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I had the same problem. Kept adding cornstartch and it would not thicken-it was just pure liquid! I dropped it by spoonfulls on to waxed paper...the large rocks for Unit 7 didn't work-they just blobbed together and I had to throw the whole thing away; I did, however, get the small "rocks" to work fo...

Praying for you today!

Praying for you tomorrow. I hope that your delivery is smooth and your recovery is quick. And a healthy baby boy at the end of it all!

No notebooking in Beyond; or vocabulary, either. Although, either one of them could be added, I suppose if your dd was wanting that. Yep, praying about it is the best idea! I'm doing lots of that, myself, lately, for our homeschool plan this year!

Lots of Moms use the "left side"-by that I mean the History, Science, Bible, etc.-from a lower guide and use the "right side"-basically the 3R's-from a higher guide. It works! The good news is that as you progress through the guides that seems to be less and less an issue and eventually you'll find ...

Thank you, everyone, for your responses and ideas! Carrie, I can honestly say that was a suggestion that had not entered my mind at all! :D Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I will continue to pray about what direction we should go for the remainder of this year and into the future. ...

Okay, thank you.

I noticed that some of the extension titles listed for Bigger are used later in main packages (ex. Pedro's Journal is a Bigger Extension, but also a Preparing Independent History resource.) How does that work? I don't want using extensions to mess things up with later guides!

We're running 3 guides right now, with a very distracting 2 yo in the house and I'm feeling very frazzled and overwhelmed. I find myslef frustrated with feeling like school is all we get done, and I have no time or energy left for life when school is over. We also ran 3 guides last year, and I was w...

With that information I think your oldest would likely flourish very well with Preparing, and I'd look at pairing the younger 2 in Beyond. Julie already gave you great advice on what things you might look at to make the Beyond year successful for your 8 yo-my son loved this program when he was 8! Su...

Following!

I know that for our family, if my children were one grade level apart I would really look hard at combining them. I think there are other (non-academic) factors to consider-like how well do these particular children work together? Do they compete in a healthy way, challenging eachother, or in a way ...

Just wanted to share that I have an 11 yo 6th grader working in CTC this year. My dd is a bright kid, likes to work independently, and is a strong reader, yet we do not do extensions with CTC. We've found the guide to be very full and completely challenging as written. Don't feel at all like you hav...

Knowing that about her, I think you're making the right decision! Have fun today

So sorry for your loss!