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How about putting together a special box of the 2 year old. Fill with simple puzzles, maybe some playdough, some lacing cards, duplos. It only comes out during school time. I started with my 3 year olds last year and they love it. I add in chalk boards, travel size magnadoodles, paper with stickers....

I haven't started HOD with my son that has son that continues to have fine motor issues. For his handwriting program that I am using now, I have do split the copywork and take two days to complete it. That way he doesn't get tired or frustrated.

Thank you both for the encouragement. And Julie your schedule is awesome, thank you for sharing. I have beening using MOTH for a while just to manage the sheer craziness of a large family, even without homeschooling. I have actually started the LHTH with my three year olds already. They have been wa...

Praise the Lord, mh DH is actually considering letting me homeshool all of my middle four. This is a HUGE step for him. I am taking the rest of the summer and getting a routine into place that will support homeschooling. Since I am still new to homeschooling and HOD I have a couple of questions. I w...

Am I reading it right that you have a set of quads AND a set of trips? What a big, wonderful family!!! :D Welcome! Thanks for the welcome! Actually I had a typo in my first post.. OOPS! That is should be 2 sets of triplets. The first son is 11. So the children are DD 18, DD 16, DS 11, DD 10, DD 10,...

Lourdes,

Thank you. He does struggle with writing. One of difficulties is fine motor coordination. Thanks for posting the link. I had seen it my cruising through the site and forgot about it. Off to check.

Hello everyone, I am Donna, married to Richard for 23 years. We have nine children here with us and on waiting in heaven. DD 18, DD 16, DS 10, DD 10, DD 10, DS10, DD 3, DD 3 and DD 3. We are late coming to homeschooling. We pulled one of our sons out in December of last year and I hope DH will allow...