Questions about Drawn Into The Heart of Reading

[busymomma]

Hi

I have another question, this time it's about DITHOR. I already own the teacher's manual and I have used it with one child, but never two before. So, my question is if I have two children in two different HOD programs, but doing DITHOR at the same time, do they actually do some of this together? And, also does the read aloud option for both programs need to be of the same genre? Just one more.... Does Beyond Little Hearts and Preparing Hearts use the same schedule for DITHOR?

Sorry so many questions

Toni

[busymomma]

Has anyone used this book "101 ways to love a book for book projects with DITHOR? Here is a description and review from Rainbow Resource. I hope this is ok to do this. I had thought the other project books were out of print.

If you have a child who really gets into the books he (or she) reads, this book will probably give him enough ideas to keep him occupied for hours even after the story ends. It boasts 101 creative ideas for book related projects. Some of these activities include having a character dress-up party, making a diorama based on a scene from your favorite book, designing a travel brochure for one of the places in the setting of a book (this would be a fun one for the Phantom Tollbooth!), researching the life of one of your favorite authors, painting a mural, designing a book jacket, interviewing a character, writing a sequel, and hosting a game show (based on books, of course!). Each idea is given on a separate page, so they are explained pretty thoroughly rather than being simple one-sentence quickies. You can incorporate these projects into your schooling and let students work individually or in teams, or just save this for rainy days when there’s “nothing to do.” With so many fun, diverse activities, it’s bound to come in handy sometime. 112 pgs. - Melissa
Customer Review


Anaise R. from Kansas City, Missouri wrote the following on 12/26/2008:
Though there are many quality literature guides available, we love this book because it allows us to turn any book into a learning adventure. The ideas are very diverse--from as simple as making a chart to as complex as organizing a community literary event. My children and I can sit together and choose activities that fit our energy level, budget, and time restraints at any given period in our school year. The activities cover every imaginable learning style. I use it now with my kids in grades K-3 by guiding them through the activities, and I look forward to seeing them work through the activities more independently as they grow. This book is on its way to becoming a dog-eared, used-to-pieces, classic reference book in our home.

[my3sons]

Hi

I have another question, this time it's about DITHOR. I already own the teacher's manual and I have used it with one child, but never two before. So, my question is if I have two children in two different HOD programs, but doing DITHOR at the same time, do they actually do some of this together? And, also does the read aloud option for both programs need to be of the same genre? Just one more.... Does Beyond Little Hearts and Preparing Hearts use the same schedule for DITHOR?

Sorry so many questions

Toni

Hi Toni! Well, we've been doing DITHOR a long time and are still enjoying it. It is an excellent program! First off, I want to make sure you have both the DITHOR Teacher's Guide and the Student Books, as those are both necessary to the program working. As far as the two dc doing 2 different levels - they will be together for the days of plans marked "All Levels Together" days, as well as the final 5 days of each unit if you choose to have them do the same project. It works out to be a few days together each week, and the 5 days for the final project at the end. I used it with all 3 levels to tutor years back, and I found it to be just the right amount of days together. The read aloud genres don't have to match the DITHOR genres, but if they do it's fine. Beyond Little Hearts has it scheduled daily, and PHFHG has it scheduled 3 times a week. This is very flexible - if you're doing 2 dc together, you can choose either to have them both do it 3 times a week or both do it 5 times a week. HTH!

In Christ,
Julie

[my3sons]

Has anyone used this book "101 ways to love a book for book projects with DITHOR? Here is a description and review from Rainbow Resource. I hope this is ok to do this. I had thought the other project books were out of print.

If you have a child who really gets into the books he (or she) reads, this book will probably give him enough ideas to keep him occupied for hours even after the story ends. It boasts 101 creative ideas for book related projects. Some of these activities include having a character dress-up party, making a diorama based on a scene from your favorite book, designing a travel brochure for one of the places in the setting of a book (this would be a fun one for the Phantom Tollbooth!), researching the life of one of your favorite authors, painting a mural, designing a book jacket, interviewing a character, writing a sequel, and hosting a game show (based on books, of course!). Each idea is given on a separate page, so they are explained pretty thoroughly rather than being simple one-sentence quickies. You can incorporate these projects into your schooling and let students work individually or in teams, or just save this for rainy days when there’s “nothing to do.” With so many fun, diverse activities, it’s bound to come in handy sometime. 112 pgs. - Melissa
Customer Review


Anaise R. from Kansas City, Missouri wrote the following on 12/26/2008:
Though there are many quality literature guides available, we love this book because it allows us to turn any book into a learning adventure. The ideas are very diverse--from as simple as making a chart to as complex as organizing a community literary event. My children and I can sit together and choose activities that fit our energy level, budget, and time restraints at any given period in our school year. The activities cover every imaginable learning style. I use it now with my kids in grades K-3 by guiding them through the activities, and I look forward to seeing them work through the activities more independently as they grow. This book is on its way to becoming a dog-eared, used-to-pieces, classic reference book in our home.

This is too funny that you mention this book! What a coincidence - I was just talking to Carrie today as she's at the hospital with Beau, and she said she just ordered this book to take a look at it. It's likely sitting at her house right now, waiting for her to take a look at it when she gets home. She's been researching all possible replacements for the DITHOR book projects books. Anyway, that's all I know about it, but it sounds good.

In Christ,
Julie

[busymomma]

That's funny that she has already considered this book. I guess we think a lot alike. I hope that means we have the same style of homeschooling .

Yes, I do own the teacher's manual, previously bought as I have curriculumitis. I liked it a lot, which made me interested in the rest of Carrie's curriculum. Hopefully, I will be cured. I do, however need more student books. I had only bought one, and she pretty much used it as a workbook. I may need to do that differently from now on. I don't know yet.

Keep us updated on Beau. We''ll be praying he comes home soon.