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Curious why you ask that?

For now we are actually involved in a co-op that we've been with for 4 years so I don't see us changing. The boys really enjoy seeing their friends, etc. each week there.

A bit of background: We did LHFHG and BLHFHG and 1/2 of BHFHG, then left HOD for 1 1/2 years and recently came back. Because I heard such great things about Preparing and we had been gone for a bit, I decided to put my 5th grader (along with his older 9 year old 3rd grader) in it together. My 5th gr...

I personally think a 5th grader should be doing level 4. I think level 3 is too young. I've actually had my children in levels according to their grades since we started R&S in 2nd grade. So my 3rd grader is doing level 3 and my 5th grader is actually doing level 5. However, I am taking level 5 slow...

The difference between the two is the approach it takes to learn a subject. In a Mastery type approach the student will learn everything thing there is to learn about the topic (ie. addition, or division, etc..) and will then go on to the next topic (ie. subtraction) without going back over the prev...

Have you considered doing Reading Made Easy?? I love love love that curriculum and taught both my boys to read using it. I think it would really help. You may also consider adding phonics review thru Abekas letter and sounds 2nd grade book!

Thanks Carrie so much for coming back and responding! Today we did as you suggested. Ethan did Preparing as planned, and Ashton did Bigger at 1/2 speed (but copywork, grammar, and math daily) They are both also doing Latin and DITHOR. Ashton was done by lunchtime and Ethan finished up at 1:30. We st...

Hi Melissa, I hear what you are saying, and I can agree that my older son actually has more of a perfectionism streak in him. My younger son, the one in question, I can honestly say that I really don't think that is it. He simply doesn't WANT to do any writing. He hates the physical act of it, wants...

Carrie, Thank you so much for taking the time to personally read and respond to my post. A brief background...the boys have always been together (we did LHFHG and BLHFHG and then the first 6 units of BHFHG) until 1 1/2 years ago when my youngest went to school in January. Really long story, but the ...

Thanks Melissa for the cheer and vote of confidence! :) My youngest son is 8, almost 9 (next month). He has ALWAYS been my stronged willed, VERY active child. He CAN.NOT.SIT.STILL for more than 20 seconds unless he's in a seat at the table. Storytime, Bible, History readings are acrobatic feats in d...

I got a late start (9:00am), add to that a younger boy with a less than stellar attitude and need of constant correction (lord, will this ever get better!? PLEASE!), along with allowing him an hour break to play with legos and de-stress time. Delaying school for him is NEVER a good thing. He just do...

In my opinion the whole benefit of doing it half speed is to not overwhelm the child by spreading the work out over two days vs one. By doing it as you suggest I would think you would still have an overwhelmed child in the ON days since nothing has changed except getting a day "off" the next day. I ...

I was just going to chime in that i LOVE Julie's suggestion for you! I have a 9 year old (going into 3rd grade, but could be a 4th grader) and although he too is smart, I purposefully have decided to NOT put him in Preparing this year as I think I would run into the very thing you are concerned abou...

100 Easy Lessons is similar to Reading Made Easy (although I liked Reading Made Easy A LOT more) so you are fine if you want to continue with that. It does teach phonics in that you learn letter sounds and blends and special sounds in order to learn to read. I would, however, continue with another p...

I did. (although this year I'm going to separate them) but my oldest was 7 (1st grade) and my youngest was 5 (K) and we did LHFHG together with grade appropriate math and reading for each. It was a FANTASTIC year! Perhaps you could do LHTH for your K this year, saving LHFHG for next year. Really wor...

Dena, I say this lovingly, but I believe over curriculum, half speed, full speed, foreign language or not, my primary task at hand would be to understand why your son isn't capable of completing an age appropriate task on his own without you being right there keeping him on task. Then, working dilig...