We are new to HOD this year and are really excited about it! I have been devouring this message board and am so thankful to have this! What a blessing! We are going to be starting BHFHG with my 7yo son. I was thinking of starting off half-speed, as we were used to a 4-day week last year with about 2 1/2 hours of work each day. I want to ease into BHFHG so my son isn't overwhelmed and so that I'm not overwhelmed as well. After we get into a groove and I can evaluate how he's doing, I am hoping to then move to full speed. I've read many of the posts about how many of you are doing half-speed, which has been very helpful. I'm still confused about a couple of things though. Many of you suggest still doing the 3 R's on a daily basis. My question is if you are doing them every day, which would essentially be full speed, and then alternating the other subjects (boxes) instead of doing them daily, which would be half-speed, won't you always be ahead on the 3 R's and then trying to play catch up with the other subjects (boxes) at the end of the year? And then how does it work when I switch to full-speed? That seems like it would be confusing, but maybe I'm just not totally understanding how the curriculum works yet.
Is what I'm asking make sense or am I off my rocker? I'm trying to understand how you finish the curriculum cleanly, if that makes sense. Any thoughts or suggestions would be so helpful and so appreciated! Thanks so much!