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That's what I'm going to do. I have just received Bigger and Preparing and will use the LA from Preparing starting with level 3 dictation this yr and using level 4 next.
Stephanie

Following on from my previous thread about the dictation in Bigger which I don't think will be challenging enough for ds, does anyone use Preparing along with Bigger? I would need Preparing for the dictation only although we would use R&S3 too. Should I source dictation elsewhere? Does anyone add an...

Thanks Dawn, that has helped me -not my bank balance though lol!
Stephanie

Thanks for that!

What do people do if it is too easy? Should I be buying the Preparing guide too? We will be using R&S3 I think
Stephanie

Hi,
Can anyone give me some examples of the dictation in Bigger? Is there just one level to choose from? Many thanks
Stephanie

Oh , perhaps I need a rethink. Preparing would perhaps be too long a day for us. What does the extensions for Bigger include? Are the extra books scheduled or is there anything else? I suppose that within Bigger I could make some of the work semi-independent to get him used to working on his own plu...

I wasn't sure about using R&S at all but reading what you say about it perhaps I should! Which one are you doing, we haven't used R&S at all. Im so pleased at what you say about the writing as that is what I need help with.
I'll take a look at the samples on their site
Thanks!!
Stephanie

Tank you for you answers, that is really helpful. My ds will be 8 (in June) and I need something to challenge him. He can write using cursive fairly well and has been doing so for awhile (copywork). He knows the basic parts of speech and narrates well. He is just starting to write out his narrations...

I think that ds will be ready for preparing skill wise in the fall rather than bigger which I had been planning. Can anyone tell me how the child's history of the world is scheduled? Looking at the week 1 sample one chapter of Grandpa's box is scheduled a day but as there are 42 chapters I wondered ...

I am considering Bigger with ds who will be 8 and since I already have FLL3 I wondered whether I could just substitute this instead of R&S. I also have WWE3 which we have just started and wouldn't have finished by September but I could just dip into this if there is too much overlap with HOD. What d...

so do you think the grade 2 level is ok for a grade 3 child?
Stephanie

I have this already level 2/3 and may use it now and next yr with my soon to be 3rd grader. Would I buy "book projects to take home" grade 2 or 3? I'd buy it locally as I'm in the UK, from amazon and both are available through their market place and it was out of stock at HOD when I originally bough...

I'm looking to do Bigger with my then 8 yr old son but I would like to continue with our IEW writing program so I was wondering how long Bigger takes a day on average. I may add in DITHOR too as I have it sitting on my shelf!
Stephanie

Hi,
I'm looking to use bigger in the fall with ds and wondered whether there are often changes/revisions to the manuals. Should I wait until the new catalog comes out or will everything be the same?
Thanks
Stephanie

Can you give me the link to Julie's post with the pictures!
Thanks
Stephanie