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Impostor can be spelled both ways (according to Webster's Dictionary) and I'm pretty sure the other vocabulary word was supposed to be standard from p. 10 in A First Book of American History.

We are! Just started on Monday and the kids are LOVING IT!

Congratulations!

That is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you Karen.

Thank you! Is there one that talks about the writing progression as well?

Talks about the reason for the LA choices and the progression of skills please? Someone on another board had a link a while back and I can't find it now. Thanks for any help!

Congratulations! What a gift!

I'm due Nov.19 with #5! November will be an exciting month!

Hi Jessie! This fall will be my 1st year with HOD (and homeschooling at all!) but I'm a huge planner. I love that the bulk is done for me but with a child who has special needs child where learning is concerned, I will have some extra things I need to do. So, I'm planning on using something but hav...

Bramble wrote:I don't use any planner or system. I rarely look ahead and we haven't had any issues. Sure beats MFW where I always needed some item not in my household.

This is great to hear!

Hi Jessie! :D I don't know if you've had a chance to look at the placement chart that was linked above for you, but I'd definitely go through that with each of your kids in mind. "Trying HOD for a while" won't really tell you how it will work for your family unless you have chosen the appropriate p...

Thanks Amy! Yes I'm thinking of using Bigger now then maybe next year Preparing. That sounds like a better plan after reading more posts. About scheduling though, I meant does anyone use a "system"? Like HST or a planner or do you just look at a week at a time? I need to know in advance what supplie...

What do y'all use for planning?

Thank you for your reply! I've looked over the CtC and it looks great also! I figure it wouldn't hurt to try HOD for a couple of years and then go from there !

So...I've used and LOVED MFW K, 1st, Adventures, and ECC (we are finishing up). My oldest will be 9 in Oct. I already have MFW CtG but looking at everything, I think this would be better for him (and my dd) in a year or two. What would you say about using HOD Bigger and/ or Preparing then go on to t...