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I am definitely adding the storytime titles. I just didn't know if it was necessary to do the extensions. She will also be doing the President's Study. When I add up the hours, I get over 6 hrs a week just for the History portion. Part of the Problem is, I am trying to divide up my hours to report t...

I have searched, but I'm still a little confused about how to beef up MTMM for 9th. It seems to me that there are plenty of hours as written for history to count it as 1 credit. I was planning to call it Modern American History. The Storytime titles are listed as highly recommended, but not required...

I appreciate the replies so far. I've been spinning in circles trying to come up with a plan for next year. My biggest hurdle is deciding where to place 11dd. I'd like her to have the history overview from Preparing, but she is capable of more independent work. On the other hand, I'm not sure how to...

I am planning on coming back to HOD after a long absence. I used Bigger with my oldest two and pieces of LHTH and LHFHG with my younger two, but went off to find something I could combine them all together with. That hasn't worked out so well. :cry: My plan is to use WG with my upcoming 15dd and 13d...

Thank you so much for taking the time to help me sort this out! I've decided to give Bigger a try without the extensions and see where it takes us. I'm still sorting out the Language Arts, but I think I'll finish what we've started and take another look at the end of the summer. I plan to start DITH...

Thank you Julie, I don't know why I'm having such a hard time making this decision. I guess I just don' t want to spend anymore money on curriculum that doesn't get used. I think Bigger looks really exciting. I'm a little worried about the language in the Eggleston books because we aren't used to th...

My dd 10 went through First Language Lessons 1/2 and 3, but we skipped most of the diagramming in 3. She is working through a basic grammar 4th grade book right now, but we haven't gotten very far. She also started Writing Tales 3 but it has been pushed aside. My ds 8 will finish FLL 1/2 this year a...

Thank you Julie. I appreciate the feedback. I've started leaning towards Bigger, but what's holding me back is that both of my older children will be starting Singapore 3B before the summer and will probably be in 4A sometime next fall. Also, while my son may not enjoy writing, he is an excellent sp...

Thank you for your reply Carrie (and others). I am drawn to Preparing partly because of the History focus and partly because I want my older kids to be more independent. That is something we have been working on this year. However, I don't want to push my son into a program that will be too difficul...

I want to use HOD next year but I keep going back and forth on which year I should start with. We did MFW Exploring Countries and Cultures this year and I planned on starting with ancients next year using Mystery of History. I have a dd 10 in June, ds will be 8 1/2 in the fall when we start, dd 6 in...