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There are additional readalouds in the appendix of LHFHG. They are not the big books that are in Beyond, but Carrie has several readalouds on the list for each unit. I was able to get most of them when my son was in LHFHG through ILL. It was a very full year and we did the program for 1st grade. We...

Hi Tiffanie and Welcome! First off, for your older son--have you checked out the placement chart? http://www.heartofdakota.com/placing-your-child.php My son is in almost the same place as your older boy. I had planned on working over the summer to get him up to the emergent reader level so we could ...

crlacey wrote:What a wonderful thought to start my day! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

And thanks to Mike and Carrie for giving us such an easy way to teach the truth and for giving us a place to come together and unite as we teach our children the truth.

I'll second this! Great beginning to my day!

Welcome, Heather!

I just found this thread and was wondering as I read through it on to which side I would fall. I see both in myself. The sick question was the clincher. Olive, for sure. To confirm I did a very Olive thing. I took the lists for both Betty and Olive and pasted them into Word. I changed the font so th...

Hi Julie, Welcome to HOD! Let me try to give you just some general answers. A spine book is the backbone of a course of study. In history it may be a textbook or a biography. Some periods will have several spines, some one. As I see it, a spine is the foundation for study. It is possible to add meat...

Hey Kristin, I use both the R&S workbooks and Thinking Skills 1 with my 5.5yo son. I will probably skip some of the R&S since some is letter formation in the first book, but I like the concentration on fine motor skills. So far, he's enjoying both--even though they seem *easy* they are reinforcing i...

Must be the day for them reaching the east coast--mine arrived today, too!

Coloring book? Did someone say coloring book? Must find that!

I really, really liked the LL for Little Ones vo. 2....but I just realized I made a mistake. I just went and got my book and it is LL for Little Ones vo. 3 that we hit the snag with.....lesson 14. (I do have LL for the very young vo. 1, but we're not there and I'll use it with Beyond). So does the ...

Melanie, you've mentioned before how we think alike. I was just thinking a day or so ago that I'd really like to get LL for Young Ones for my 5.5 yo for this year--and until we start with R&S in Bigger. I had LL for Little Ones 1 and 2, but he was beyond it, so we never really used it. I just sold b...

Of course they lay on the floor outside the bathroom and stick their fingers under the door saying "I see you Mommy." LOL!!! When I tell new moms about this phenomenon, they look at me aghast as if they would never hide in the bathroom from their kids. And especially as if their kids would never ev...

Praying here too! My s-i-l had this done several years ago, too.

as you know the history in bigger is making me wonder, as well. i'm being a super planner here, since i won't do bigger 'til not this coming school year, but starting a little over a year from now. i will have a kindergartner and a 2nd grader, so i'm thinking maybe if i involve her in lhfhg (which ...

Tammy, I sent you a long response by email--did you get it? If not, I can pm it to you.

Jen