Heart of Dakota

11/16/2025

11/13/2025

From Carrie: Today I’ll share a simple tip for correcting children that I picked up during my public school teaching days. It is a tip that remains incredibly helpful to me every day of homeschooling! This tip is so simple that it almost seems like it couldn’t be a real tip. Yet, it will yield big results if you use it (and you can start today)! So, here it is… Tell your children what you want them to do, not what you don’t want them to do. | https://tinyurl.com/5dr4ypdw

11/11/2025

Today, we at Heart of Dakota would like to take a moment to honor the veterans of our Armed Forces. In John 15:13 Jesus said: "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." While this is very true regarding our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in a different sense, this is also true of you, our veterans. All of you gave some; some gave all in the line of duty. Thank you for sacrificing so much so that we can enjoy the freedoms we are blessed to have today. We are deeply grateful for your service!

11/10/2025

From Julie: Finding a balance of engaging science books, doable hands-on science activities, and God-honoring science plans can be a challenge! The good news is Creation to Christ’s Science Study hits the bullseye in all three of these important areas! | https://tinyurl.com/42h3n2yx

11/06/2025

From Carrie: Approximately how long should each subject take? The Heart of Dakota message board lists approximate times for each subject in each of our guides. If your day is too long, these lists can help in pinpointing time stealers. | https://tinyurl.com/pwan3w9k

11/04/2025

Our Gift of Reading Sale is wrapping up! Until midnight tonight, you can still use code READ25 to save on our reading-related products below:

- Little Hands to Heaven Packages
- Learn to Read Activity Book
- Real Phonics Package
- Miss Rhonda's Readers Set 1 & 2 Package
- Miss Rhonda's Chapter Books Package
- Miss Rhonda's Readers Superset Package
- The Reading Lesson
- Reading Made Easy Combo Package
- Learn to Read for Kids with Dyslexia Package
- Sound Bytes Reading
- Emerging Reader's Set 1 (with Early Reader's Bible or Beginner's Bible)
- Emerging Reader's Set 2
- Drawn into the Heart of Reading Guide Packages
- Book Projects to Send Home
- Drawn into the Heart of Reading Book Packs
- Drawn into the Heart of Reading Student Books

Happy shopping!

11/03/2025

From Julie: Let’s take “A Look Inside” Preparing Heart’s Bible Study! As Christian parents, we long for our children to choose the path to victory in Jesus! However, the path is sometimes rocky, and the gate is always narrow. We cannot choose the right path for them; they must choose it for themselves. So how can we best equip our children for the journey ahead? | https://tinyurl.com/4a82dene

11/01/2025

‘Tis the season of giving, and the Gift of Reading is simply one of the best gifts we can give our children! Learning to love to read provides a gift that keeps giving, and Heart of Dakota is here to welcome children into the world of reading with wonder and joy!

Whether your child is taking that first step into reading, has taken that first step and needs encouragement, or has raced into reading and is ready for a challenge, Heart of Dakota is here to help on this special journey.

To celebrate this Gift of Reading and to make sure a child’s next steps are happily headed in the right direction, we’re cutting prices on all reading-related products from November 1 through midnight November 4.

During the sale, you can use code READ25 to take an additional 10% off each of your favorite reading packages at checkout! 🤩

Not sure where to start? Well, we are here to help! We love books. We love children. And we love parents with a heart to teach their children. Just reach out to us, and we will happily join you in this journey – wherever you are on it!

Products on Sale:
- Little Hands to Heaven Packages
- Learn to Read Activity Book
- Real Phonics Package
- Miss Rhonda's Readers Set 1 & 2 Package
- Miss Rhonda's Chapter Books Package
- Miss Rhonda's Readers Superset Package
- The Reading Lesson
- Reading Made Easy Combo Package
- Learn to Read for Kids with Dyslexia Package
- Sound Bytes Reading
- Emerging Reader's Set 1 (with Early Reader's Bible or Beginner's Bible)
- Emerging Reader's Set 2
- Drawn into the Heart of Reading Guide Packages
- Book Projects to Send Home
- Drawn into the Heart of Reading Book Packs
- Drawn into the Heart of Reading Student Books

One of the greatest privileges we have at Heart of Dakota is partnering with parents to give children the Gift of Reading! A good book can teach forever – it truly is the gift that keeps giving. Let’s pass this gift on to the next generation because, after all, ‘tis the season of giving! 📖😄

10/31/2025

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10/30/2025

From Carrie: Older students naturally have a heavier workload with lengthier readings and weightier material. As students mature, assignments take longer and require more thought. Today’s tip deals with older students and something we’ve discovered by trial and error through years of schooling 4 boys. | https://tinyurl.com/yrrcxujb