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I'm weighing into this thread terribly late, but I think it's an important one for Carrie! I like the daily plans with notes right alongside the assignments. It is one of the unique draws of HoD. However I do like the idea of training students to take ownership of organizing their assignments at som...

Studied dictation for spelling:
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We have been using La Clase Divertida for three years.

mrsrandolph wrote:Did you guys use typing programs with your children?

We are using Typing Instructor for Kids. I had heard it recommended on this forum.

For my son, I let him type when the main focus of an assignment is composition. Does that make sense? When he is doing labels, science notebooking, Q and A's, grammar lessons not done orally, and copywork, he does them by hand. But when the goal of the assignment is to have him put his thoughts into...

Birchbark, What a great narration and success story! Does your son's dislike of handwriting have any impact on his notebook pages? If so, what if anything have you done? Well, we always pencil in lines for him to write on. This helps a lot. He also prefers to write in pen. I will let him do this as...

I have a classic boy who hates writing. He loves to learn; he loves reading, listening to the audios, and drawing. But the physical act of putting words on paper? Horrors! And this was starting to affect the quality of his written narrations as they lengthened this year. He would write the minimum n...

I cover mine with contact paper and they hold up beautifully. Just Google "how to cover books with contact paper" and you'll get lots of hits.

Oooo, Mike will be there? We haven't met him yet. You will definitely need him if it's as busy as last year!

Tammy, I'm coming to the preconference classes too; high school track.

I'll try to remember to write my username on my nametag so you HODies can spot me. One clue: I'm short.

I'll be there.

I posted a comparison here.

More samples of his notebook and dictation.

Keeping the littles busy in the next room.

Long time no see! I haven't posted here in ages. For some time, Picasa was not working on my computer and then I just got out of the habit of updating. I thought I'd just post various pics from the last few months with RTR. Hopefully, I will frequent this board more again in the future. We've been e...

HoD's philosophy on math:
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