Pics of Getting Ready for Bigger Hearts

[julieabird]

Thank you for the prep info!

[Homeschooling6]

Just wanted to say that this post helped me a lot. I referred to it while getting my stuff ready.
Thanks!
Linda<><

[djemommy]

Oh my I just found this it is so helpful ...esp for all us newbies out there!
Thank you thank you!

[my3sons]

Thanks! I have plans to take pics of getting ready for all of the guides eventually! Someday...

In Christ,
Julie

[my3sons]

Do you want to have a laugh on me? I just used my own post here to get ready for my last child to start BHFHG! It's been 4 years since I've taught BHFHG. I'm in my mid-40's now, you know , so this helped jog my memory and make quick work of getting ready to start BHFHG with my youngest. I am so excited to begin!

In Christ,
Julie

[StephanieU]

Julie,
Did you make any changes this time around? We have 9 more units of Beyond. Then we will take 2-3 weeks off and start Bigger.

[my3sons]

Julie,
Did you make any changes this time around? We have 9 more units of Beyond. Then we will take 2-3 weeks off and start Bigger.

I am such a creature of habit, so the answer is that I didn't make one single change since last time. I know, not very exciting, right?!? I even have the same recipe box, having taken out our last son's cards and rubber banded them. I also am using the same green folder for storing the timeline, having taken out our last son's timeline and putting it in his portfolio binder. I also even drew the timeline the same way. Actually, I had my oldest ds, Wyatt, make the timeline, using my last son's timeline as a reference. Emmett is reading "The Secret School" too. I guess I just often stick with what works, as it makes my days be about my teaching instead of prepping and planning. My kids like that, and so do I! Thanks for asking, and I hope you have a great finish to Beyond, and a happy start to Bigger!

In Christ,
Julie

[Stacy350]

I know this is an older post, but it seems very helpful to a HOD newbie like me. Could someone tell me if I am correct in my thinking and answer a few questions please?

so with the post above we will need:
2 note books
Note cards
A box to put the cards in (if we want)
Some sort of timeline

The binder with tabs part seems like a preference. It looks like instead I could use a notebook for poetry copy work.
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But why does she have a tab for science experiments AND science note booking? And then yet another tab for guess and question?

[StephanieU]

So, each unit has two science "papers." The first is the lab report. The second is a notebooking page. These are done on separate days. Some families organize by date completed while others keep the two categories separate - totally a choice.
Here is what I used to get ready (we will start in April, but I wanted to get a jump on it):
*Index card file with alphabet tabs and index cards for vocabulary and probably Bible verses
*Two composition books - one for dictation and one for grammar. If you do poetry copywork, you might want a third (but if you do cursive, you don't need to do copywork).
*Binder for history notebooking, science notebooking, and science lab reports. I am putting our poetry pages in there as well as any storytime items, but they could go somewhere else (Julie made a little book for the poems).
*I also printed out a timeline similar to Julie's, and I put it in the front pocket of the binder.

That is it other than the books.

[mtmom9107]

Thank you Julie for these pictures. I'll be doing Bigger this Fall with my oldest. I'm such a visual person and the pictures help so much!
I also have a question. How old was your son when you did Bigger with DITHOR? I can't decide between that and about 1/2 way through the emerging readers for my daughter. She's a pretty good reader. She can read the final books of emerging readers pretty good, needs a little help, but overall, pretty good.

[StephanieU]

I can't decide between that and about 1/2 way through the emerging readers for my daughter. She's a pretty good reader. She can read the final books of emerging readers pretty good, needs a little help, but overall, pretty good.

I would finish the ER books first. One advantage of this is that DITHOR is more work that the ER books.. So since it will take a little bit to get used to the new guide, it is probably best to wait on starting a while other program too. Second, there is no rush. I did the math and realized that if we did two genres with Bigger and then five a year with Preparing through MtMM (following the schedule in those guides, which is 3 days of DITHOR a unit and 5 genres a year), we will complete all three DITHOR workbooks exactly once. And that is Carrie and Julie's recommendation (complete each workbook once).