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This is going to be our 4th year homeschooling but our 1st with HOD. My 3 older kids will be doing BHFHG and my 4 year old twins will be doing LHTH. Any advice, tips, or blogs about scheduling and teaching two sets of kids out of two different books? For my twins we have done busy bags and things like that but this the 1st year to implement a preschool program into our day. Thanks!

Although I have less kids, I am going to be doing 2 guides this year (LHFHG and LHTH). I have found looking at the schedules posted in the pinned topic to be great starting points. Also, there are posts with how long each box in each guide should take. That will help you figure out how to break up the day. LHTH is only 30 minutes total per day, so it won't be too hard to add that I bet.

amosfive wrote:This is going to be our 4th year homeschooling but our 1st with HOD. My 3 older kids will be doing BHFHG and my 4 year old twins will be doing LHTH. Any advice, tips, or blogs about scheduling and teaching two sets of kids out of two different books? For my twins we have done busy bags and things like that but this the 1st year to implement a preschool program into our day. Thanks!

Hi amosfive, and welcome to the HOD Board! We have been using multiple HOD guides in our home for the past 7 years, and it has gone so well. The guides themselves are very open and go, and I love not having to plan or prep the night before.

In this post, I shared some tips for teaching multiple guides, as well as my schedule for BHFHG and a link to the schedules' thread where other ladies share their wonderful schedules...
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11724&p=85112

Another post about multiple guides...
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10203&p=74358

As you are setting up your schedule, these approximate time allotments for BHFHG may help...
BHFHG time it takes:
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=702

Here is a post I did with pics about getting ready to set up for BHFHG for the year...
Pics of Getting ready to start Bigger Hearts:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5531

One thing that I enjoyed with my ds when he was about your twins' ages was having him do stations. My older dc helped me set them up, and it helped my younger ds enjoy his more independent time while I worked with my olders. I described it here...
My post about learning stations for Emmett:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10565&p=76777

HTH, and I think you are going to have a terrific year with BHFHG and LHTH! I'm looking forward to getting to know you here!
In Christ,
Julie

Thanks!!