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AT the risk of wasting board space talking to myself, LOL.... First, I've read threads before where the OP had an objection to every solution proposed... and I think I'm beginning to sound like that - Yikes - I'm sorry! I'm continuing to pray about what is best for my ds and dd and I'm praying the L...

Okay.... no longer seeking approval for my crazy plan....

Maybe I should start a new thread.... but if I took my 8.5 year old, 3rd grader back through Beyond.... what should I do to make it different or special for him this time? Dithor is definitely one way. Any other thoughts?

Alison and MomtoJGJE, Thank you. There is a lot of wisdom (and simplicity!) in your suggestion. One problem I have is that I used half of Beyond with my 8.5 yo ds for the 2nd half of the 08-09 school year (year before last). I didn't complete it the following fall because I was having a "classical i...

No, seriously, I value honest opinions! Especially Julie and Carrie's because they often see what I miss! I think Beyond is the best fit for my dd, age 7, 2nd grade, still doing phonics (Read "Go, Dog, Go" in one sitting yesterday). and I think Bigger is the best fit for my ds, age 8.5, 3rd grade, c...

I received my guide and student pages last night right before company came and we had a great time looking it over together. BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! And Carrie's letter explaining their situation with getting RTR finished and out - WOW! I so appreciate her family's perseverence. I pray God is providing rest...

I am just finishing up CTC and eagerly waiting to begin RTR. (You'd think it was my education and not my dd!) Anywhooo......I used one binder for the student notebook pages and another binder for the science and geography. Just two sections. We put our science pages in the order that they were comp...

Carrie, I am thankful for all that you do and for the self-discipline you have to get it done. I'm thankful too for the great family you have around you... Julie gently and humbly requested I reconsider my plan to let my 2nd ds tag along behind older brother in RTR and Mike graciously changed my ord...

Woo-Hoo! My email-UPS link says mine is coming tomorrow. It says it's in the nearby town... an hour away.. (road trip? LOL!!!)

Hi Sue, I am praying for you. If it helps at all, my oldest has been complaining for three weeks about school starting and he's only 11. We have started and stopped and started and stopped and started and stopped school at least that many times because things were not working, kids attitudes were po...

Congratulations! That's fantastic. Doesn't it feel like a huge burden has rolled off your shoulders knowing what a great curriculum you've chosen?

Woo-Hoo!!!!!! I have the email to prove it too - yippee! I had originally ordered two student books thinking my 8.5 yr old would tag along, but after Julie's great advice and reading other threads I realized that was not going to work. I called and talked to Mike yesterday about cancelling my 2nd st...

Just wanted to encourage you that you're not the only one who has "lived in the shadow of public school." (Great phrase!) For me, it has also been the shadow of.... rigorous classical education or other people's expectations or is my 2nd child getting the same 2nd grade year that my first one got? I...

Thanks Motherjoy! I appreciate you finding that for me. I knew mid-August was the estimate. And I truly don't mind waiting for the guide, it just gives us a little longer to get our skill subjects going and some other routines in place which is all good. I was just kind of wondering by what method w...

I am so thankful I read this thread even though I didn't initially think it applied to me (or that I would know anything to be helpful either). Julie's post about spelling out different situations that make combining a positive vs. a negative was what I needed to hear (read, rather)! Thank you so mu...

I know RTR will ship soon, but will we know it first on the message board? an announcement on the homepage? or by an email to us?

Thanks for humoring me