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Yes, I think that is what I will do. Thank you for your encouragement.

Thanks for your response. I want to clarify my daughter hasn’t started the World Geography guide yet. She took 7.5 hours on average plus a shorter day on day 5 for Missions to Modern Marvels, which the catalogue says will take 4.5-5 hours 4 days per week. She does read slowly. To help that I tried t...

My oldest daughter was diagnosed with ADD last year and after many years of struggling with how long her school day goes we decided to try medication. We have been using HOD since she was 5 years old. The medication seemed to help with focus, but her days are still long. She is thorough and processe...

My 6-year-old wanted to start school at 4.5-years-old and so we started LHFHG using Reading Made Easy. (BTW: If I had to do it all over again I would have started with LHTH, but didn’t realize it at the time.) We completed 80% of Reading Made Easy the first year doing a whole lesson in one day and r...

Some of those blog posts I had not seen. I found then enlightening. Thank you!

I could not find a search on the blog by topic. How are the blog archives accessible?
Is there a blog entry about LHFHG like the one about Beyond?

I guess I’m having this conversation with myself, lol! I had thought this must have gone smoothly for someone. I re-read some of the intro to Reading Made Easy and the author says to do 3 LESSONS per week and review the other two days. When I tried to have my child do the phonics part, and the cards...

In case anyone else is interested, this thread is along the same lines as my question:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17675&hilit=Reading+Made+Easy

I think I can help with some of your questions. We have recently done LHFHG, Beyond, and Bigger. I have used both Reading Made Easy and the Reading Lesson. I really liked the Simplicity of The Reading Lesson (TRL), but we finished it in 20 weeks, so it won’t last the whole year and it didn’t quite p...

I used Reading Made Easy with my oldest, but I don’t feel like I did it well. Not knowing any better I moved her out of it after finishing 80% of the lessons in Kindergarten to the Emerging Reader Set in first grade. After struggling through the ERS for a year, I realized I moved her on too quickly ...

I’m confused about what people do the first few years as far as pacing the guides. Do most people use LHTHG for kindergarten and go at half speed to use it for kindergarten and first grade and start Beyond for 2nd grade? Or do most people skip kindergarten and delay starting their child until first ...

I am looking to order all the materials I will need to start my daughter in the Preparing guide in the new year. I am wondering if I could easily get along without buying the math textbooks if the 3A & 3B workbooks are self explanatory as were the previous levels. I am wondering the same thing about...

I have been wondering about the case for the age ranges on the manuals, especially the minimum age. I have started 2 children with Heart of Dakota. My oldest was barely 5 years old when I started her with Little Hearts and she did fine in all areas even doing all the first grade options except she s...

I was wondering if someone might have some tips or encouragement to offer considering a Day dreamy child. She has always been this way even before she started school. She is now turning 8 years old this month and still let’s her mind wander. Of course as her mother I find it frustrating enough outsi...

Ooh, ok. Great!

Great! Thank you.