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That's such fun! We just had our conference and I was sad HOD couldn't be there :( I know there would be MANY people who would love it! Hey! Perhaps next year I'll get my own HOD booth at the conference and wax lyrical about how awesome it is ;) Whaddaya think, gals!? I'm just teasing. Although it i...

Thanks for that, Melanie. My kids are 6 and 5. There are so many other areas in which lessons are learned that sometimes it's nice to read just for the joy of reading. That being said. I have come to trust Carrie through the content of her curricula. So I know there's a good reason behind these book...

After about a week of the Burgess books, and having to talk about the things that are condoned by implication (such as the first Reddie Fox story - stealing, lying, trickery), I have decided to look for something else. I was on the fence about the animals talking issue, but since I grew up with it a...

I can partially answer my own question after a quick look online

After a quick scan at the forums at Singaporemath, it looks like most people are happy about the switch since Standards covers more from a little earlier, with added mental math and more repetition.

I was just looking on the Singaporemath.com web site and it says: "Earlybird U.S. Edition will not be available after May 31 2008. This series has been replaced by Earlybird Standards Edition." On the Earlybird Standards Edition page it says "Earlybird Kindergarten Standards Edition has been approve...

Wow! That makes it even more of a bargain And I really do like the size of the Costco books. Perfect for little hands.

Thank you so much for letting me know. I probably would have made a trip to Costco again just to see if I could find them.

I actually only got the first 3 sets because they didn't have the last two sets. I really hope I can find them somewhere!

Carrie,
That is super info! I wish I had known that before I ordered Perhaps once we've built up some listening stamina we'll switch to 101.
Thanks!
Caryn

Hi We just started LHFHG and it's wonderful!

You can find the updates here: http://www.heartofdakota.com/updates.php

Everything has already been scheduled

HTH,
Caryn

Oh! THANK you so much for sharing that! I was raised with the notion that books are meant to be on a bookshelf, and you have to wash your hands before you touch them etc. As a result I've had a really hard time to see that the kids are meant to write in some of these beautiful books. And all their b...

We just started Little Hearts with my dd6 (turned 6 in December) and we LOVE it! These are such wonderful programs that I would say get as many in as you can ;) I can't help with placement, but I just wanted to encourage you to think outside of academic ability as well. The Bible readings, activitie...

Thank you for the input :) I think I'm going to pick and choose things to do separately every day (like LA, Math etc) and other things to do together if they so choose. I was thinking of letting dd6 join in with LHTH whenever she wants to, but I've realized that I need to give dd5 HIS turn to have h...

I have just started Little Hearts with my DD6 and Little Hands with my DS5. My ds5 also needs to learn the names and sounds of the letters, as well as learn the correct way to write them. The both love both programs and want to do each other's work ;) I have found that it's not just their academic a...

Well, we started LHTH and LHFHG last week, and the "problem" that I have is that both my kids want to do everything ! :lol: At this point I'm doing two of Bible, Math, etc, with my DS5 joining in with DD6 with everything except for the History reading and her LA. I'm finding this to be a lot to do w...

I would like to start earlier than we do, but I'm really not a morning person. I think, though, we're going to be doing chores first to get our hearts pumping, and then move into the left side of the book, and then do the right side. I would definitely like to know how others schedule LHTH alongside...