I just received LHFHG and it looks WONDERFUL!! Anyway, my dd is 4.5 right now and just from the "little" experience I have homeschooling, I know that I want to wait until she is 5 to begin. Although in all honesty she could probably start right now and "do fine." I know that if I wait 6 more months for her brain to develop and mature even more, she will surely get more out of it. Now here is my "real" question... Should I just plow along and full speed once we start (intending to do one guide a year) until I notice, perhaps, a reason to slow down? OR, since she is on the young end for starting LHFHG (she will have JUST turned 5) should I take it just a bit slower (maybe doing 3-4 "days") during the week instead of 5? If I did it the second way I would still continue to do Math and Phonics daily and on her level, but the rest would then be stretched out, so maybe we would end up doing Little Hearts and Beyond over the course of 3 years instead of 2. That would put her at 8 instead of 7 when we begin Bigger. I really believe she is a bright girl and is ready to jump head first into school. However, just because she is capable of doing something at a younger age and doing well, I just wonder if we went just a bit slower if she would understand and gain even more and excel that much further? Those of you who have children on the young end of the guides, how are they doing? Have you noticed that at some point it becomes to much for them or are they really excelling and doing well? Those of you with children on the older ends of the guides? Do your children seem to be "unchallenged" somewhat, or are they gaining an even bigger understanding of the material?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!!
But anyway, when we start Beyond we're going to do it at half speed, doing the left side one day and the right the next, which means that she'll only do math every other day, but she's way ahead in math anyway (she's in singapore 1B). We're still going to do reading/phonics daily for now. We're going to do it at half speed through probably September when we'll switch to full spee, 4 days a week, and we'll do LHTH with D probably 2-3 days/week. I hope some of this helps!
), but I also know that she LOVES school time and thrives on structure, so we might as well dive in. Then, maybe this fall we can go full speed, but only 4 days a week. Oh, I am just so excited. I know that my dd is going to love this, so I guess there really isn't much of a reason to delay, if she's ready (and according to the placement chart she definitely is). 