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I am planning to switch from Sonlight to HOD next year. One thing I did not like about Sonlight was their Language Arts, so I started doing the McGuffey readers. I love the McGuffey readers and want to keep using them. Does anyone have any experience with how this would work with HOD? I see that Lan...

All my kids, except the 9-year-old, attend a Chinese Montessori preschool in the mornings.They play and are immersed in Chinese for about 3 hours. There is no homework. My 9-year-old will be tutored in Chinese by a teacher at home in the mornings for an hour or so. He will complete all his writing/e...

I thought I had this all figured out, but then I realized what HOD may look like for me down the road as my kids grow up: 4-5 guides back-to-back all the way through graduation! Is this doable? This is where my dilemma lies: I have 6 kids very close in age. I have been advised not to do guides back ...

Thanks. I just may end up doing that. I may have to adjust Little Hearts somewhat for my 7-year-old. He turns 8 early in the school year and he's already writing in cursive and doing spelling words. I felt that the Going on Eagerly and Just Thinking and Choosing might be too simple for him. That's w...

Thanks for the advise. After looking at Little Hearts and Beyond, I think I will order what I need for both and then use the one that suits my 7-year-old best when the time comes. He has advanced past some of the things in Little Hearts, but it looks perfect for my 6-year-old. I may end up doing Lit...

We are planning to transition from Sonlight to Heart of Dakota next year. We do Bible together as a family in the mornings, then we all do language study for the rest of the morning. So our only home school time is in the afternoons. Between our busy schedule and having 6 kids under 9, I need to kee...