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Hi Laurie!

We LOVE Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs too! Did you know there's also "Pickles to Pittsburg" by the same author and illustrator? It's the same as the other one, and just as "delicious"!

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Everywhere! Now that I've got 3 wiggly boys, we use the whole house! We do read-alouds on the living room couch or upstairs in one of the bedrooms. We use the kitchen and dining room tables for seatwork, and my sons can do their independent reading wherever they want to - which has been somewhat int...

So glad to hear you had a terrific start with BLHFHG! We enjoyed it so much last year and are loving Bigger Hearts this year! It is very nice this is a board we can celebrate with each other on - so, congrats!

We did BLHFHG last year, and our day fit the time increments Carrie described too. Hope you and your child have as much fun with it as we did!

I think phonics is a very necessary part of reading. It lays the foundation for all that is to come. I used to teach 3rd grade for 7 years before homeschooling. I do NOT believe that homeschool moms have to have taught or have a teaching degree to be AWESOME teachers for their children, so I usually...

Hi! I would agree with the previous poster (and Carrie) that the workbooks are a necessary (and neat!) part of DITHOR. It does say that you may copy them for your family's use, so that is a way to economize if you have a copier. A lot of the Emerging Reader's set of books are listed on DITHOR's Sugg...

Hi Kim! Miller and Pads and Paper has about every imaginable concoction of notebooks around. Their prices are very reasonable too. Here's their website: http://www.millerpadsandpaper.com We've also used Crayola's pad of paper with colorful borders around the edge. We bought it at Walmart. It doesn't...

Hi Amy! It is so nice to meet you! I have 3 sons, and my oldest two are about your boys' ages (8 and almost 5). We're using Level 2/3 of DITHOR and loving it! The HOD bookshop is full a so many awesome books, I know it's hard to pick which ones to do. The Level 2 books for DITHOR range in reading le...

Hi Kim! It's nice to meet you! We've used LHTH twice, and you'll surely find there's enough to do! Plus, it's stuff your little ones can actually DO rather than watch YOU do it (some other programs I've done were this way). My kids loved to continue the activities long after we'd finished the plans ...

Hi! I used to tutor children with DITHOR before I used it homeschooling my own children. As you can imagine, every child I tutored in reading didn't like reading very well before I even started using DITHOR with them, because they felt reading was not their strong point. I'm happy to say that they a...

I just wanted to second what others have said in response to your question about BLHFHG. I think it would be just great to use with your child! It is written for ages 6-8, so your little guy is right in there. It sounds like you checked out the Placement Chart and found that it looks like a good fit...

Hi! Nice to meet you! I've used LHTH several times and been very pleased with the amount of science in it for that age - but you probably have more of a love for science than I do! That is one of the many awesome things about HOD's curriculums; if you want to add in things you are excited to do more...

Hi Amy! I'm so glad you are having a great year with LHFHG! Me, too (with my middle son)! With my oldest son, we were in exactly the same situation you are. I think I'd suggest starting Beyond... and moving into it slowly. I think everyone enjoys something new when finishing a curriculum - both mom ...

Little Hands to Heaven... the fingerplays with actions and letter sounds (my boys HAVE to be able to MOVE to do school) and The Singing Bible (I personally love the songs 12 Guys... and Who Do They Say I Am?) Little Hearts for His Glory... the Thornton Burgess books, Steve Green singing the Bible ve...

Angie,
I just realized I put A Reason For Handwriting K for your daughters too - I meant to say A Reason for Handwriting A. Sorry!