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I had thought long and hard about combining and not combining my 2 school aged kids in HOD. I ended up buying LHFHG, Beyond, and Bigger ... My DD is 5.5 and my son has just turned 8. At first I was going to use Beyond for both but thought parts would be too hard for DD and too easy for DS. So I deci...

Julie & Becky - Thanks for the replies. After reading through Carries post that was linked above, I do think Beyond would not be challenging for my 8 yr old. I do think that he is at the point where Bigger would be hard for him - but not too hard. I do think my daughter could handle it just fine, th...

Becky - Thanks for that ... your reply was so helpful! I'm sort of torn ... part of me thinks it would be really nice to combine them into Beyond. I do worry that my son might fit better into Bigger. Some questions based on your post: Spelling: are the spelling lists the same in both guides? Grammar...

Thank you so much for your reply! We actually have 5 as well...our oldest is special needs and receives therapy (in-home) everyday... One last question -- Would my daughter be too young for Beyond? What is the biggest difference between LHFHG and BLHFHG? She is almost done with her phonics curriculu...

Our older two kids are almost 8 yrs old and 5.5. For this school year we've combined our phonics instruction, Bible, read-alouds, science and history. My 5.5 yr old is doing exceptionally well at phonics/reading and her math curriculum. The other stuff stuff seems to go over her head and she zones o...