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Wow! Thanks so much for that info!! My eldest, 9 year old, is an excellent reader and can give oral narrations. We have never done written narrations. We've been using First Language Lessons and so she is familiar with parts of speech, etc but we have not started diagramming yet. She does well in ma...

Thanks for all of your help. It's hard because I do want to challenge my children but I certainly don't want to take on too much. I tend to burn out when I do that!! I'm looking over the catalog and website and hope to decide something soon.

Ok thanks so much for the help!! I'm going to take your advice and put my 4th grader in Preparing instead of CTC. She can orally narrate but we have not done written narrations. I think you are right about backing up a little because we haven't used the guides before. I'm also off to look at Bigger ...

Thanks for the thoughts! I really do appreciate it. I looked at the placement chart and my kids fall in: 6 year old (1st grader) - Beyond 8 year old (3rd grader)- Preparing 9 year old (4th grader)- CTC (except for grammar). She knows parts of speech, etc but we haven't done diagramming. I'm slightly...

We currently have 6 children but only 3 are school aged. When we start HOD, I'll have a 4th grader (9), 3rd grader (8), and a 1st grader (d6). I know my 1st grader will do Beyond but I'm questioning what to do with my older 2 girls. My oldest could place into CTC or Preparing but since we've never d...