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YEAH!! Way to go mom and son!! Beyond will be just as much fun . We especially loved making the ice cream and butter

We do 2/3 of it orally too. We are on R&S 3 and the kiddos are doing great retaining all the information and new concepts

Just got back from vacationing yesterday and everyone was exhausted!!! We all went to bed early and I had no inentions of doing school today. But the two older ones got up in the morning and went about their normal routines and before I knew it my ds was getting out the Preparing manual and starting...

I use NASB with my older 2 and now with my ds doing LHFHG I use whatever version the accompaning CD is using! :D I think I have become less picky and am now focusing on the "why" behind the memorizing :wink: If they can actually do "children obey your parents in the Lord" I dont care what version it...

Yes, it does sound like its more of a placement issue than anything else. Bigger is quite a jump for kiddos from Beyond and Preparing is another good jump. Since this is your first year with HOD as well, it would probally be best to back up to Bigger. It's a wonderful program and prepares the kiddos...

There are some pre-handwriting exercises she can work on to reinforce the top-to-bottom formation. You can have her just draw lines on a paper going from top-to-bottom, top-to-bottom and so on. Getting out markers, crayons, paints, fingerpaints, etc helps make this activity fun and creative but also...

We did Bigger last year and my boy was definately more shy about singing outloud than my daughter, so it could be a boy thing :D :D I wouldn't skip them but also don't put much pressure on him to sing them. Maybe you can have him listen to it on his own and tell him to sing it outloud to himself? Th...

So glad to hear that!! It was the "I feel misled" that came across kind of harsh IMO. So, my apologies to you as well Just didn't want anyone checking out the curriculum to think that the info given by HOD was misleading in anyway.

AMEN! Have been and will continue to pray!

I'm not quite sure if you had a question or if you were just airing out your grievance, but this board is to be for any questions people might have about HOD. It's also a place to post uplifting testimonies and experiences people have had using HOD. Mike and Carrie Austin work unselfishly and relent...

Congrats!! My dd is also #2 in the line up and it took til #6 to get a sister!! So you can let Alison know that there is hope

This is just my experience but I would have to agree with the pp who said to go to LHTH w/K options if you are planning on sticking with HOD long term. My daughter has a Dec birthday too and I didn't do that with her. Although she is doing fine, slowing down would have been the best. She is combined...

You'll love doing Bigger!!! Such a wonderful program and so much fun :lol: When I first started Bigger, we went half pace. As we moved along, we picked up the pace and ended up doing 1 unit in 7 days. We will finish up Bigger this week! It always seemed something came up and I had a newborn too! Hav...

YEAH! I love LHFHG and will be starting it again this Fall with my ds

In Rod and Staff 2, your kiddo will be writing sentences. Also, I can't remember if it's in LHFHG or not til Beyond, the kiddos do oral narration as you copy it down. So maybe they are not technically "writing" a sentence but they are still forming their own sentences and thoughts. Don't worry, your...