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Hi Carrie, I hope you do not mind me asking, but I want to know more about the Language Arts part of Preparing. We plan to use Preparing next year for my 10yo dd who will be going into 5th grade, so we'll be on the upper age range for this guide. This year in Bigger, we used our own L. Arts program,...

Hi, I was going through my Beyond guide and saw for Poetry on each Day 3 (I believe) that Carrie has suggested making a copy of the poem and cutting it up for the student to put back together. I'm wondering for those that do this, do you cut it up word by word or by phrases or lines? I'll be using t...

Ahhhh,
I didn't realize the original poster was asking about the national standards for Beyond. Well, since this doesn't concern me, I'm back to lurkdom!
Thanks Ladies!
Charlene

Hi Carrie, You are so right about focusing on the basics in the primary grades and most of our day is spent on learning to read right now with this child, but learning to read is hard work for him, and I want him to have some "fun" stuff too. He enjoys the science activities so much and really enjoy...

Hi, I saw this question and I'm wondering the same thing for my son for next fall. We are using Little Hearts for 1st grade (ds has a Dec bday so just turned 7) and though he enjoys most of the material in Little Hearts, science has been a disappointment for him this year. He really enjoys getting i...

Hi, I'm Charlene and I mostly lurk on this board, but I wanted to join in on this thread. We plan to use Preparing next fall for my 10yo dd (5th grade). She is currently using Bigger and loves it. Math is not my dd strong suit and we found a nice fit for her using BJU Math on Homesat, so she'll cont...

Hi Carrie, Have you considered making your guides into an ebook or having them available in CD formats? I know I would certainly consider purchasing this to make it easier to copy any pages I needed. I am very visually oriented though, so I much prefer to work from the bound hard copy, but the conve...

Hi, We will begin Unit 8 this week in Bigger Hearts with my 4th grade dd and Unit 8 in Little Hearts with my 1st grade ds. We're really enjoying this new curriculum this year! I love the Charlotte Mason style of learning and Carrie has planned it all out for me (thank you!). I feel like my dd is fin...

Hi, I'm Charlene and I just wanted to take a quick minute to introduce myself. I'm a long-time homeschooling mom of 4 children, with only two left at home. My older two sons have long graduated from our homeschool and now college as well. My two left at home are 9yo dd (4th grade) and she's using Bi...