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.…
Homeschool Plans for 2015 and more Charlotte Mason for our days…
Humbling, overwhelming, joyful, challenging, and enlightening are just some of the ways I would describe homeschooling on a any given day! Oh yes, BUSY is a good one too! Since we start most of our school years in August, we’re usually ready for a shake-up come January. Almost every year we revamp at this time. As a home educator, I am constantly assessing how the children are relating to and learning with specific curriculums as well as teaching methods. Since we try to cling to many of Charlotte Mason‘s philosophies, we use hundreds (thousands?) of living books every year for learning, teaching, discovering, and growing. Every subject is filled to…
