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Ladies, Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and encouragement! :D It is a privilege to share the homeschool journey with families like yours! Our goal in making changes is to make HOD even more user-friendly, accessible, and filled with living books that children will not only love, but that wi...

Ladies, I am so excited that you are enjoying the varying levels of Pilgrim's Progress scheduled along the way in HOD! :D Other than the Bible, Pilgrim's Progress is one of the most important works for kiddos to immerse themselves in and read again and again. It is an allegory with so many layers th...

Hello Ladies! As we are hard at work on the new products and guide changes in 2025, I wanted to share a bit about my thinking behind these changes. :D First, I’ll give you a little background. We have had the privilege of using the HOD guides with our own 4 boys from preschool through high school. W...

Hooray! :D I know I wish I had Copy the Classics when my boys were doing Beyond! :D It is just what I wanted the poetry copywork sessions to be. :D It steadily leads kiddos to write a bit more as the year progresses, shrinks the lines they write on (so shrinking their writing size), and eventually g...

Jaime, Thanks so much for sharing your joy with Paint Like Poet! Our son, Shaw, did the paintings and took the photos and it was truly a l-o-n-g labor of love. So much work went into this project, but we knew it would be worth it to families as it would make the painting much more independent, acces...

Jaime, I somehow missed this, but I am so glad that you love the new Visual History Bookmarks. We loved creating them! My second oldest son Shaw did the artwork and the picture clues activities too. It is a blessing to work with him on these projects! :D Shaw did HOD all the way through high school ...

Rebecca, These are great questions! :D We are finishing the catalog as we speak, as it needs to be at the printer this coming week. We saved press time for this catalog a year ago, so once we get through the proofing process and the presses get running it is just a matter of getting the addresses ch...

I am thrilled you are excited about this new set! We are too! :D These are picture book read-alouds keyed to match the existing history books in Beyond! They are for the parent to read to their child. It is a cuddle on the couch reading set to bring the history to life for the kids. Readings are spr...

Jaime, It sounds like your son could benefit from going through Learn to Read first. It is just a two page spread a day, and a very gentle introduction to hearing sounds in words, reading words, and then, at the very end reading some sentences. The transition from Learn to Read into Real Phonics is ...

Jaime,

Wonderful! We pray that your little boy will love this set. It was a labor of love to put it together! I know my boys were excited to see some of their favorites showing up in these new book sets!

Blessings,
Carrie

Great question! Since the DITHR guide and Student Books work with any books, they will not be affected by the package changes. :D Families should be able to seamlessly use the new 3/4 girl and boy packs just like they used to use the old level two and level three packs for DITHR. :D Blessings, Carrie

I am thrilled you are excited about this new set! We are too! :D These are picture book read-alouds keyed to match the existing history books in Beyond! They are for the parent to read to their child. It is a cuddle on the couch reading set to bring the history to life for the kids. Readings are spr...

Rebecca,

We loved using Singapore math with our boys too! It prepared them so well for higher level math.

Blessings,
Carrie

Rebecca,

Absolutely! We are keeping our tried and true favorites that have stood the test of time! Now you will have 3 options for elementary math. They are all great!

Blessings,
Carrie

Great questions! Yes, the new order is phonics, ER1, ER2, DITHR 3/4 Girl or Boy Set, and then the rest of the original DITHR packages. :D This new sequence will give kiddos another year to grow as readers prior to moving into the literary analysis and writing required in DITHR. It will encourage par...