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by farmfamily
Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:45 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...
Replies: 23
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Re: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...

ARGH! I am starting to lose major sleep over this! I was talking about it with my dh last night. He is completely uninterested in curriculum choices, but when I mentioned combining the girls he was suddenly adamant that they are miles apart in abilities. And he is right. They are. When I explained t...
by farmfamily
Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:06 pm
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Topic: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...
Replies: 23
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Re: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...

Thanks for your reply, Carrie! I really appreciate getting your input on my dilemma! To my mind, there are two choices for my older daughter - (1) to continue plugging away at Bigger half-speed and see if she eventually grows into the writing part of it - or (2) take her back to Beyond, which is wha...
by farmfamily
Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:07 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...
Replies: 23
Views: 4206

Re: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...

Thanks for your responses. We are now eagerly awaiting our box! In the meantime we have been finishing out Unit 10 of Bigger in a relaxed sort of half-speed way. I saw something in another thread about paper for copywork - I had been using paper with wide-spaced lines and a dotted line in the middle...
by farmfamily
Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:45 pm
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Topic: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...
Replies: 23
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Re: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...

Thank you so much, Carrie, for your help. I talked to my dh and we have gone ahead and ordered Beyond! I would still ask one thing - you'll probably recommend against it, but it's worth a try! Suppose I start my older daughter halfway through Beyond (say about Unit 18), around the colonial times in ...
by farmfamily
Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:09 pm
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Topic: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...
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Re: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...

I had another thought. Suppose I put both the girls in Beyond right now? With my younger daughter (5 1/2) it would look like this: Stop LHFHG where we are - around unit 18. Do all of Beyond with her sister except the LA box and the math. Instead of the LA, I would continue with the Finding the Answe...
by farmfamily
Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:10 pm
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Topic: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...
Replies: 23
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Re: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...

Hi Carrie, Thanks so much for your long reply. I know you must be really busy... My daughter is doing very well with the spelling - she will finish the spelling list in Bigger next week. I haven't tried dictation with her. The spelling usually goes quickly unless there is a distraction from the thre...
by farmfamily
Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:31 pm
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Topic: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...
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Re: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...

I would pick an order to do the boxes in for every unit and make a master chart for that so you don't forget ;) Then I would figure out how much time I would want to spend in school with her. At 7, I'd probably say about 2 hours without a break would be good. Then each day I'd sit down with her and...
by farmfamily
Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:58 pm
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Topic: Potty Training and changing up our school day
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Re: Potty Training and changing up our school day

Well I feel for you - I found the potty training stage created plenty of distractions to our school day - I'm glad it's mostly over for us. One thing that might help though: I found when I was teaching my younger dd phonics (with the Reading Lesson) and potty training my son, I would tell my daughte...
by farmfamily
Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:15 pm
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Topic: we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...
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we take SO long to complete Bigger each day...

I think I probably should have placed my daughter in Beyond last fall. She is 7 1/2, in 2nd grade and she can do everything in Bigger - but it all takes her so long. If I'm not right there prodding her to keep going and re-direct her when she is distracted she doesn't get anything done. It can take ...
by farmfamily
Sun May 01, 2011 10:18 pm
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Topic: Moving to Bigger - concerned about book selections
Replies: 5
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Re: Moving to Bigger - concerned about book selections

Bramble - thanks so much for your suggestion to talk with her more! That seems an obvious idea now that I think of it, but I usually don't ask many questions, just skip ahead. When she was younger I remember trying to talk to her about her fears but she would always clam up and just say "scary." Now...
by farmfamily
Sun May 01, 2011 10:30 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Moving to Bigger - concerned about book selections
Replies: 5
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Re: Moving to Bigger - concerned about book selections

Thanks for the reply, Julie... The link was to the emerging reader's set. Is that what you meant to send me? We have read most of these books already, and they were good choices for my daughter... She reads very well now, and has become more of an "independent reader," though I usually have her read...
by farmfamily
Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:41 pm
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Topic: Moving to Bigger - concerned about book selections
Replies: 5
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Moving to Bigger - concerned about book selections

Hello, My turning 7 year-old fits squarely with the "Bigger" level for the fall (based on the placement chart), but I plan to work through it half-speed because she doesn't have stamina to do a lot of school... My concern is how to choose which books for her to read and also read alouds - you see, s...