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Hi. My bff's daughter is really having a hard time. She will reverse her numbers writing a 3 as an E. She is not grasping multiplication facts. She's known 7x2=14 but now she will write 41. She's doing math u see and she says she gets it but when she's working it's obvious she's not getting it. She ...

Thank you all for your thoughtful replies! Sounds like I need to get LHTH and do that NEXT year with both kids. I already have LHFHG and will do the right side with my son. I think I can handle that! They are so funny. If I let them stay up later than the rest of the kids, they really know that I lo...

Hi. im sure this ? is somewhere on these boards but I cant find it so Ill ask again. DS5 will be doing kdg next year. (I had initally thought this year would be his kdg but wow, he is just not into school. I thought another year of just being home and working on a few small things each day would be ...

That's exactly what I was looking for...all the books rolled into one comment. Thanks a million. I hear strong willed children make excellent adults!

I've got 3. Yikes. I must have been really hard as a child to reap this! :). Wanting to hear your best advice for dealing with this. My ds5 is manageable now which is a blessing but my dd3 has picked up where he left off and my ds1.5 is beginning to pick up speed. I'd read a book but I'm so tired I ...

Wow, you are all amazing! I just realized we being on unit 9 will be doing Beyond until she's in high school if we don't pick up the pace. I think I'm heading towards year round school with lots of days off in the spring to enjoy the weather.

Praying for you.

Hi mamas. Will you please pray for my friend Jason? He is an amazing husband and father of 3 young children. He is in ICU with bacterial meningitis and is really fighting for his life. He has been medically paralyzed and they are just now trying to bring him out of sedation. We are all praying for a...

As I type, the baby is sleeping, the oldest is reading with Grama, and the 2 middles (Bonnie and Clyde as I like to call them) are painting like mad and actually getting along! I had a rough week when I first posted. I honestly felt I had made a big mistake in pulling them from school but God has co...

Again, thank you for taking the time for these replies. These boards are truly an amazing part of this curriculum. very grateful. I read each reply and felt like there was some excellent wisdom in each one. This morning, I expressed my desire and requirement of getting back on our morning chore sche...

Thank you for the quick replies. I didnt even bother buying a guide for ds this year. I knew my dd would do well but decided to get math and phonics (math u see and explode the code) and just work on those. I figured I would have trouble getting him to work on just those two things and I was right. ...

Hi. I need some wisdom from you wonderful women! I have 4 kids. 7, 5, 3, 18 months. This is our first year homescholing. My dd 7 is a gem. A parents wildest dream. My ds 5 is wonderful but difficult. Resistant to learn or really do anything I ask of him. I end up letting him call the shots...doing s...

Thank you for the helpful replies. I think she is smack dab in the middle of beyond and bigger. When I first started in my discernment of homeschool, I felt like easier was better....work on virtues and character and the academics would be successful. Now, two weeks in, im fretting that she's not ge...

Hi there. My 7 yr old dd is doing Beyond. I am loving the gentle approach but Im wondering if its enough for her. The spelling is way too easy for her so I am finding words from her DITHOR book and storytime and thats working fine. New to homeschool and not really getting the copywork part. She is a...