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What I have heard is that is it best to have them at the middle age of the guide unless you want to combine. Also, if possible it is nice to have a break between guides, especially when you get to Preparing and CTC because those are challenging guides for parents and kids normally (with a move to mo...

Two years from now is what I got from what Carrie posted. You could always email them to make sure.

Most standardized tests cover language arts and math mainly. But you can look at what your state requires too. I know moms on here have posted that their kids have scored high on the tests using HOD. But each state has different retirements for home schooling. I live in a state that only requires re...

I have found HOD to be on schedule with other curriculums. There will be differences on what order science and history are covered, but this normally isn't a problem unless it is high school (due to state requirements for what history/social studies credits a student must have). As for math, HOD is ...

I wonder if they still have some of the "older" books they used last year - Going on Eagerly (obviously they have this) and Hearing and Helping. When people ordered these, they gave them a print-out with a schedule. You could email and ask them if you could get that. Or, you could even just do the n...

How much of the US history is he missing? You said he has read some of the MtMM titles, so it might be possible. As written, the history/left side of the guide takes about 2 hours each day (4 days a week). We are no where near there though. As for transcript, some states require geography instead of...

So, the next guide (officially the 10th grade guide) will be world history. So, could you hold off on world history until next year? You could do geography this year (using the new guide) or US history if he only covered part of that (either MtMM or Rev to Rev maybe - or even a combo of those two). ...

We haven't gotten to Preparing yet, but here is my understanding: Economy package is reading about history, research/geography/timeline, and history project. Basic package read alouds is storytime. Self study deluxe package is the independent history box (and you can use the extension books here as ...

We are trying to eat healthier, so I am thinking of doing the following: Breakfast burritos or cereal and yogurt for breakfast Casseroles/Freezer meals for lunch And then for dinner, the idea is to just do meat and veggies - no grains/potatoes/etc. Hubby will get the previous day's lunch left over f...

Here are the times Julie (my3sons) posted for Preparing: Left side of plans... Reading about History: 15 minutes Research/Geog./Timeline: 20 minutes Independent History Box: 20-25 minutes History Project box: 20 minutes Storytime: 20 minutes 1 hour 40 minutes Right side of plans... Math: 20-30 minut...

What about half speed? Maybe do the fine motor skills and math as scheduled, starting with where he is in K? Then split the rest of the boxes over two days. You could keep going with reading everyday too, as it is never bad to have them ahead on reading skills. If at some point you wanted to go more...

As for covering one subject a day, it could easily be done. The first few guides are fairly short though, so you might not have to just do 1 subject a day. The preschool guide (LHTH) only takes 30 minutes a day. So, you could just do half in the morning and half at night. The next guide (K, 1st, or ...

Here is what we ended up with: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_hnGUKrYd0U/UfJ7u-XpA3I/AAAAAAAAAsI/dR0dprptwl0/w1508-h1007-no/005.JPG The youngest mostly just did the glue, and I did the papers. DS wasn't interested (wanted to play instead), and then when I wasn't looking did his part all alone. ...

Okay, I will admit I am a bit of a perfectionist. And I am trying to get over that with my daughter. But, how much do you push your kids to follow the directions for the LHFHG art? We did Unit 1 Day 2 tonight. I was showing her how to do the mosaic (don't overlap all of the pieces, leave a gap, etc)...

Little Hearts is easy. There aren't too many books, which makes it a snap. I have a 3 ring binder for all of our paper (art, handwriting, etc), and then I just have the books on the shelf. I don't think there is much more to do. I did put washi on the bindings of all the books (red for LHFHG), and I...