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storytime unrelated to history. Mainly because I know my kids. And I know that if you give them too much of X subject, make it too much a "theme", then they glaze over and are in LA LA land. If I can throw in some funny stories, or something interesting to them that's different, they will be much h...

This will be our first year with HOD curriculum. We will be starting Bigger Hearts and DITHOR in the middle of August. I can't wait! Kimber

Thank you so much for posting about this! It looks like something my son will really enjoy. Kimber

Hi Carrie! Thank you for putting so much of yourself into this curriculum. It really shows! :D I would also like to thank you as well for adding the extension packs for older kids. I am also anxiously waiting for the ancients program to be revealed. It is so fun to be in on the beginning stages of a...

Thank you Carrie for that very thorough post. We will be using Preparing for 7th grade too. You have given us a lot of wonderful options. I looked at some sample pages for the Short Lessons in World History and it looks great! Kimber

Hi Sandi! Well here is how I did it...order Preparing, receive order...continue to study catalog and realize how much my son and I would love the way Carrie has put together a study of American history... and then decide to use Bigger! :lol: Order Bigger and keep Preparing for the following year bec...

Hi Georgette!
It is great to have you here! Kimber

Hi Mary! I'm sure that Carrie will be able to answer the specifics of this much better than I could but I just wanted to tell you that my son will be 11 1/2 when we start Preparing in the fall. I ordered the economy pack with the science add on, the basic package, deluxe package and Drawn into the H...

Hi Jenny!
I just wanted to say "hi" and add that it will be fun to be sharing our adventures with Preparing! Kimber

Hi Adrienne!
Oh what a wonderful memory for your family to have made. And the "Let's Read and Find Out..." books are some of my absolute favorites. We love butterflies too. Kimber

Hi Marty!
What a wonderful post and I totally agree with you. It is so nice to be surrounded with all this encouragement and positive posts. Kimber

Hi Mary! It is SO great to "see" you again and it has been a long time! :D Thank you so much for your encouragement on the HOD thing. That is exactly the way I feel. My older son was the poster child for FIAR but it took a lot more work on my part to make it work for my younger son. When I look at t...

Hi Mary! What a neat thread and it is great to be together on a message board again after all these years. :D After my older son completed and outgrew our much beloved curriculum that we had used for 6 years, I was at a loss. Your Betty/Olive comparison has really helped me to make sense as to why s...

Hi Ann! My experience has been similar to Carrie's. :D I remember being in high school and having to memorize a poem and I didn't even know one or how to go about finding one. I ended up asking a friend and she told me the poem that she had memorized, so I chose that one as well. I had no idea that ...

Hi Julie!
I don't know. Maybe you could just photocopy covers from selected book genres, wrap his favorite magazine in them and call it a day. Kimber