynn, Thank you for mentioning about the See -N- Read. I went and looked it up as soon as I read your post and have ordered 5 of them. I have 2 sons who have eye issues (strabismus, convergence problems), and I also have a convergence problem. I too have considered vision therapy for both of them, b...

Julie, On the exercising thing, I am right there with ya. You know what I did? I got myself a walking buddy, so on those mornings when the alarm is going off at 5:45, and my body is crying for a few more minutes of sleep, I know I have to get up 'cause my friend will be waiting for me. :D If you can...

What an adorable little boy. Many blessings to you and your darling family.

momofone, I don't know if you saw my post about the 9 yo in Little Hearts, but I know exactly how you feel. I have been trying to place my son based on where he "should" be (age wise), and not where he really was (ability wise). It can be tough to know when to push and when to back off, and that's w...

Pam, Thanks for the encouragement. The struggles your dd has sound a lot like my ds. He also has trouble retaining new material. He has to review and review and review before it will stick. We will do something one day in math and the next day he will look at me like he never heard of it before. And...

Thanks for the suggestions and for not telling me I'm crazy for considering this. :) I really want to put him where he can focus mostly on the 3 R's and have the other stuff be minimal for right now. I am planning to do some extra science with him, and I will look up the supplemental books for histo...

Hey Ladies, I know this sounds crazy as there is no extension for LHFHG, but I don't really know what to do with this guy. Last year I had him in Bigger because I thought that was where he placed, but it was a struggle. There were a lot of things (writing, notebooking, etc) that we skipped, because ...

Sue G in PA I totally get what you are saying about workboxes. I only have 5 kiddos, and though I love the concept, I could not imagine where I would put all "the stuff" workboxes would require. I really wanted a visual reminder/checklist kinda thing, so after I saw what the workboxes were all about...

I didn't purchase the CD for the same reason (we use NKJV). I think this is a judgment call you have to make. I do use the Steve Green CD's for Little Hearts even though they are not necessarily NKJV, but I feel like this is different. In LHFHG they are memorizing one verse at a time from different ...

I also wanted to pick you ladies' brains about how you do your notebooking. :) I have 3 who would be using 3 ring notebooks/binders this year, and they are just so cumbersome. I really hate trying to store them on my shelf. Do any of you have creative ideas for storing the notebooking pages so that ...

I think doing 4 programs is doable, as well, but I did wonder about putting the 4 yo boy in LHFHG. I have a little boy whom I waited to start LHFHG until January even though he had already turned 5 in July. I wanted to make sure he was ready. Now, I don't know your son and I don't know when his birt...

Hello and welcome to HOD. I just wanted to let you know that if your son does RTR this coming year, he will get American History in the years to come (if he stays with HOD). Carrie is planning 2 more programs after RTR to finish out a 4 year history cycle. (There is also plans for a geography progra...