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Carilynn, Our situation is similar to yours; however, we have only been homeschooling for 4 years. We have 8 children (aged 3 years - 18 years) and my oldest just graduated from high school, too. We have adopted six children internationally (several with special needs) in the last 10 years and this ...

Congrats! We have adopted 5 of our 7 children. This time last year, we brought home our seven year old son from China. The first 6 months we focused on his transition to our home. We also worked on the alphabet, numbers and writing his name. Our family doesn't watch a lot of television, but we had h...

I am still trying to decide where to place her!! I think she would fit perfectly fine in Bigger and excel, but you made a great point about how my older daughter would feel. My older daughter takes longer to grasp concepts so that could potentially cause some tension. She gets along great with both ...

Thank you both for the responses! I really appreciate them. my3sons...Here is a little bit more about my 7 year old daughter. She reads independently (books similar to those in the Emerging Reader list) and is very excited to start cursive. She has even taught herself some this year! She can copy se...

This is my first post, and our family is planning on using HOD in the fall. I have read and reread the placement charts and posts on placements, but I am still torn on where to place my 7 year old daughter. I have 7 children, and we just started homeschooling in Jan 2012. My oldest son will be a jun...