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Ha-ha Kathleen!! I totally loooove that... "Bigger Buddy". I am soooo gonna have to use that.

Natreez in MI
14yr DS in public school
8yr DS using Bigger in the Fall

This will be our first year with HOD. We are going to be using Bigger for my 8yr old son and DITHOR 2/3 beginning I believe mid Aug if all goes as planned.

Natreez in MI
14yr DS in public school
8yr DS using Bigger in the Fall

Oooooh.....what fun!! I can't wait til I get my "box"!! Oh wait, {slaps self on forhead} ya gotta order it first silly!!! I've been working feverishly all day trying to determine exactly what it is I want to order. I was just telling my sister that I wish there was a little Heart of Dakota store dow...

Congratulations Wendy and family!!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful news with us. Many blessings!!

Natreez

That is exactly the same concern I have for my son, he seems to need lots of review. Looks like it may be R&S now since he's only had very basic grammar lessons what do you ladies think...go with the R&S 3 or should I save that for next year and order the R&S 2 for this year? He is going to be in th...

Curriculum junkie that I am, I purchased R&S Beginning Wisely and BJU Writing & Grammar 3 at a local used homeschool bookfair. Now I'm trying to determine which to use or if I should purchase the Preparing to Build that comes with the Bigger program we are going to be doing. I would love to hear any...

Thanks MamaMary...thats exactly what I wanted to know.

Joyful...that sounds like a lot of fun!! I can't wait...I think it's going to be a great year!!

Thanks for both of your replies.
T.

Would someone please help me determine what topics is studied in Bigger? Life Science(Animals, Human Beings, Plants)? Earth Science? Chemistry? Thanks.

T.

{{{Sheila}}} I am so sorry for your loss. I understand your pain very well as I too lost two babes. I pray that the Lord will comfort you during this extreme time of pain and surround you with His love and peace.

Blessings,
Tatertreezmom

Well ladies... I thought I had it all figured out but I'm still very confused! :? My son will be 3rd grade and is definitely beyond the emergent readers. My thoughts were that we would do DITHOR 2/3 so I would need to order the 2/3 DITHOR book pack which my son would read either aloud or independent...

That sounds great! So this does apply to the Rod & Staff grammar recommended in Bigger right? Thanks for all of your responses!! I really appreciate everyone's help.

Natreez

I have been noticing my son seems to require a lot more repitition when it comes to grammar than what he's been getting. We've been using an English Primer with very short and gentle lesson which he responds well to when doing the lesson but then forgets the entire lesson by the next day or sometime...

Just wanted to say thank you all for taking the time to actually go through your portfolios and teacher guides to help answer my questions. I really appreciate everyone's help. I think we are going to go ahead with Bigger. Now I have to figure out what to order!

Thanks again!!
Natreez

I have no suggestions but I just wanted to say how much I feel for you ladies having to deal with this. Thankfully, my kids don't have any food allergies (yet) however I do and it is a real pain!! I am highly allergic to most raw vegetables, dairy, peanuts, some fruits, wheat, corn, stinging insects...

Hi there! We also just recently switched back to Singapore from Horizons. We started in Singapore earlier in the year but my 8yr old was having problems with the mental portion as he hadn't quite mastered his math facts, so we slowed down and did Horizons for concepts like "time, measurement, etc" w...