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Wow! That is very interesting and encouraging! Thanks for sharing that, Florence!

Thank you for your reply, Julie. I do appreciate it! It's encouraging to know that you have had such good results with narration. Since we decided to homeschool about a year and a half ago, I've done TONS of research on all things related to homeschool :D and I have learned so much! I have a degree ...

Hi, I have read older threads on the CM philosophy, but I have a question. When CM method encourages borrowing words and phrases from the author in narrations, especially written narrations, doesn't that qualify as plagiarism? Also, as students get older how do you get them to move away from using t...

Julie, Thank you for your detailed explanation of things. That is helpful! My daughter is doing well with the activities, so I'm tempted to just keep going and trust that the upper levels will be fine too. I should probably just trust that the fact memorization will turn out fine too, but I will adm...

Hi, I have some questions about Singapore Math as my children get a little older. Right now we are using Carrie's math activities and I think they are FANTASTIC! We really enjoy them at our house. However, I am concerned about whether or not I will be able to keep teaching Singapore well after we fi...

We are planning to do a scavenger hunt at the beginning of the school year. I got this idea from another home school mom. I typed up clues and will put their new school supplies in different places around the house. They have to follow the clues and will find one of their new school supplies at each...

This is the exact question that I have been 'musing' over as well! At first, I determined to put my daughter (will be 6 in July) in Beyond because her skill level does fit there. However, I have since heard of a couple of moms who put their 6 year olds in Beyond and at the end of the year wished the...

Thanks for your thoughts! I have three girls who are 5, 3, and 1 as well!

Did you buy the workbooks for your other two already then? Or are you just trusting that they will be available in several years?

Thanks again!

Hi, I am thinking of purchasing the Little Hearts manual and I was hoping to be able to reuse it in future years with all of my little ones coming up. I am wondering if down the road when the Singapore Earlybird Kindergarten books are no longer available, will the new hands-on math activities that w...

Carrie, Thank you for your response. I have been researching the different writing theories out there. It makes perfect sense that interaction with rich literature through copywork, narration, and dictation would produce students who are able to think and write well. We are excited to begin homescho...

Hi, I am planning to do Beyond with my daughter in the Fall. I am new to HOD but am soo excited by what I read about it! My question is about the aspect of creative writing in Beyond. Is that covered at this level? If so, what are some of the topics/assignments? Is the process of how to write covere...