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I am taking ds5 back to Little Hearts for his History and Science. We are doing the right side of Beyond (spelling, read alouds and emerging readers as well as our own Math and English programs). We are starting Unit 6 next week of Beyond though. First of all, I am not sure if I should just stop history, science and Bible for this coming week until I get Little Hearts or if I should continue on until I get my new stuff. Then, there is the issue of being 6 weeks into the program. Do I start Little Hearts at the beginning? Do we speed up to get to week 6 in a short period of time? And then next year when ds does the left side of Beyond, should I repeat this 6 weeks of material? I am thinking yes, but would love to hear from someone who has BTDT and gone back a level in history/science in mid stride. Thanks!

I'd probably just drop history/science until you get LHFHG. It will come quickly.

And I'd just start at the beginning. LHFHG starts with creation. You can't really skip it and have world history, kwim?

So you are six weeks behind? No biggie. You could continue to read (for fun) during holidays or summer. You could double up occasionally (but I wouldn't do that all the time). My children loved those two books. We could have read them every night for a year and they would have been happy. I wouldn't stress it. Just get into a groove AT NORMAL SPEED and then as the year goes on see what happens.