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Hi! Just wondered if anyone had some suggestions. My dd who is 9 can do the cursive in her Preparing assignments- but some days there is a lot of it and it takes a long time. and it drags the day on..... Part of me wonders if I should have her to start doing keyboarding when it says to do cursive......

I will have 2 in Beyond and 1 in preparing. Since Preparing is a 4day program and Beyond is a 5 day program, should i just decide if we will ALL do a 4 day program or ALL do 5 day program??? Meaning if we ALL do 5day program i would have my Preparing child just move onto the next day? thanks, carrie

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thanks , carrie

No- you are not the only one feeling this way! I've been feeling this lately a lot- lonely and anxious about it at times- which is not like me at all. last night i got a good pep talk from a lady at church i look up to that has hs her children. she reminded me that satan was attacking the good he is...

my daughter did dithor level 4-5 last year as a 3rd grader- we pretty much finished it.....can we use level 4-5 again but use different books?

What are your suggestions? just wonder if jumping to level 6/7/8 would be too big of a jump.

thanks, carrie

Thank you everyone! I appreciate your quick responses! Looking forward to Preparing!

Carrie

We did our first year of homeschooling last year- it went pretty well. My biggest lesson I learned is that I have to say no to others to be the best teacher for my kids! (and that is hard- especially when it's ministry related) My question is about my dd who is 9 (birthday in April) and is going int...

On the assigned reading calendar- I see 3 options of reading- 3 books for 5 days each 1 book for 5 days and 1 book for 10 days 1 book at 15 days So am I right in that you pick which ever pace your dc can handle? We are now starting adventure so for example my dd would start reading "RIding Freedom" ...

Our 3rd grade daughters seem VERY similar and have same background and i had a similar post not too long ago! we are newbies to hs and HOD. i need to have my girl challenged too! search my posts- i don't have many of them...and haven't taken the time to learn how to post a link yet :D but one of my ...

Thanks Julie for your answer. and thanks for so many other times you've answered my questions! you have really helped this mom of 4 hs newbie get started...from the message boards, your schedules, organizing, etc... i'm very thankful for your insight and help. just know what you do helps so much! TH...

you might check out Dannah Gresh's website...her books " 6 ways to keep a little girl little " and "8 great dates for moms and daughters" and "mom daughter devo" are good....much more too..


also check out vicki courtney's site..

i like your check the box idea with reminders - that is great- i might need that!

just email me....and i will send you my schedule....i haven't taken the time to figure out posting here...not sure i want to bc it's a work in progress! ha!

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Newbie question:I haven't noticed any tests to check for mastery in HOD? I'm using everything suggested by HOD for Bigger and LHFHG.

How do you check for mastery when homeschooling and using HOD.

I hope that wasn't a really dumb question!

Thanks in advanced!

hey friend- I'm in the same boat you are in! doing bigger and LHFHG w my 3 big kiddos while my 2 year old is with us! i'm a hs newbie we are only on day 9... some things that helped me.... look at the sample schedules on this message board and print some out of ones using same guides as you and same...

My dd is doing Bigger and we do not have next years manual as this is our first year homeschooling and she's our oldest.

I really don't think skipping some will help as I have looked ahead at the others and feel it will be too easy.

Thanks and appreciate your ideas and suggestions!