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I'm using it right now with my just-turned-four year old, and my two year old is tagging along for some of the activities. Summer craziness has made our schedule a little hectic, but things should be settling down this week. We're really enjoying it!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend, Jessi!

Isn't it amazing how God's word can do so much more than mommy's words?? That's such a great story, Jessi--I can't wait till we start on Monday!

You know, it kind of makes sense to me that dictation especially would lead to good spelling. You're hearing words in context--that makes them "stick" better, and you're having to think about how to spell the sounds you're hearing rather than just memorizing by rote. And I'm sure that all the ...

Thanks for the warm welcome! :D

I've thought about doubling up too, but I'm not sure because of my little one. I KNOW he'll be wanting to participate, so I don't know that I'm going to want to go faster. Or I could just do lighter activities with him (like I did with his brother at that age) and ...

I just thought I'd jump in and introduce myself. :D I'm Heather, and I live in Texas with my wonderful husband and our two boys (almost 4 y.o. and 2 y.o.). I went to a curriculum fair a couple of weeks ago, mostly looking for a phonics program to do with my older ds since he's already starting to ...

I could just about have written your post (except that my 3.5 yr old is the oldest--his younger brother is 2)! My ds is almost exactly where yours is, and I almost went with LHFHG at half-speed for him. I think he could do the activities, and I know he'd understand the content. But maturity-wise, I ...