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Mary, I just finished emailing you this response and had to smile when I checked the board to find your post here. Good for you in coming to the board to talk it over with the moms here. They are so helpful and encouraging and full of good advice. I hope it's alright to copy my email response to you...

Ladies, I feel privileged that you would think enough of our programs to recommend them to others! In homeschooling the recommendation of a fellow mom carries much weight. Our business is entirely built on moms like you whom we have been blessed to meet or visit with personally. All of your posts as...

Kim, Candice did such a great job of pointing you in the right direction on this question, but I'll pop in and just say that we love the Charlotte Mason philosophy of learning at our house. I've read much about her philosophy and how to implement it, and we have followed CM principles almost complet...

a week at a time? I have done plans both ways (and a myriad of other ways) and in our Heart of Dakota guides up to this point we have shown a daily plan on each two-page spread. In our newest guide "Preparing Hearts...." we are looking at going to a week of plans on each two-page spread (still divid...

I agree that one of the great things about "Drawn into the Heart of Reading" is its flexibility. You can change how you use it from year to year to better fit your family's needs. We have done many of the things already mentioned by other posters for different years of our homeschooling. We have don...

Allison, During convention season there were many moms who bought "Bigger Hearts..." to use with 4th or 5th graders (along with the Extension Package) so they could keep their kiddos together with younger siblings. The Extension Package is meant to be a set of books that your 4th grader would read i...

Ladies, Your words are such a balm to my soul, as we sometimes struggle to balance everything at our house as we try to be faithful to God's call on our lives. I had to laugh at Melanie's example, because we always know a curriculum is a good one at our house when we can keep going with it even duri...

That's the nice thing about our guides. They actually are all of your lesson plans written out for you for a year. Many moms just date the plans and check them off as they complete them. Then, they have their lesson plans all in one place if they are ever asked to prove what they've done. Dating the...

I agree with Karen! We've done it both ways. With my second son, we did Earlybird 1A/1B first, but he really enjoys math (and I had more teaching time and not as many little guys at home then). With my third son, we didn't do Earlybird 1A/1B first (but had done the weekly math in "Little Hands to He...

Thanks! The board is a blessing to our family too. It helps us have a place to answer the many questions we receive but also a place to get to know many wonderful people and to come together to uplift each other!

I'm glad I could help a little.

Blessings,
Carrie

Last year when we used Beyond..., it took us about 45 min. or so most days to do the "Learning Through History"part of the plans. I tried to do that side of the plans in one sitting as time allowed. The "Learning the Basics" part of the plans was pretty much broken down into the following time incre...

Angie, I'll email you the Table of Contents from the previous version of History Stories, so you can match it up with the new one. Since we've chosen to continue carrying the previous History Stories... (because it goes with the pages listed in LHFHG), we haven't made a replacement schedule yet for ...

Welcome to the boards! We're glad to have you here. As to your questions, I can point you to a couple previous threads that may help. In the thread that follows, I explain why we selected Singapore to use in our programs. That may help you think through your own math experiences a little to find wha...

Angie, Christian Liberty Press just came out with a new version of "History Stories for Children". It is actually the same exact text as the previous version, but it has been reformatted in a different font with a new cover and a few colored pictures. If your book is blue it is the new version. The ...

The Student Workbooks actually have all of the graphic organizers and student pages that the students need to complete the lessons in the Teacher's Guide. The Teacher's Guide has all discussion questions and lesson plans needed for using the workbooks. So, they function hand-in-hand. At the 2/3 leve...