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I switched midyear from Adventures to Beyond. I had a good experience with both curriculums but I am very pleased I mad the switch to HOD. I do think it gets really confusing to try to combine two. It just becomes too much to juggle unless you are a very organized type of person. That being said, I ...

For the fingerplay/songs...do you make up your own tune to these or does the manual usually tell you what the tune is?

oh wow Kathleen! These pictures are so darling! It all looks like so much fun. And I will be using both those programs next year! Hooray! What do you do with all these photos that you take?

I have had good results from Italic Manuscript in 1st and 2nd grade before transitioning to cursive. Though I liked the Italics style cursive, I realized pretty quickly that it would take a lot more of my time to learn and teach a style of writing that was so different from what I learned. So, we di...

Congrats! I can totally relate and had the same experience this year! It was a wonderful feeling! Welcome to the happy and contented club!

Just wanted to say hello and sorry that no one responded. I am guessing that means there are not many that have used it. I haven't either. Have you been able to find out any more information since you last posted this?

That's good advice Mama Mary. I don't think I could do multiple programs either, unless one of them was the preschool or kindergarten program. I just think it would be too overwhelming for me.

Terri, when I read your post I had the thought "I've been there!" so I thought I might encourage you with a few things the Lord has been teaching me. I kind of went through what you are feeling with your main curriculum with math and really other curriculum too. I wanted to have my master plan all f...

Oh jeeps, I just didn't read that last post very clearly. I see you mentioned Write with the Best. Well that's helps! Thanks!

Oh I'm sorry, I wasn't very clear. I meant writing, as in, composition. I thought I saw something about Write with the Best or some other curriculum that you add to Rod and Staff english and I was wondering what grade this is suggested. My daughter is taking off on her writing, on her own, and I jus...

What writing curriculum is suggested and when is it introduced? I don't see it in the listings of the different packages, though I'm sure I must be blind as a bat.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize Bigger went that far in American History! But I'm glad you are feeling better about the war stuff!

I love For The Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay. This one inspired me so much when I first read it.

Hi there. Rest easy! You won't have to cover the Vietnam war in Bigger. The main spine, A First Book in American History, only goes up through the Civil War. Which book were you looking at?

Yes that's the one. I suppose that's a bad idea if there is not enough room to write!