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Thanks for the advice! I think "I" would prefer Beyond because I like the History and feel the need to finish a guide, BUT then I am not using HOD as intended- to BUILD skills . YES, she is YOUNG so I'm trying to meet her interests and maturity level, BUT she is solid in all the skills for Bigger. I...

I’m really struggling with plans for next year: Finish Beyond or Move on to Bigger. My daughter will be 7 in August. When she was 5 years old, we did LHFHG even though she placed in Beyond for everything but age. It was easy for her, so I supplemented quite a bit and it worked very well. :D Then thi...

My son is only 3, but that's is exactly what my son does every time he says his AWANA verses! :D He tries to be upside down during the lesson, but we are working on sitting through that. I've been trying to sneak in some LHTH, but he hasn't had the attention span yet. It's so different than my oldes...

Julie, I just wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU for answering my questions in the way that you did!! :D (I would have written back earlier but had hand surgery the other day and typing is difficult :? ) The links regarding the specifics in the amount of writing each day for bigger were very helpful and...

Thank you so much for the responses!!! I love getting concrete answers. :D I'm relieved to hear you say to wait with DITHOR for the analysis. I think if I start with too much too early, she may not enjoy reading as much. I also love the idea of the 4 days/wk since we'll start a co-op in the fall tha...

I'm somewhat new to HOD and homeschooling. DD will be 5 in August. She started LHFHG at 4.5 back in March since I was looking for something to challenge her. She has been reading since she was 2 and at the time (March) was reading at a 4th grade level. Per the placement chart, she would have placed ...