Thank you!! This is exactly what I needed to hear!!
Especially the narration parts. She loves to be able to retell things, and talk, talk talk. I want her to be able to THINK, not just rote memorization of something, KWIM???
I am having second thoughts about HOD. I don't want to have second thoughts!!!!!!!!!!! My 10 yo is a very advanced reader. She is also an excellent writer currently working on writing her first YA novel. She will balk if anything looks "babyish" to her. I need something that is going to make her "th...
SO. I just keep getting drawn to this curriculum. I am planning on WP Sea and Sky for this coming year. My son who will be coming home is really looking forward to it. He will be 11 (6th) grade. I will aslo have a 3rd grader (bright) who can join him with S&S.... But then I with have a 1st grader w...
That's great news, Cindy! :D We're almost done with PHFHG, and what a super year it has been - I can't wait for you to start. I agree with everything Lee Ann said already. My HOD manuals (I'm using 3) stay open laying flat for the duration of school each day - works great. I use sticky notes for th...
Lots of questions... Here's a few answers for you... :D HOD uses a lay flat binding, you open the manual to the page you are on and press down on the center of the book to make it lay flat. The manuals hold up well. The schedule for the extension books is in the appendix. We read some of the extens...
Since I have definately decided on HOD Preparing for my 11 yo daughter, I have been thinking of question I still wanted to ask(I am a huge information seeker as you will see!!) I went to look at the pictures from the convention, and noticed that all the books, except for CTC, are not spiral bound. A...