Home School curriculum acronyms

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CFoscato
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Home School curriculum acronyms

Post by CFoscato » Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:34 pm

I will be a newbie home school mom in the fall and I am leaning towards Heart of Dakota and browsing the forums BUT...
I have no idea what many things are because I don't know the acronyms :D One day, I'll be an old hat at it but right now I am clueless. Is there a list of frequently used acronyms so I can decipher as to what others are referring? Thanks!

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Re: Home School curriculum acronyms

Post by Mumkins » Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:02 pm

I'll try to help. If I miss any you want, please let me know.

LHTH- little hands to Heaven.
LHFHG- little hearts for his glory
CTC- creation to Christ
RTR- resurrection to revival
Rev to Rev- Revival to Revolution
MTMM- Missions to Modern Marvels
WG- World Geography
WH- World History

RS/R&S- Rod and Staff
TRL- The reading lesson
RME- Reading Made Easy

DH/DS/DD- Dear Husband/son/daughter
7 awesome kids!

3 graduated
4 at home this fall
DD6 Beyond
DS10 Preparing
DS13 MTMM
DS16 online high school

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Re: Home School curriculum acronyms

Post by Nealewill » Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:02 pm

I understand. We have all been in your shoes :-) Here are the ones I can thing of that you may see in the threads:

HOD - Heart of Dakota
LHTH - Little Hands to Heaven (3-5 year old program)
LHFHG - Little Hearts for His Glory (5-7 year old program)
BLHFHG - Beyond Little Hearts for His Glory (6-8 year old program)
BHFHG - Bigger Hearts for His Glory (7-9 year old program + extensions available)
PHFHG - Preparing Hearts for His Glory (8-10 year old program + extensions available)
CTC - Creation to Christ (9-11 year old program + extensions available)
R2R - Resurrection to Reformation (10-12 year old program + extensions available)
RevtoRev - Revival to Revolution (11-13 year old program + extensions available)
MTMM - Mission to Modern Marvels (12-14 year old program + extensions available)
WG - World Geography Guide (13-15 year old program- 1st high school guide)
WH - World History Guide (14-16 year old program - 2nd high school guide)
DITHOR - Drawn into the Heart of Reading - used in conjunction with BHFHG through MTMM
R&S - Rod and Staff is the grammar program that HOD sells.
SM - Singapore Math - this is the elementary math series that HOD sells for math
OSS - One Small Square - these are science books sold in some of the younger HOD guides, 3 sold as part of BHFHG, 2 in PHFHG, and a couple in the lower level book packs.


Other things you may read that HOD doesn't sell:
MFW - My Father's World - this is another curriculum company. Many people here have used both HOD and MFW and sometimes people will talk about a comparison between the two.
AAS or AAR - this is all about spelling or all about reading. This is not sold by HOD but some people will talk about because they have used it
CLE - Christian Light Education - again this is not a product sold by HOD but some people use it and list it in their signature
IYW - Igniting your Writing - this used to be sold by HOD but I don't think it is anymore
Daneale

DD 13 WG
DS 12 R2R
DD 10 R2R

Enjoyed DITHOR, Little Hearts, Beyond, Bigger, Preparing, CTC, R2R, RevtoRev, MtMM

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Re: Home School curriculum acronyms

Post by Mumkins » Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:03 pm

You got way more than me! Good job!
7 awesome kids!

3 graduated
4 at home this fall
DD6 Beyond
DS10 Preparing
DS13 MTMM
DS16 online high school

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Re: Home School curriculum acronyms

Post by Nealewill » Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:05 am

I think we were typing at the same time (even though the time stamp shows different). Right when I hit save, yours popped up at the same time :-)
Daneale

DD 13 WG
DS 12 R2R
DD 10 R2R

Enjoyed DITHOR, Little Hearts, Beyond, Bigger, Preparing, CTC, R2R, RevtoRev, MtMM

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Re: Home School curriculum acronyms

Post by my3sons » Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:58 am

Welcome to the board, CFoscato! :D I know it can seem like people are talking a foreign language! The ladies shared the main acronyms, but if you ever wonder, be sure to just ask! We have all been there, and we would look forward to helping demystify the acronyms any time! :D :D :D

In Christ,
Julie
Enjoyed LHTH to USII
Currently using USI
Wife to Rich for 28 years
Mother to 3 sons, ages 23, 20, and 16
Sister to Carrie

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