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What have those of you that have required state history done about getting that requirement in? I see that there is an option to do that in MTMM, but what if you child does not get to that guide until 9th or 10th grade (we need to do it sometime in grades 1-8)? I was going though the scope & sequenc...

I have not heard of this before either (I am in NY). The only thing I have heard a portfolio used before is for if they are going into fine arts. I was also very eclectic for the material my daughter used in HS also (she is a senior this year). I worked on making her a transcript but that is all that.

Thanks Lynn and Tammy, Thanks for the suggestion/recommendation of HOD science. I took a good look at them. I had a talk with her this morning about the fact that things would have to change some due to the fact that she will now be in high school and as I expected she was in tears. It will take her...

HI all, I have some questions about adding in some HOD materials for my 14 year old special needs daughter. Doing straight HOD would never work for her as her special needs just do not work with the way HOD does things, but I would love to add some of the Living books and such into her curriculum. J...

Our school year usually goes to the end of May. PS here ends mid-late June so we are still done before them. We do continue to do some stuff in the summer though.

If you would choose to do Explode the Code with her, you would do earlier books not later ones because she listed at K level and higher. My son who fits in the ERs perfectly (right at his level) is in book 4 currently. Books 1-3 are 1st grade, Books 4-6 are 2nd grade and books 7-8 are 3rd grade. Boo...

I am planning on starting up on Aug 3 also. My older son has camp next week or we would be starting earlier. LOL We have done work all summer long though (2-3 days instead of all of them) because otherwise they forget too much.

Thanks all for your suggestions. I struggle with the fact that he should be in 4th grade but we are still doing 1st/2nd grade work...and he struggles with it. About 9 months ago I 'caught' him sneaking a flashlight and reading under the blankets when he was supposed to be going to sleep...I was so h...

1 - I am confused by the phonics that HOD uses. I read that you are supposed to 'finish' phonic instruction and then go on to Emergent Readers. The phonic program I have always used (Explode the Code) goes though 3rd grade (books 1-3 are for 1st grade, books 4-6 for 2nd grade and books 7-8 are for 3...

Thanks everyone for your input. I talked with my hubby and we decided to try them together for a few weeks in Beyond and see how it goes. If Steven (older one) needs more, I can switch him at that point to Bigger. Academically he is about 2 years younger than his actual age, so he might be better of...

After thinking about it more...I realized that this year will be crucial if I want to keep my boys together. If I separate them this year, they will always be separate, but if I keep them together, I might be able to keep them together in the coming years. I looked at Beyond and I could do that one ...

Thanks Liz, I did look at that chart and Steven (9 year old) totally fits Bigger, but Clarence (7 year old) is between LHFHG and Beyond. It might be best for Clarence to go slow so that he learns to like school. He was in pre-school in Haiti since he was 2, but did not learn much there (as far as I ...

Thanks Rice! I will take a look at seeing what I can combine and what they need to do separately. Science might be a good one to combine (also music/Bible might work together), I think he will have no problems with repeating it again later. I do like the storytime books for LHFHG and already have th...

I am not totally new to HOD as I used it for 2 years with my girls years ago (it was great for one of them but not the other due to her being mildly autistic and also having expressive/receptive language disorder and I could not do any out-loud reading with her and have her comprehend it.....and the...

Thanks.... As far as the placement chart….she is an emergent reader (doing Explode the Code book 4 for Phonics) so would fit into either Beyond or Bigger. With writing and Grammar, she is in Bigger (she doing Rod & Staff Grade 2 Grammar and is doing well in it; she also does really well with the dic...