The good: that I only wasted a few hundred dollars and not a few thousand
I have decided, after worrying that Beyond simply wouldn't challenge my rising first grader enough, to simply buy the entire Beyond program complete with read-alouds and emerging readers, and work through it as written with her anyway. We started this week and I am so glad we did!
The history portions are just right for her, and she is just drinking them in and begging for more. She loves story time and is always upset when we've completed our portion and have to stop for the day
She is more advanced than the math at the moment, but I wanted to start at the beginning (especially with Singapore). Cliff notes version: she isn't very challenged right now, but I feel it is important to lay the building blocks that Beyond offers. And though academically gifted, she is still very young, and to begin simply and take our time doing Beyond will really help her mature before moving on to Bigger in the fall of 2014. And the history is important because she hasn't really had any history before.
Many times as homeschool moms, we can tend to think we have to push our dc to the brink, reading tons of books with lengthy readings and elongating our school days as if totally being spent at the end of the day must equal more learning. We have found the opposite to be true - shorter, more meaningful segments of school = a love of learning and a deeper level of retention. I do believe I have come around to Charlotte Mason's way of thinking. 
No way that would have ever happened in my ps teaching classroom after standardized testing! Anyway, it just made me smile and think- life is good. What a blessing to homeschool, with such joy, and with Christ present, with HOD each day ! So glad you are your dd are 'living the dream' too now! God bless, and thanks for your inspiration here! 