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What a perfect title! I'm so excited and can't wait to see the whole package.

Allison

Hi Amy. I'm sure there are more experienced moms out there who will chime in and help you. :) I have used some of Bigger and am now using Preparing with my 3rd and 4th grade boys. The 3rd grader has some learning challenges so Preparing is a little much for him, but he loves it, so we adjust the wri...

I 4th Texas! I have lived in Texas for years and love it. We are currently living in the Houston area and there is so much for homeschoolers..... Classes,
co-ops, support groups, activities, and field trips. And the laws are very homeschool friendly.

Allison

Carrie, your plans sound wonderful! I can't wait to use this guide next year. Will you have samples up any time soon?

Allison

I don't have any suggestions right now, but how fun! That sounds like it will be such a neat experience for them.

Allison

Julie, I'll be praying for you and your son. May the Lords peace be with you.

Allison

Thank you everyone! I feel much better now. I'm going to go back to R&S 2. I seem to remember Carrie saying that R&S was advanced and to use a grade level behind, but I wasn't certain.

Allison

After a few weeks of trying different thingsearly in the school year, I finally put both my boys in R&S English. It has been a good fit for my oldest son (4th grade) using the level 4 book, but my youngest son just doesn't seem to "get" diagramming. He is a very typical wiggly boy and seems to be ab...

Carrie, I love the idea of using The Family Illustrated Bible (especially for those visual kids as MamaMary pointed out). I think it would be nice to have reading straight from their own Bible an option too. I find that both my boys still do better with an illustrated Bible. They can find their "rea...

Oh, that is a great idea! I have the Planet Earth dvd's.....I'll get them out tomorrow and have my boys watch the arctic tundra. We finished the book today, so it will be a good way to wrap it up. Thanks for the suggestion.

Allison

It has been a while since I last posted. After weeks of agonizing over what to use this fall ( piecing my own thing together, which level of HOD, should I used different levels or combine kids, formal grammar or not, the list goes on....) I am happy to say that we just finished week 3 of Preparing a...

Have a wonderful and safe trip, Jennifer! We love going to Gulf Shores.

Allison

I think you and your family will love using Preparing. :) My Preparing guide arrived yesterday and it looks wonderful! :D :D :D :D :D So complete and fun and so God honoring. Each time I read through one of Carrie's guides I am amazed at what a great program she has been able to put together. I don'...

My Preparing guide just arrived too!
I am so excited! I'm going to grab a Dr. Pepper (too hot here for coffee right now ) and sit down to read.
Thank you Carrie!

Allison

Hi Leanna. We had a similar situation with my little girl last year. She was 4 1/2 and had known all the letters and sounds for some time, but couldn't blend. I put our phonics program away for a couple weeks and just let her play. Then we tried The Reading Lesson, (after finding HOD), and it clicke...