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THANKS everyone!! We are so excited to get to this milestone ( I am not a fan of reading so was a little worried that he would take after me, but with this great program he hasnt!) anyway, thanks!! We did check our library and they have several of the emerging readers so we will have some to start w...

By the way, everyone, did you know that one hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours? And hours after midnight aren't worth much at all. So you are better getting your sleep earlier and getting up earlier than going to bed later and sleeping in in the morning. :) That has to be!! I know whe...

that is an AWESOME drawing!!!

well, we don't do "studies" but we do go on nature walks as we are surrounded by woods on 3 sides so LOTS of stuff to 'hunt'. we usually tie it into our science portion, but when we were in creation we were also able to tie in nature. but then again, we also use it with history as well as we tend to...

Hello all, thanks to an AWESOME program my 5 year old is almost done with the reading lesson. we should be done by the end of next month- Jan. We have been taking it kinda easy with the rest of our curriculum LHFHG so are by no means close to being done with that(more like june). He LOVES reading an...

THANKS julie!!! I like the post about the handwriting too!! I think that will definately help her!! Can't wait to try tomorrow. Yes, keeping her out of "ear shot" is what i try to do, as she is a superb listener!!! I have to get creative, and sometimes it just isn't possible, but i do have to keep r...

I LOVE sleep!! and am a night owl so mornings are not my cup of tea! I always let my kids sleep as long as they want, well, except sundays, they tend to sleep forever sunday am. Fortunately mine are still young, 5 and 3 and i feel they really do need lots of sleep, they go to bed 7-8ish and typicall...

WOW, SO hard to choose, i love all of it!! We use LHFHG. I think the Reading Lesson is my favorite since we were struggling with getting my sons to want to learn how to read and this has been amazing. Both are reading and my oldest is almost finished and gets so excited to do his 'lesson' everyday, ...

Whew, what a week! I LOVE LOVE LOVE HOD!!! I am using LHFHG for my 2 boys, and 2 girls(that i babysit). Having some struggles trying to teach an auditory learner when i am NOT!! :) other than that, we have sooooo much fun! will have to get some pics for next week. My oldest son has about 2 months le...

WOW!! THANKS for the replys!!! This is a great start to get me her and her mom on track!!

i am NOT an auditory learner in the least, so it is very interesting and exciting to hear from a mom who is! thanks!!!

And THANKS for the encouragement to remember God in all this!!! THANKS!