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Hi all

Im new to HOD and just started using LHTH last week with my 2 year old. This year is more for me than him as Im just wanting to work towards the habit of doing homeschool everyday. I am amazed tho that on day 4 of our first unit he is recognising the letter A and does the hands on cheeks "aaaa" sound Im really not worrying about what he is learning this year as he is still very young so it was such a surprise how easily he picked it up just by having fun. My husband is dyslexic as is my own Mother so there is a big chance of my two boys having problems which is another reason Id like to start early and do it myself so i can go at their own pace. I have two boys, Paul who is 26 months old and Mark who is 4 months old.

We are in Scotland and like many of you ladies Im thinking ahead. Previously id been looking at Abekka to use for homeschooling starting with Paul when he was four but then I came across the HOD programme on a Christian bookstore site and did a search and found the main site and ordered from there. Looking ahead to LHFHG how have other ladies handled the history aspect? Obviously our history is a bit different to the US one. Do you just go with the US history which meshes to the curriculum and then do your own country's history later or do you manage to use your own history in the programme?

We are having so much fun with this already, what a blessing it is!

Sheilagh x

I haven't quite figured it out yet, lol. Since there's 3 straight years of US history. I believe it's valuable for my kids to know the history of the whole world. But year after year seems a bit much, but I love the whole concept of HOD! It really doesn't take that much time to read the history reading, and the activities are just fun anyway. I'm just starting Beyond now, so I took out a bunch of library books of Canadian history. So right now we are reading about the 1500-1600's, when people were coming over from Europe. So I plan on reading once a week what was going on over here at the same time.

Hi Sheilagh.Im in Dorset so way down the other end of the country to you.I am using LHFHG -nearing the end now and have bought beyond and LHTH for net academic year.
I didnt find the US history emphasis a problem in LHFHG.I think up to week 23 it covers world history .LHFHG is more a whistle stop tour through history .As for Beyond -- i havent got there yet but I plan on reading Our Island History next year sometime.Probably through the summer break,plus we sre surrounded by our own local history.I studied american history for my own GCSE many years ago so it doesnt worry me that he is not learning local history as much as i am worried that he learns how to study history but he has years to learn about 'our' history .I think carrie carefully picked the stories more for teaching about great men and women of faith than about history and that is absolutely what I want him to learn .
Last week we were learning about the star spangled banner and Francis scott Key writing it.So we did the HOD activity but it was quite natural to add painting the union jack too and we listened to both the star spangled banner and God save the queen .
Today we were travelling in a wagon and I felt that was just fine.

Thank you for your replies Mumkins and Spidermansmum.

I think I have peace on doing the US history and can add our own history as outings and fun things. We live just a few miles from Bannockburn, the Wallace monument and Stirling castle so can do them as day trips out.

Im sure I can come up with other things to do British history and in fact we were at a brilliant second world war museum when on holiday last year that we actually said at the time would be a fantastic place to bring the boys when older as it will really help to bring it to life.

As I said in my first post its a while before I need to really think about it but Im really enjoying LHTH and love the format of HOD and can really see my being able to do this where before I was keen but not sure if I was up to the job.

Sheilagh x