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Tansy, Yes I think after hearing from all the ladies that I can definately make it work. I don't have to test, just have grades to turn in to show their improvement. They also have to pass achievement tests after the third grade to make sure they are where they are "supposed to be". Thank you for yo...

Carrie,

Thank you, I think that I will go ahead and use at least the last half of the emerging reader set. He still needs some work on comprehension.

Blessings,
Christy

Carrie, Thank you so much! Having not actually looked through the curriculum it is hard to imagine exactly how everything is going to go. I have looked at the sample pages in the catalog and they help a lot. Your discription of the exercises following the readings answers my questions. I can "grade"...

Jeri,

It sounds great!! Let me get this correct though, R&S English is the same thing as Preparing to Build English 3 or 4. Is that right?
I can use book 2 for my second grader and go at half speed if need be and use book 3 for my older child.

Thank you again,
Blessings,
Christy

Sarah, Thank you. That really puts my mind at ease. I am so excited about doing HOD and being able to school my children together for the most part. I am planning to do my own thing for math and grammar. I am a little confused about the English part of HOD. Is the Preparing to Build English 3 enough...

Thank you. I think the narration would be fine. It doesn't have to be an actual test, just some way to measure that they are learning the material. I really love the HOD curriculum and really want to use it.

Blessings,
Christy

Are PLL and ILL the same thing as Preparing to Build: English 2 and 3? Is this the same as R&S English? What is CtC? I am having a hard time figuring out what to use for English.

Thanks,
Christy

Thank you for your response. So, there is no set test to measure anything in HOD? In my state I have to be under an umbrella school in order to homeschool. I have to turn in grades at the end of each semester. I will have to grade and have to create tests in order to have grades to turn in. Will thi...

Thanks for your welcome!! I have checked the charts, sorry I didn't reference them in my note. My soon to be 10yro. is working on fractions and has mastered multiplication and simple division. I am going to probably have her doing some 5th grade level math to keep her challenged. She is reading on a...

Thank you so much for your input!! I think that it is a really good idea for him to re-read them. Now that I think of it, he has had some trouble with remembering what he has read and maybe the exercises following the reading of the books will help him to recall what he has read. I was wondering if ...

One more question. I was wondering if there is any type of measure for how much the children are learning. I am not overly fond of testing but am also going to be a new homeschooling mom in the upcoming year and want to make sure my kids are learning. It looks like as far as the history and science ...

I have a now seven year old that will be in the second grade next year. He has already read some of the books in the emerging reader set this year. I am wondering if I pick books on his level which would probably be somewhere in between the emerging reader set and the 2/3 level in DITHOR, would the ...

Hello, I am planning to homeschool my three children in the upcoming school year. This will be our first year and I am so excited about HOD! I am having some trouble with which level to use though. I have a what will be 10 yo and an 8yo. The younger is a really good student and is probably right whe...