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Ok my son is 8 and in all areas I think he places in bigger except this area Mastered formation of manuscript letters; able to copy passages; can compose original sentences; ready to begin simple dictation; ready to begin cursive writing He has mastered letters and can copy passages but just a sente...

And my high schoolers would rather school in their own rooms.

I would not put the 7yo in Bigger. I would combine the 7 and 8yo in Beyond. Beyond is great for those ages. Plus there are wonderful skills they need to learn.

I am considering it for the fall. I will have a 6 and 8 yo and would like to keep them together. I think for my 8yo though I might do the right side of Bigger. I am still wavering on what to do. I am not sure I can handle two guides at one time. :-/ Oh and my 8yo did beyond when he was 6 but does no...

what if you had him just start taking CLEP test while in high school. He may be able to CLEP out of college and not even need to go. Look into College Plus or Verity Institute. That way at least you are not putting him into a situation where he is not emotionally ready but you are not holding him ba...

Thank you so much Tammy. My oldest is a writer but honestly it had NOTHING to do with my teaching. My next two I failed in that area. I think my daughter could have been a great writer but not as motivated as my oldest son so didn't move forward like he did. I don't want that to happen with the youn...

This is my one fear of how I will fail my kids. I am not a writer. So my question is if I follow the guides as written will I be able to teach writing to my kids when they are older? Also will I know what is right or wrong?

I do not want to start DITHR until later maybe fall. I don't want to use up the books I have to use with DITHR from that book pack but I want him to keep reading and keep moving forward. So what do you think I should do for him. Should I just let him pick something here to read to me. Or are there a...

I know. My kids have never seen an episode of Little House so they have not pre conceived ideas. I on the other hand just can't get past it. LOL

My son is reading animal adventures to me right now. All I can envision is Michael Landon as Pa and Karen Grassle as Ma and Mellisa Gilbert as Laura...Well you get the picture. LOL Plus when it said Pa had a beard I was like NO WAY Pa never had a beard. LOL I surely can't be the only one here that g...

I am by far no expert here and there are ladies that are much better at this than me but I would place your 9yo in Beyond. It is not a hard guide and he might enjoy having his own guide. With Beyond you can still do phonics. Plus you can add to the right side of the guide as you need. I Think he wou...

Thanks Shari. Collin has loved going through LHFHG again. He doesn't remember anything from last time. I don't think I will take him through Beyond next year though as he is ready for Bigger. Thing is if I research too much I start buying other things. LOL I figured out yesterday I have been out of ...

I just don't even feel like schooling my kids right now. I know I have some hormone issues going on and am getting tested for that and it will help eventually but I just don't even feel like starting school with them. Not sure what to do. I want to clean and cook and read and watch Netflix but schoo...

If Julie and Carrie are going to be at one you have to go just to meet them. They are wonderful ladies and very helpful.

LOL, and thanks ladies for talking me through them. I did just go ahead and do LHFHG with both the rest of this year. It has helped me. I have also had some hormone testing done and hope to get all that under control so next year I am more peaceful. My next year decision at this time. I am going to ...