Making the Circle...

I decided to keep this blog open to hopefully encourage others homeschooling mamas?!  :)

After 5 weeks of using Sonlight (which is a really good curriculum) we're making the full circle and going back to HOD.  These past four months have been like a Merry-go-Round, but I keep telling myself, I didn't know it would/wouldn't work for us unless we tried it.  Thankfully everything resells very well, so I don't lose any $.  :)  And, the kids have still LEARNED...math, LA, reading, writing have stayed the same...geog, science & history have been what's changed - but they don't really know - they just know we've been reading lots of books...and will keep reading lots of books.  :)

I learned while using FIAR - it was too simple for D - he needed to be challenged more.  I learned while using Sonlight, D was challenged somewhat, but K was in over her head!  Because there was quite a bit of reading, she would often get bored and want to go play which meant she wouldn't be listening to what I was reading (yes, we tried playing with quiet things while reading - it worked sometimes, but not often).

So my top 3 reasons for the change back to HOD...

1. HOD really trains my kid's hearts.  I have GREATLY missed the spiritual discussions these past four months that we had while using HOD the past two years.  Yes, I realize we can have great devos on our own, but there's just something about it being laid out in the guide book, written at their level with passages they understand, questions to make them really think about what we've read in the Bible.

2. HOD's open & go plans...they cover everything without a lot of work for me, so if I'm brain-dead, tired or really busy things still get done!

3. HOD allows great one-on-one time with my kiddos.  I also know D will be challenged in his guide (Bigger)  because he's right in the middle age range and K will good in her guide (LHFHG).  AND...something I just discovered that while working with one kiddo, it frees up the other to play/entertain busy, little C (instead of always popping in a DVD, yes major mommy-guilt here over all the DVDs she's watched the past few weeks so we could get our reading done!)