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Is your son 4? I would imagine people adding stuff have children who are older and can handle more. For little hearts we would add a bible cartoon to go with the history, if i could find one to match on youtube. But... i do not remember adding extra books other than maybe a child devotional if it fi...

What are some of Emmett's chores? (I cannot read the writing, pic too small on my phone.)
My son is the same age and I need some chore ideas.

Yay! We really enjoyed Beyond... kids still make me talk like Squanto.
And npw you get to update your signature!

What is the benefit of unlined paper? I missed that part. We have been using a journal with college ruled size lines and he does fine with that... looks neat and he doesnt complain. I write the poem on the left side of the journal a d he copies it on the right. He also does a page of cheerful cursiv...

That is so true. I am very sorry about the loss of your beloved friend! Every thing you said is so true and something i have been thinking about too, for a few weeks actually. When i think about how genuinely humble Jesus is... the only living thing that can even come close to that pure humbleness i...

Maybe shorter bits to copy? My main concern is neat handwriting, a small amount done well. I will gradually increase the amount as the year goes on. Could you just scale back to what he is comfortable with, even if it is just two or three words printed neatly? I told my son to do 2 lines neatly and ...

We are planning on actually going to the seashore sometime soon. I hope we find lots of things we read about that he can find and identify. We will bri g the small square book and his notebooking journal too. Also will go to the aquarium. For sure will see stuff there! We did this when i was in publ...

This is adorable! The history sounds normal to me. At this age they are just learning to listen to books like that. I remember my son tunneling under pillows during history. He really enjoyed the Bible readings though. So just see it as a skill to develop and grow. 5 is suppose to be wiggly. Oh but ...

And we loved it! Everything went smoothly. Beyond prepared him well. He remembered the "Tower of Babel" game from Little Hearts and applied it to the Rod and Staff grammar on his own. When i said an incomplete thought he would say, "babbel"? You can't ask for better when they have fun with grammar, ...

We've been doing the 2 session's. Emerging readers during school time and library books at night work out well. I get a stack of level 1 from the library and let him choose which one to read so he is very motivated. There is an interesting assortment of history and science readers available. I let h...

I also want to hear more about HOW people do break time. We have done Little Hands and then Beyond... no breaks. But going into Bigger now a break might be good. How long? What are the kids allowed to do during break? A snack? Actually going to play? It seems if they go start playing it would be har...

WOW. Just wanted to say, what a blessing he is. I know it might be a tinsie bit annoying because he needs you for a lot of his schoolwork... but wow, this go-for-it enthusiasm will be really nice in a few years when his independent desire will... well, will be lovely. And there will be plenty he can...

Wow, Julie! I will have to check it out too. It will be years if I wait to read it with my daughter.

Julie also has a devotional for sale on the homepage of the hod website.

That is sooooooo much fun! Wow, can't wait to hear you and your family's reaction when all those books arrive!

I forgot to mention the best part of our Day Camp story. My dd9, who is in Preparing currently where Grandpa's Box provides a wonderful introduction to the battle against good and evil, has been able to give thoughtful narratives. She shared with me that the enemy has all ready lost the battle and ...