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Amy, Patty, and Tansy, Thank you for your replies! Amy, I'll take at look at Writer's Express - thanks :) Tansy and Patty, I appreciate your advice! Patty, I can completely relate to what you said re: p.s. My ds was the trial run for our district's 1st year of full day Kindergarten. He was writing 9...

Hello. I was wondering if anyone has changed the order of the science topics in Bigger. I just realized that we won't get to the "Woods" book until winter. I was hoping to get them out in the woods when we get to this section. Would it be possible for us to either hold off on the woods until Spring ...

Hello. Does anyone use a writing program in addition to Bigger? My ds9 and dd7 are currently at Unit 5 in Bigger. After meeting with our evaluator, I realized that our school district is very heavy into creative writing and we haven't done much of that so far this year. In 1st and 3rd grade, our dis...

We will be using it for our soon-to-be 9 yr old ds and 7 yr old dd.

Hi! I am using Bigger for my ds and dd. My ds has an NIV Bible and my dd has an NIrV Bible. Today was our first day and I had both kids read the bible verses from their own bible. I then realized that this will be a problem as we try to do our memory work. DS wants to memorize his version. DD wants ...

We did the kickoff on Friday. The kids had a lot of fun running through their rooms picking items to put in their "biography" bag. Monday will be our 1st official DITHOR day.

Thanks everyone for the good advice!

Jen

Hi! We will be using Bigger this year with my dd (turning 7 in Nov) and her older brother. We also had some concerns, but felt she placed better in Bigger. We are going to give it a try full-speed and adjust as needed. It's nice to know that there are others in the "same boat" :) I pray you have a b...

Hi everyone, I am planning to start school in mid-August; however, my ds has been asking every day if he can start reading his books (for DITHOR). I am not quite ready to start full swing with our new school year; so, I have a couple of questions: Should I let him read a couple of books now (maybe t...

Hi! Next year will be our 1st year homeschooling (coming from ps) and we will be using Bigger for our ds and dd. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to start? Since we are newbies, is it better to go half-speed for a couple of weeks to get our feet wet, or is it better to just jump right in?...

Hi Rachel, Thanks for posting this question. I'm planning to do Bigger next year with my ds (will be 3rd grade) and my dd (will be 1st). That will put us in the same position as you for Preparing. I have been wondering how this will work as they get older, but I'm going to see how dd does next year ...

Hi Carrie and Julie, I wanted to thank you again for the time you spent with us today! It is such a relief to finally know what will we be doing next year :). I do have another question for you, though. Carrie -- you suggested we use Bigger for both of my kids and then just order Singapore 1A/1B for...

Thanks everyone! I will definitely take your advice to heart as we continue in our decision process. I'm looking forward to looking at both Bigger and Beyond next weekend at CHAP.

Jen

Keri and Amy, It's so reassuring to hear that your situations and plans are very similar. Please post again as you continue and let us know how things are going. Amy -- I am going to a convention next weekend as well -- CHAP. That wouldn't be the one you are attending, would it? Thank you again for ...

Thank you for the information! After reading your suggestions, I think I might order both Beyond and Bigger. That way, I could use either depending on how my kids are doing. And... if we do Beyond with both of them, I can save Bigger for next year.

Thank you again!
Jen

Hello. We are seriously considering using HOD next year. Since we are new to homeschooling, I was hoping to find something that my 8 year-old son (will be 9 going into 3rd grade) and 6 year-old daughter (will be 7 shortly after going into 1st) could do together. I noticed that there are extension pa...