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If I am using Res to Ref with an 11-year-old 5th grader, would Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons be too difficult? He has writing experience (past two years) from Writing Strands but we struggled through it since we just didn't "gel" with the program. I didn't see an alternative other than a no...

So if my son completes RtR in 5th he will be one year ahead of schedule according to the HoD packs? I am not sure we'll continue to homeschool after 8th grade. We are praying fervently about whether to let him experience high school in a public school. Our son has made mention of wanting to stop aft...

Also, I'm leaning towards CtC more now with my daughter (vs. PHFHG). In my experience it's far easier to subtract and modify for a struggling student that it is to beef up and supplement a program that isn't challenging enough. I feel that much of my free time last year was spent trying to find more...

Yes. I believe he fits within RtR using the placement chart. He can write narrative stories as well as basic paragraphs. Still working with him on remembering to check his grammar and punctuation, but we went through two different writing programs last year that I believe effectively bolstered his w...

Thanks for the responses thus far! I am pretty sure that RtR is the best fit for our oldest. Though he's about to turn 11 and is in the 5th grade, according to public school's cutoff date, he'd technically fit into 6th grade this year (if we'd chosen not to homeschool and chosen not to wait a year t...

Hello everyone! We are switching to HoD from MFW this year -- for a bunch of reasons I'm sure many of you can relate to (that I won't bother going into, cause I've already decided HoD looks awesome!). I have a rising 4th grade daughter (age 9) and 5th grade son (turning 11 in Sept). As you can see, ...