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Good morning ladies! I hope that you all had a great weekend. I have a question for you: How much time is spent daily in each of the guides? I apologize in advance, because I know that this has probably been asked a hundred times before, but I am new here. Thanks so much for all of your help!

Christy

Little Hands to Heaven takes about 20-30 minutes a day.
Little Hearts for His Glory takes about 60-90 minutes a day.
I believe Beyond takes about 120 minutes or so, but we haven't used that one yet so I'm not certain.

Ok, according to the catalog here is the break down:
LHTH: 30 min
LHFHG: 90 min
Beyond: 2-2 1/2 hrs
Bigger: 3-3 1/2 hrs
Preparing: 4 hrs 4 days a week
CTC: 4-4 1/2 hrs 4 days a week

Hope that helps.

crlacey wrote:Ok, according to the catalog here is the break down:
LHTH: 30 min
LHFHG: 90 min
Beyond: 2-2 1/2 hrs
Bigger: 3-3 1/2 hrs
Preparing: 4 hrs 4 days a week
CTC: 4-4 1/2 hrs 4 days a week

Hope that helps.

These are exactly the same times the HOD guides have taken us (though we have not done CTC yet ). I do want to point out that these times reflect when we hit our stride more - about 3-4 weeks into doing school routinely. HOD is easy on the time - love that.

In Christ,
Julie

Today, Bigger took 3 hours and 20 minutes with four children. We did all the activities including an art project and we did copywork from the hymn and poem. Those times seem right on.

Thanks for all the help ladies! One more question................do these times stay the same if you are using 2 guides? I guess what I am asking is do they stay the same because the younger guides (like LHFHG) are more teacher led and the older guides (like BHFHG) become more independent? Or does the independent work come much later? Thanks!

Christy

christyg wrote:Thanks for all the help ladies! One more question................do these times stay the same if you are using 2 guides? I guess what I am asking is do they stay the same because the younger guides (like LHFHG) are more teacher led and the older guides (like BHFHG) become more independent? Or does the independent work come much later? Thanks!

Christy

I'm doing PHFHG and BLHFHG right now, and we are done in 4 hours. Granted, we are near the end of our year with PHFHG and halfway through BLHFHG, so we've had some time for a routine to form - but still, if you get one child started and then go work with the other, it is feasible to finish both programs in the time of the longest program. Also, I've personally found if I schedule our routine first around the baby/toddler, and then alternate each child's independent work with teacher time with me - off-setting each others - this makes our day go very smoothly consistently. Here is a link to a post where moms shared their different schedules:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2093&p=16049

HTH!
In Christ,
Julie

Hey Julie! Thanks so much for the link to the daily schedules.................it was really helpful. Have a good evening!

Blessings,
Christy