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Hi Ladies, I am wondering how to handle testing as Cathy Duffy suggests that in upper elementary we should be starting to develop some study skills in our young students as this is a necessary skill in the high school years. I know there is much dislike of testing in homeschool circles and really ha...

Hi Mumkins, As far as the future guides go, I had posted the very same question earlier (since I too am Canadian): "Since I am online, I thought I would post my other question as well! Does Carrie know if the history content of her future guides for Exploration and Modern Times (years 3 and 4 of cyc...

Hello Again,

I meant to say, I am in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Rachael

Hello All You Fellow Canadians, I have been on the board for a while and have "met" one other lady who was Canadian but is now living in the US. I am looking forward to the fall and as I will be doing Preparing and CTC with my kids and this is our first HOD year. We focused on Canada last year so I ...

Thank you, Katharine, Carrie and Ang! It is wonderful to get input on this area. I have some notebooks that are like the ones sold by Miller Pads and Paper that Carrie suggested so I think I will purchase a few more for this year and move him into looseleaf for grade 4. I see your point, Carrie, abo...

Hello Ladies, I have a handwriting question for keeping all these entries for Preparing neatly done for their science, history, etc notebooks. My son began learning cursive last year in grade 2 and will continue this coming year when we use Preparing. He is doing fine but I found with my older son h...

Hi Carrie,

Thanks for answering my question. Working backwards from the goal makes so much sense!

Blessings,
Rachael

Hi Ladies, This will be our first year with HOD and with R&S. My 5th grader will be doing R&S grade 4 for grammar (our first exposure to R&S, he has done some Easy Grammar). My question is whether to have him do it at half pace as in the CTC LA plans or at full pace to finish in one year? We have th...

Thank you to all of you who replied. Thanks, Carrie. It is great to know where things are headed and that will help me plan so that if I do any extra, I won't do the fifty states :)! I had intended to cover this (we are Canadian but our education up here usually has us learning the 50 states and cap...

Hello Ladies, I have PHFHG and will be getting CTC for the fall. I looked through PHFHG and love the geography included and the hands-on approach, tying it to history and covering basic concepts. CTC will do the geography of the holy land. My question is whether to do supplementary geography with th...

Thank you to both of you for your responses! It helps so much to see what other families have done. I am going to follow a similar idea I think with doing the first part of Bible together and then having them do their individual studies at another point in the day. Thanks again!

Blessings,
Rachael

Hello Ladies, I am wondering as I look ahead to September how to handle Bible study time. I will have Preparing (for my grade 3) which has a study of the Psalms to be done with your child while my older child will have CTC to do independently for Bible. My dilemma is that Bible time is one thing I h...

I am late replying to this but thanks Carrie and everyone! People on this board are so eager to help; there is a wonderful "atmosphere." Leslie, glad to meet a fellow Canadian. I do LOVE coffee but not Tim's :)! However, I live in the Maritimes and they give out a disproportionate number of "roll up...

Thank you all so much, ladies! And thank you especially Carrie! You helped me decide to keep the science in Preparing with Preparing for this year and I will think about next year then (or sometime before that knowing me ).

Blessings to you all,
Rachael

Hi Ladies, I recently ordered Preparing and have received it - it looks amazing! I will be using it with my third grader next year (this September) and my fifth grader will use CTC. My question is this: after completing Preparing next year, I will be waiting a year before starting this child with CT...