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I think I will be using Preparing with my 10 year old (4th grader) and keep my 8 year old in Bigger. I plan on trying it that way to see how it works. We are all set to start as soon as the guide arrives.

Allison

Congratulations Wendy! How exciting for you and your family!

Allison

Hi Carrie.
Do you know yet if you will continue to schedule Rod and Staff for grammar in the future guides? Thank you!

Allison

Carrie, your plan looks great! I love all the resources you have chosen. I can't wait to see more details in the coming months.

Allison

How exciting! Isn't it great when their reading starts taking off?


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Carrie, I have been thinking about this for a while. While I think it's nice to have history related read alouds, I also feel that we then miss so much really good literature that is unrelated to history. And when I consider that we may be using three HOD programs this year, I think having one read ...

Hi Everyone! I am currently using Bigger with my two boys-8 and 10. I am trying to decide if I should switch the older one to Preparing when it comes out. And I just started Little Hearts with my 5 year old girl.
We are loving HOD!

Allison

Thanks for the recommendation. I'm going to look for these and try them with my 5 year old. She has a hard time with writing-maybe this will help her.

Allison

Hi Christy! :) I'm so glad you are going with Bigger. We have been using it for the past few months and love it! :D Here are a few words from list 2: open sled when these are from list 28: brook cookie should If the words are too easy, you would choose the dictation passages instead. Hope this helps...

Hi Beth. I think you will be very happy with HOD! :D Now, I could be wrong about this, as I have not yet started Preparing (anxiously awaiting the TM :) ), but I think spelling is covered through dictation. As far as English, Carrie recommends Rod and Staff in Preparing. You could definitly use the ...

Yay! I'm glad it's back up This board has such a positive, happy tone- I missed it!

Allison

Hi Everyone! :) I am trying to plan a daily school schedule using 2, possibly 3, HOD programs. For those that are using more than one program, how do you handle the read-alouds? I can't see myself juggling three read aloud times. One thought was to do the Preparing read aloud with the two boys durin...

"So, they just need to be placed in whichever workbook their ablities match within those 'grade levels'? "

Yes, that's right.

Allison

Oh Sheila, I'm so sorry for your loss. I'll be praying for you.

Allison

"We also have some ETC workbooks, but I don't know what 'grade' they're for. Can anyone tell me how to find that information? "



Hi inHistiming. The ETC books 1-4 are for grades 1-3, books 5-8 are for grades 2-4. Hope this helps!

Allison