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I've been considering posting about this for a few weeks, but kept hoping it would resolve. It hasn't so here's the scoop... DS 6 1/2 started off SO well with LHFHG this fall, and was really doing well with Reading Made Easy. He was already reading CVC words fairly well, and was highly motivated by ...

Just wanted to say that we are loving Bigger with 3rd and 4th graders! We, too, started with our 3rd grader and then brought the 4th grader home from Christian School after trying that out for a semester and missing homeschooling her :) . We are not doing full extensions, but have the historical fic...

I enjoyed reading these responses! Thanks for asking a great question! We LOVE the science in Bigger and Preparing, and we are a science-focused family, too (my degree is science-related and dh is an MD). Sometimes when something is enjoyable we can question if it is "enough", but I agree with every...

We do a "tooth fairy" but they all know it is mom and dad. Our rate is $1, but if the "tooth fairy" forgets there is inflation...$1 per day. We used to forget quite often, and one child got $6 !!! :oops: We've had such a steady stream of lost teeth in our home over the past four years, with our dc b...

Thanks for enjoying my dd's poem with me I showed her your comments this evening and she was so delighted!

My 9 y.o. LOVES the creative writing assignments in Preparing, especially the poetry ones. Today (Unit eight) was supposed to be a desert paragraph, but she asked to write a poem instead. I said,"OK", and she wrote this entirely by herself. I love how we enjoy all of HOD, but in particular how there...

These answers have helped so much! I must confess that I have a bit of a phobia left from our last experience with ancient history using a well-known curriculum...when my sweet girls were grade K and 1 :oops: . It was a disaster, and we stopped after 1/2 of the year. Since then we enjoyed another cu...

Carrie, Thanks so much- that is exactly what I needed to know, and also the answer I was hoping for :) Even if I still combine my girls in Preparing next year we will have the CtC manual for oldest right side, so I can look up the notes on those particular books. What a blessing that you give us a "...

We are currently doing Bigger, but my oldest could easily fit skill-wise into CtC next year for her 5th grade year. She is quite sensitive, though, so I'm wondering how "tough" the reading is in CtC...not in terms of ability but in terms of emotions. Does this make sense? In particular, I'm wonderin...

On the topic of conferences:
HOD, please come to the MassHope conference...New England needs you!

Echoing votes for many that have been already mentioned, such as Trailblazer series, books by Noel Streatfield, etc. For light reading my girls enjoy the Rachel Yoder series- they find Amish life fascinating. How about the book Honey for a Child's Heart ? I have that, but I'm also itching to order R...

I'm enjoying "listening in" on this conversation.
I've wondered about the level of difficulty in the upcoming guides, so that was helpful information.
OK, back to eavesdropping

Someone on this board recommended the book, "Help for the Harried Homeschooler" a few months ago, and now that I'm reading it I find I'm mentioning it to other people both in real life and on this board. It is the first resource I've seen that addresses issues such as "burnout" and "homschooling dur...

Praying for you, Dorla! Specifically praying for the Lord's wisdom in discerning what the issue is...program readiness, burnout or attitude issues. I think I was the one who mentioned The Harried Homeschooler . This book has been really blessing and challenging me, and I hope it will meet a need for...

Water2wine,
Thanks for a wonderful reminder about the most important thing of all!