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There are so many reasons to "heart" HOD but my all time favorite is that my 11yr. old ds says that the Bible quit time box is his favorite part of our school day. What more could you ask for??

Ladies, We have also had a hard time using the recipes for air dry clay. The last time it came up we just used some play dough we had on hand and did not keep the project. It worked very well. One bonus was since my ds becomes so attached to every HOD project we did not have to find somewhere to sto...

exodus007, Just wanted to say that I will keep you in my prayers. It is so hard to watch our children struggle and not know how to help them. I know you are trying so hard to understand what he needs and how you can best provide it. I wanted to suggest something for you to look into. My 10 yr. old d...

Sue,

Just prayed that the Lord would send you a night of peaceful, refreshing sleep Everything looks better when we are rested. I will be lifting you up in pray.

Durea

I am praying for your entire family. Please remember that God uses all situations for his good. He could be using your daughter to draw this young man's heart to Him. This could have been me and my husband 33 years ago. He was a believer but not very dedicated and definatly drawn to the ways of the ...

That is so wonderful. I'm rejoicing with you. It is so great when they finally get something that has been a struggle for them. This is something to be excited about

Durea

Ladies, Thanks so much for your suggestions. I do think Matthew would love to act out his narrations and he really likes to draw so these are great ways to offer a varity of narration options. Maybe if we shake it up and don't do it the same way each time it will not be such a chore. He does well wi...

Good Morning Ladies, My name is Durea and although I actually joined this forum about three years ago and read several times a week I very rarely post. So by way of intro I'll give you a little back ground. I have three children but only have one still at home, a ds who is 10 years old. We have just...

We seem to have the problem that Cheryl addressed earlier in this post. The problem with finding words. My ds, 10, has just been diagnosed with Expressive Language Disorder. This does help explain why he gets so uptight at the mere mention of oral narration. He really can not do it. I will say that ...

Shelia, God bless you. I am praying for you as you try to sort all this out. My ds has OCD and like a PP said we suspect other learning disabilties as well. I know for myself finally having a diagnosis was at least helpful in that I knew what to study up on. What I really wanted to share with you is...

Wow. Sorry to hear you had so much trouble with placement. I was planning on having my ds take the placemwnt test tommorrow. Has any one else had a problem getting a correct placement? I'll be waiting to hear about the multiplication thing too because that's what we are ready to start.

Durea

I was there on Friday. It was wonderful to meet Carrie and Julie. They were so sweet, patient and kind. I know there must be no words to discribe how tired they are. There was constant activity at their booth. I pray they made many new converts to HOD. I know God is going to bless them for their fai...

Christy, I had a thought about grading narrations. If I'm remembering right I think Carrie recomends not to grade them are make to many corrections after they children have given their narrations because it will give them the idea that there Is only one right way to do a narration. The purpose of a ...

Ladies, I too will be at the fair on Friday. I don't post very often so some of you my not feel like you "know" me but maybe we can met up at the booth. That would be so cool 8) Can't wait to met you, Carrie and Julie :!: Katie, I'll look for you. I did not figure out that you were on this board unt...

Ladies,

Thanks so much for your insight and your encouragement. Carrie, this is funny but I think I just needed to hear YOU say ignore the manuel and chose three days. I'll update you all on our progress in a few weeks.

blessings on this beautiful Monday morning,

Durea