First Impressions of Heart of Dakota Curriculum | Multiple Grade Levels

Hello there! I am Annie, a homeschooling mama with five kids. We’re entering our 10th year of homeschooling this year, and I couldn’t be more excited by the direction our school is heading into. My heart’s desire is to raise life-long learners, and I feel that reading and interacting with quality literature and living books is vital to this goal. I’ve chosen Heart of Dakota to be our main curriculum and even though I’m a little nervous about juggling FIVE students this year, I also cannot wait to curl up with my kids and read. Thanks for watching;I hope I’ve inspired you to embrace your own homeschool- and maybe introduced you to a few books you’ve never heard of.

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[Dreblueskies]

Love that you are sharing this. Reviews of HOD are hard to find.

[heathert]

Thanks for making this. We are doing HOD for the first time as well. We'll bebing a soft start in July and then ramp up in August. I feel like it's going to stretch my boys (11, 10) in independence in a good way

[lindsaypotter]

What are you using for teaching phonics? And math?

[momofmany]

Are you still enjoying this? Do you plan to continue next year? Thanks in advance!

[mtcalc]

Thank you for this video review! I'm considering HoD for next school year. I'm curious how you schedule your day. Do you give your kids a time frame to do school and whatever is completed during that time is done and the rest of the work on the two-page spread waits until their next school time? Or do you require them to get a certain number of subjects done in a given day? Thanks!! I'm considering putting two kids in the same guide and trying to think through how we would use the guide and not get overwhelmed thinking we must finish a day's worth of work as laid out in the guide into an actual school day (plus having younger siblings underfoot that interrupt often!).

[maggiesaylor]

Great video! Is Little Hearts for his Glory geared towards a certain grade? Would it be appropriate for 2nd grade? It looks amazing 🤩

[ashleighpage]

Just curious, are you still enjoying HOD? I’m interested in it! Thank you so very much for your videos! My kids will be 2nd, 5th, and 6th next year. They are all pretty “on level” for their grades with my youngest being more advanced. What level do you think would be good if I wanted to use one for all, if you don’t mind my asking your advice? Thanks again and may God bless you.

[mscoffeeplans]

Thank you so much for giving us a first impression! I do want to ask is this curriculum self-contained or does it give you options to find books and other materials to get a lesson completed?