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With Bigger you make flashcards of state names and abbreviations. I can't remember if capitals were optional or not, but we did them as well. My children were required to study them for a few minutes every day with our map puzzle or an atlas and learn where each state was, the postal abbreviation an...

My 10 year old, fifth grade son is doing Preparing with extensions this year. Since he has not really done dictation previously but is in general a good speller, I started him on level 3 for dictation. We started school 2 weeks ago and have technically finished 11 days of school, but not that many o...

He's read Columbus by D'Aulaire quite a few times. (We have that D'Aulaire set with Columbus, Benjamin Franklin, Leif the Lucky, etc...) And I think that it's scheduled for him this year anyway. But, I'll have to see about the other one. Thanks for the suggestions! Also curious if there was an "offi...

If my son just finished Bigger w/extensions, is there a recommended substitution for Pedro's Journal to use in Preparing? If not, we'll just use it. He has already read 1/2 to 2/3 of the books in Preparing and I still think it's a good study. But, since this repeat was one that many using HOD will h...

This is our first year really using dictation. So, I can't answer your "logistics" questions regarding being able to see the corrected dictation. I will say that whenever we have combined in school (usually just history and science), we have always used math and language arts at each student's own l...

Agreeing with Patty and 8 arrows and everyone else!

We have friends whose children took several classes from Liberty online during their high school careers-- not the ones aimed at homeschoolers, but full college credit, online classes. The oldest then got his degree from Liberty online in two years, in accounting. He had his CPA by the time he was 2...

I do, because I think it is easier for them. But I do feel badly doing it. :D I always am trying to figure out the best way to save their work. However, we lost my DD's entire kindergarten and first grade years of school when our garage flooded this summer. They were in a box that I thought was up h...

Thank you so much Carrie! We have enjoyed the first week very much. The days have been a bit longer than he is accustomed to, but part of that is having to wait for Mom to help his seventh grade sister and kindergarten brother and three year old sister and one year old sister. ;) Even though I have ...

Thank you Carrie and everyone who responded. He is also doing Notgrass World History this year. If done as intended, Notgrass will give him 1 credit each in Bible, History, and English. He will be writing a total of 30 papers for history as well as a ton of review questions. He'll read 13 pretty di...

My kids loved Draw and Write! All except the cursive copywork part but they got over it. :lol: They really did like the drawing parts though and felt proud of their drawings that they did with it. My son hasn't "enjoyed" either part this week. But, I have LOVED seeing him doing his best, working di...

My son, also in fifth grade, is doing Preparing with extensions this year. We started school on Monday. I was getting a little nervous the day we started, because he has recently read more than half of the books and some of them MANY times. But Carrie reassured me that the WAY he would be reading th...

We are starting school tomorrow and I am so excited to be using Preparing with extensions for my fifth grade son! :D First of all, we love the book Grandpa's box around our house. Herein lies the problem: my son, who will be doing Preparing this year has read Grandpa's Box about 4 times. He has it a...

Just wanted to share that I ordered late last week and received my box already today. Thankfully it was packed well, because UPS did a number on the box! Only one corner each of the two big books (the Preparing manual and the DITHOR student book) were bent up. Everything else is great-- even the CD!...

Thanks for the information about the resource books. Thanks for the also for the confirmation of curriculum choice, Julie! If nothing else, this will be a fun relaxed year for him and we can focus on his math and English. :) He actually is a very bright and diligent student. So, I don't have too man...