Little Hearts for His Glory

[kayinpa]

I am planning on using MFW CtG for my older girls next year (ages 8-10) and will have 2 boys in K & 1st...I cant afford to buy two separate MFW curriculums for the and would like something that I can do for both that was inexpensive yet similar. I came across "Little Hearts for His Glory" from Heart of Dakota (http://www.heartofdakota.com/index.php) and have pretty much decided to go with it, but before I take the final plunge, I would like to get some feedback. I had never heard of it until the day before yesterday. Do you think this is a good choice? Do you think it will work well with MFW?

Thanks

Kay

[Another Lynn]

This is more of a bump than a reply. I haven't used Little Hearts, but I have looked at it too. It seems like it would be very easy to use, easy to implement whatever phonics program you like (which I think is a big plus because that can be so personal), and easy to tweak as needed. I think there are review at homeschoolreview.com

Maybe some others will reply here too.

[jg_puppy]

I haven't used it yet, but I am considering Little Hearts for my little guy next year. He will be in kindergarten next year.

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showpost.php?p=38596&postcount=22

I don't know if I did this right, but I hope that the link above is a response to a thread earlier with some information about Heart of Dakota programs.

Jan

[Debra in CO]

I haven't used Little Hearts, but I have used Little Hands. I know they are similar in many ways. My only beef with Little Hearts was that I never seemed to have stuff on hand. You know, we have cheerios around most of the time, but the week where we use Cheerios to do something or another would be when we used up the box the day before I flipped open to that page.

I had to go through and highlight stuff and make up my own little cheat sheet. Most of the items were normal household items, but I live 45 minutes away from a store, so it is a big deal if I happen to be out of something. I can't just run out and get it, you know?

Otherwise, I really like their book choices, I like how she schedules stuff, I like that (other than the above) thr program is really easy to pick up and go. I did very little prep work.

I keep thinking I'll work the various Little Hearts levels in for my kids... I'd love to use them. I'm planning to start Little Hands with my 4 and 2 year olds in May (I used it with my current 1st grader a few years ago). Maybe I'll move on to Little Hearts with them.

I did sit with the Little Hearts book at a homeschool convention for at least a half hour one year. I really, really wanted to get it, but funds were tight, and I had to make do.

Debra
Mom to five, ages 1-10

[kayinpa]

Thanks for all the great replies, I think I am totally convinced and decided to start a yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LittleHearts4HisGlory/) for future questions and help ;) if anyone is interested.

I also wanted to know has anyone used it alongside MFW?

Thanks

Kay