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We got out of sync with the lessons. You see, we were trying to do Bigger Hearts 4 days a week and still finish in one year. I had this great plan mapped out for accomplishing this. One thing led to another and now we are on one day for science, one day for history, and everything else is kind of out of sync. Any suggestions for managing when everything is no longer on "one page"?

Sarah

Could you just hold off on some subjects and double up on others until you get back to everything lined up? Each day works so nicely with itself that it would be a shame to stay disjointed for the rest of the program. I'd just do several LA or math or whatever you are behind in until you get on the same page again.
Laura

We are like that in Math. I bought those highlighters that have the little strip of sticky paper with a color in them. It looks like little flags when I stick them in the book. I use one color for where we are in everything and another color for where we are in math. I think you can buy them without the highlighters for next to nothing at Walmart. That is if you want to keep it all at different stopping points.
If not, I would do what the other poster said and just double up on some subjects until I caught up with the rest. Starting with the subject that is the farthest behind double up until you reach the next then double up on both of those subject and keep that pattern up until everything was at the same page.
Val

I'd do what you need to do to get back on the 2-page spread. You're missing out on the ease and beauty of the program, and I so want that for you! (and me!!) That is what makes HOD super easy to use and a joy to teach from. I think I'd get back on track first, and then just do Bigger 4 days a week, and either stop and take a break at that point, picking up where you left off the next school year (if you take summers or a break off then), or I'd just continue until you're done and then take your break if it's flexible like that. We've been breaking in the middle of guides with our middle ds, and it's been fine. Once you get to PHFHG, that's a 4 day plan, so you'll be set then.

In Christ,
Julie

I agree with the other ladies here. I'd do what I needed to to get everything on the "same page" again. Carrie has it all laid out so nice...and the writing and different ways of learning are so nicely balanced in the day. My ds would NOT like it if we hit all the heavy writing on the same day because I had things staggered. He likes knowing that Wednesday is vocabulary, Tuesday is his science notebooking, Friday is history notebooking, etc... If several of those landed on the same day because I was out of sync, it wouldn't be pretty here.

We are ahead of the 2-page spread in math though, and it doesn't affect anything. I'm thinking that you could just continue on in your math, English, cursive, dictation wherever you are and they won't affect the flow of the program (unless that means excessive page-flipping for you). I'd stop whatever you needed to and double up on whatever else you needed to to get it all to line up again though.

Kathleen

Yes - I agree with Kathleen - math is kind of separate deal that can be run on its own pace if that's better. We're always a semester off from the plans since we start with "B" and end with "A" each year, and that's been fine.
In Christ,
Julie