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Carrie & Julie,

Praying for your family! Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

Julie,

I couldn't agree more with your post. I learned from experience combining is not the only way. I try to share this jewel of knowledge as often as I can...Thanks ladies for the encouragement!

We started school today. It is tooo hot in FL to not. My oldest started RTR, second CTC, third Beyond Unit 21 and fourth LHTH Unit 24! Wow, what a day. I was done teaching by 1:30, started at 7:30 with a half hour for lunch. I LOVED the day and all my kiddos did great. Thanks Carrie for a great prog...

I am going crazy here. I have on my school supplies shopping list that I need colored chalk and oil pastels for RTR. However I can not remember or find why.
Please help!

Did you ever get an answer? I am getting ready to start next Tuesday and would love to check my list to others. Thanks

Now I really can't wait to start RTR, only 11 more days!

I used to combine by oldest two, until I realized I was tugging my second along and not challenging my oldest. If I am reading your post correct that is how you felt this past year with your kiddos. Therefore I would recommend spliting them up. When I split mine I found it to be easier on everyone i...

Me, Me...each kid is different. The perspective they hold and how the conversation turns and what the projects look like. Plus I learn and remember more the second time around. We have bee doing this since Bigger/Preparing, then Preparing/CTC. This year it will be CTC/RTR. I can't wait to start! :D

I agree with pp, Bigger would be a great year. The best way to choose is the placement chart. When kids are placed correctly they learn alot. Carrie intends for kids to do parts of Preparing alone, the goal is indpendence learners. Bigger will give them the skills to do those parts indpendently. Big...

YEAH! Celebrating with you. We love Singapore here too. It has helped me do math in my head. I have to admit I could not do some simple addition and subtraction in my head

I am working on my schedule next year, when my youngest will start LHFHG. Would it be ok to combine her with ds in Beyond for storytime. She would miss the Thorton Burgess books. I have loved them with all of my boys. Thanks for your input.

We school year round but take a 3 week break in June, the kids have VBS one week and basketball at our church another. We will start back the first of July. Two of my children finished their manuals, ds 11 finished CTC and ds 10 finished Preparing. However, my other two are mid -year. Ds 7 is on Uni...

I will suggest buying. I just found out I owed the library about $130 in overdue fines. Thank the Lord they waived fees last week.

Just got home, it was fabulous to see Carrie and Julie! :D I got to spend some time at the beginning of the convention visiting the HOD booth. What a treat! Carrie and Julie are great friends. (wish we lived closer) The best news is whenever I walked by the booth they were BOTH busy talking to peopl...

Welcome! I switched to HOD because I didn't and couldn't piece together. Plus Carrie does it better than I ever did, YEAH Carrie!