Mixed emotions finishing LHTH....

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moedertje
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Mixed emotions finishing LHTH....

Post by moedertje » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:51 pm

The 3rd time around doing LHTH was an incredible blessing. Knowing what to expect, knowing why everything is done, having a girly spin on the guide. Just being confident a 3rd time around and through the help of HOD! :D :D :D

My dd got real girly with her alphabet and her crafts. She had such fun with school and begged me to even take her school work on vacation. :D :D Worked on summer vacation since we live in Florida and were staying in the state. Did not work for Winter Sport..lol :lol:

It was a bitter sweet ending when I was done with LHTH with her. I won't need it anymore :cry: :cry:. Saying "goodbye" to Pre-school, but I am so glad that there is such rich teaching ahead of her :mrgreen:

DD did LHTH at age 4 for Pre-K. We did it full pace, as written, and she enjoyed very much. When we started off she already knew the sounds of the alphabet. The only thing we added in October was TRL upon her request :P :P :P

Here are some pictures: (Turned out, I have a million and 1 pictures :lol: :lol: :lol: )
All excitedly we started with the letter A and as you can see dd was beaming to start LHTH. We put punched out apples with real apple seeds and we did animals.
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She had fun doing her memory verses from the devotion book and measuring them to herself, and with her number book, cutting and pasting.
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Walking her doll on the letter A for her letter activity. She used dolls, "My Little Pony", coins, etc. etc.
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Finger Play: A-A-Adam, can you believe? God made the albatross to fly, you see!
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While on vacation we did unit 4-letter D, her craft of showing how Jacob tried to hide to pretend to be Esau, it's better to be yourself!
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Jumping over the letter D than off to the pool..
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Insisting on writing her own numbers on her number page!!!
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And copying the color word on the color pages, hoping the joy for writing remains forever! :D
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Writing letters with colored ice, pop sickles
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Our "Keepsake" craft book
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Jonah and the "Big, Girly Fish". She colored and painted and when I returned the fish had eye-lashes! :lol: (she told me it was girl fish!!!)
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Unit 33 A picture of the bright light that shone from heaven when Saul met Jesus as His savior
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Blocks sorted by shape, color and size!
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Skip counting by 4's
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Writing has become a favorite of this little girl of mine, just from doing the activities in LHTH!
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Pictures of our A-Z display:
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Just going through these pictures made my heart glad for such a great Pre-school program and a most wonderful pre-school year and sad that I am not doing pre-school again :cry:!

A big hurray for HOD for having made my Homeschool journey a blessing from day 1..... :D :D :D
Raising Arrows; Psalms 127:4
ds17, Class of 2020, now at IHOPU
ds 15, WH
dd 13, MTMM
In year 1 of homeschooling it all started with LHTH for us.

acts29stl
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Re: Mixed emotions finishing LHTH....

Post by acts29stl » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:25 pm

YEAH!!! :D :D :D And such a cutie you have there!
Psalm 27:4 "One thing I desire of the Lord, that will I seek; that I may behold the beauty of the Lord and meditate in His temple."
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ds(10) CTC, DITHOR
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dd(4) LHTH
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Re: Mixed emotions finishing LHTH....

Post by superkids » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:51 pm

Lovely girl and beautiful artwork! :lol:
I'm delighted to see the girly spin, looking forward to seeing what my dd does when it's her turn.
Thank you for sharing. You've been such a blessing and encouragement to me
~Andrea~
Content with His grace
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
2 Cor 12:9

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ds 5 lhth, trl
dd 4 lhth
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Carrie
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Re: Mixed emotions finishing LHTH....

Post by Carrie » Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:47 pm

I know what you mean about having bittersweet feelings at the end of LHTH. I was so sad to finish it with my fourth little guy, as it was our last trip through it with our little ones. :cry: My kiddos are just growing up too fast for my liking, yet it is amazing to see them growing into young men. :D

Thanks so much for taking time to share! :D I loved the pictures!! :D

Blessings,
Carrie

pcain
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Re: Mixed emotions finishing LHTH....

Post by pcain » Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:27 pm

Did you add in those letter activities? I don't recall them being a part of the guide

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Re: Mixed emotions finishing LHTH....

Post by StephanieU » Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:35 pm

The letters with the items glued on? Those are in in each unit. I am not sure if she followed exactly what the guide said to use each unit, but there is a day each unit where they glue tor stick things to the letter of the "week." For unit 1, it is the letter activity on Day 3.
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DD16 (completed LHFHG-WH, parts of US1 and 2)
DS14 WG (completed LHFHG-MtMM plus some of LHTH)
DD13 MtMM (completed Rev2Rev)
DS8 Bigger (completed LHTH-Beyond)

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Re: Mixed emotions finishing LHTH....

Post by moedertje » Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:54 am

pcain wrote:
Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:27 pm
Did you add in those letter activities? I don't recall them being a part of the guide
A little late in the game to answer: oops: 3 years later, but for each letter, I had my dd glue on something that started with that letter. I also had a file with all the letters, so it could look nicer for decorating my house. I don't have the file anymore, but I did it in a word program when I started LHTH with my oldest. She actually knew most sounds, so we went to Michaels and bought some stickers that she picked out. She had been looking at brother's letter wall!
HTH for all who are wondering..... :D
Raising Arrows; Psalms 127:4
ds17, Class of 2020, now at IHOPU
ds 15, WH
dd 13, MTMM
In year 1 of homeschooling it all started with LHTH for us.

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