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donna,

i too have felt like we are moving way too slowly. guess what? we are starting unit 19 in preparing today! after reading your post, i can't wait! god is sovereign! he is on his throne!

kelli

hey there! i am using preparing with my 11ds this year for 5th grade and absolutely love it. i want you to be able to hit send so here goes... draw and write through history noah's ark, noah's flood will get you through the first 4 weeks. starting week 5 you will use the 5,000-year-old puzzle starti...

wow! i am very encouraged to hear how similar our stories are. i am going to get that book, "already gone" as this is already how i feel often times about my daughter who is in 7th grade private school. even though it is a wonderful school it isn't home and i realize my time with her is so short. i ...

i feel like adding in dithor and cheerful cursive will also make it challenging for a 2nd grader. we will be switching to singapore math so i will also be going back to singapore 1a and b with the activities as written in the beyond guide. we will do math everyday until i get him caught up with wher...

hello ladies! i am carrying this over from the "stunned" topic to specifically discuss and commit to pray for our husbands to catch the vision for long term homeschooling. mine has been very supportive this first year. i am amazed by all the comments about dh wanting their kids to go to school rathe...

hey michelle!

what exactly is the non-traditional private school for homeschoolers and how do i get one?

i would greatly appreciate your help here. i am currently using beyond with my 7ds for 1st grade. when we start in the fall for 2nd grade we will have 10 weeks left in beyond. i was then thinking of doing bigger with extensions and all that goes with it at half speed for 2nd and 3rd grade. we only d...

hi dena! i am using phfhg with one child this year and it has been a tremendous blessing. i know there has been a topic recently about using one guide with multiple children and what you would need to have in multiples. hopefully one of the ladies will post that link for you. remember thinking how s...

i decided to go with hod about a year ago for our first year of homeschooling. i saw that i was able to pick my own math program. i chose horizons just because some of my friends were using it. i realized the hands on math activities written in the guide were not corresponding with the math in horiz...

hi crystal, i am using blhfhg with my 7ds for 1st grade. i usually give him list 1 with no missed words. then, i'll move on to list 2 where he'll miss several. these 3-4 words missed are the words we use to do all the fun activities for the week. in other words, if he knows the words we don't study ...

welcome to hod. i am using preparing with my son who is in 5th grade and it has been amazing. he doesn't like to read or write so this went into my initial decision. he is so bright but being our first year to homeschool i wanted to catch any "gaps" and ease into a program. i couldn't be happier. i ...

thanks so much ladies. this helps! i am actually excited to start this with him...just hope and pray he is too!

i just ordered cheerful cursive to use with my 10ds who is currently in phfhg. he hasn't done any of the lessons in cursive even when it specifies because he is so uncomfortable writing cursive. i did insist he copy the draw and write through history paragraphs in cursive though he struggled greatly...

which program are you planning on using? that will help us help you think through the timing of your day.

oh linda, that is a wonderful idea! i do remember them often in prayer, but like the idea of encouraging each other to prayer for the needs of this precious family who touch all of our lives each day! thanks for posting this. count me in!