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Hmmm about the science! Thanks for letting me know!! I was thinking about doing our own spelling or maybe All About Spelling since I also have a four and a half year old who will soon be learning phonics. Might possibly add grammar at some point about halfway through once we get our groove.

I was going to get Beyond for our six year old, who is currently in first grade at the local public school. But now I'm kind of thinking about going for LHFHG using the first grade options. He seems to be the 'average' student in terms of what he knows and what he is capable of. Anyone else have the...

We've really been thinking about homeschooling te boys. Our youngest is in his second year of preschool (in public school) and is eager to learn and excited about schooling at home. The oldest, six and a half, is in first grade (again, at ps). In kinder he seemed to breeze right through everything w...

Seriously you are so very helpful! After doing a few more minutes of research I think it MIT be best if I did two separate guides. I'd hate to rush one and slow one down. With two guides I can easily know where they are. Maybe when the younger one has a grasp on reading/writing I can combine them on...

Oh, if I do LHFHG for the six year old I could possibly combine schooling with the 4.5 year old and 6 year old. I could just get some of the younger things and reading program for the 4.5 year old when he's ready. Then if I see I need to add more for the 6 year old, we cold do that as necessary.

I see so many 6-7 year olds using LHFHG and can't help but feel like I should be using that instead of Beyond!!!! Oh why does picking one have to be so hard?!

Yes, the reading lesson would be for my oldest to finish up and then for use later with little brother. And I meant to have the emerging reader set on there! Are there any certain phonics books you'd recommend?

Y'all are so helpful ;-) While I wonder if I should do Little Hands before Beyond I could always do Beyond to start out with and slow it down if necessary and do it twice (two years), right? And heres what I'm thinking about ordering - share your thoughts/opinions. Also ordering for a 4.5year old -E...

So, you have the choice of Beyond or LHFHG first. One of the big differences is the length of the readings in these. Have you done any chapter books with your 6yo? If you haven't (or only done ones with lots of pictures), LHFHG might be a better fit. But, if you have done a lot of chapter books alr...

Title says it all! I'm having a very hard time figuring out HOD! When I look at the sample pages it just feels like there not much 'school' in there, if that makes sense. I know I don't need (nor do I want) to bog him down with tons of work or worthless fluff but I'm worried there's not enough meat....