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Thanks, Melissa! And, yes, you are right...he needs to be weaned :) today I had him do his science (land animals, apologia) reading on his own and then orally narrating to me. He did it! I was so pleased and surprised. I love how HOD teaches skills little by little and then before I know it, they ha...

Thought I'd update this post from one year ago when I was so confused about what to do with my son and whether or not to stick with HOD or not. First, to recap, my oldest two children (11yo daughter and 8 yo son a year ago, 5th and 3rd grades) had always been schooled together (except for grammar, m...

I'm sorry about your baby. How are you? I've lost three babies and have had four healthy children. Every time I hear about or meet someone or find out about someone who miscarries, I'm taken back to that loss. I know what you mean about just surviving. When you're ready to talk about splitting the k...

Thank you, again for taking time to "talk" this through with me :) I have been praying about this and last night I read everything I could about every detail with CTC and RTR, trying to really imagine what my day will look like doing 3 guides (I'm doing the lowest level with my 2&3 year olds now als...

We are only beginning week 20 and with our cross country move happening in 8 weeks we will not be finishing until the first week of October. So, pulling him now is an option. Thank you for all your thoughts and suggestions. I like the idea of moving back into Bigger with him now. i think hed be perf...

I am stumped. This is our second year with HOD. And, we love it. We did Bigger last year. This year are in Preparing. However, my son who is soon to be 9 is not doing all the "I" boxes on his own and I shorten his copywork and he can't just look at the teacher guide and follow the instructions on hi...

We are new to HOD this year and are using Bigger for my 7 and soon to be 10 year olds (2nd & 4th "grades") with Extension Package. I also have a 2 and 1 year old. In an effort to not waste precious school time when I'm tending to the Littles, I created an Independent Work checklist individualized to...