I've thought about doing a workbox system for our family... I have yet to buy the book & see if they have any helpful hints on large families & combining, & to see if it would really work for us... but I really like what I see & I think HOD would work rather well with the workbox systems. For HOD seems to work great with everything!
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It would seem that you could do one "box" for the guides in HOD per workbox. I've thought of making small laminated copies of the HOD guide (or just cutting it out from the catalogue) & other books that we double up on & make a "card"- this way I could put the guide or book in a special place (where children know to get it) & they can get it on their own when they see the "card" in their workbox. Or if we're all doing it together, I would place cards in each workbox along with any materials for the individual child. I've also thought about using one set of workboxes for each group that would be going through a different guide- that way materials we use together are all there in one workbox, & for each set of individual activities there would be more than one child's items in those particular workboxes (ex.- 3 handwriting books & 3 pencils). I'm not sure how this would work, but it's at least something to consider.
I'm so thankful to have found HOD & feel it is laid out so nicely!!
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I think the workbox system would help me prepare the day ahead of time, which seems to help with everything at our house (even getting everything set up for breakfast in the morning),
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and it would also help in scheduling our days.
I hope this helps- they were just some ideas I've had floating around in my head.