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Amen!!

Thanks for all the replies ladies. I am so much more at peace with my decision now

Thanks Heidi! I see so many woman on here that are running multiple guides and I am trying to figure out how and why if they could be combined. I always wanted my children to be combined for science, history, art, music and such but the ages '5-7' on the manual is driving me crazy when my daughter i...

...to continue to combine my 1st & 3rd grader in LHFHG! We are in unit 6 and my kids are loving it!! Even my third grader. I do have her on grade level for math and english and she does do independent reading on level as well. My brain will not let me believe that its ok to keep them combined. On a ...

I say lots of review works better than worksheets. For review work either I or my daughter writes the key ideas on index cards to put in our memory basket. We review what's in the basket every morning during our family work time. This really seems to help.

I do blocks instead of times. However, we usually get started at about 8am and while the kids are eating breakfast I am sitting with them doing any of our read-a-louds, we do narrations and copy work right later. After the first block of about 60 minutes we break to get dressed :D and do other chore...

I am new to Heart of Dakota as well as the boards. I am using Little Hands and Little Hearts and I am super excited that I finally have a schedule that works for us and helps things to flow smoothly. I am only going 1/2 speed with Little Hands as my son is only 2 yrs old. This is very exciting that ...