Organizing Heart of Dakota (and a small Review of Heart of Dakota)
I thought I would share how I organized our children doing Heart of Dakota. If you are curious about what Heart of Dakota is or why we chose this program for our homeschool, I encourage you to read this post. I would like the kind of preface this by saying that not all this is necessary to successfully enjoy HOD. I have been known to go a little crazy with organization… also, the way I organize might not be the way everyone else will – and that’s ok! I post this for two reasons. One – I’m a bit crazy about organization and love it dearly, so posting about my…
A Review of Heart of Dakota
Heart of Dakota is a Christ-centered, literature based multi-level, multi-age full curriculum for homeschool. It is gentle, engaging, challenging, and planned in a very detailed, easy to follow way. They offer levels from Pre-K to High School. There are no real ‘grades’, but instead, suggested age outlines with their own themes. The years typically progress in 2 year increments so your child could place in more than one ‘guide’ (or year) at any given time. This offers flexibility based on the child’s abilities, your preference of themes, etc. Everything you need (in my opinion) is there except for some additional Language Arts in the higher grades and your Math.…
