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Thanks! I just randomly came across your curriculum online. We have 3 grown children who graduated from homeschooling and now have an adopted dd, almost 7 yo. I began homeschooling with K last year. We didn't really cover all the material because she just wasn't ready to grasp some of it. Beginning this year, I began a very reputable program, beginning with K, covering things she didn't get from the year before and then I had planned to go into the first grade level. However, because of some special needs dd has, e.g.,attention span, emotional needs, and some processing issues possibly stemming from a mild CP she had at birth, I felt the need to put her in our Christian school for Kindergarten. This has been good for her in helping her to understand why we have school, and also having other children to model, has helped her with reading and writing. It was good for me to have this break, to regroup and gain more confidence in homeschooling her.
I am ready for it! So much that I am looking for curriculum for this fall already. Our homeschool convention and curriculum fair is in May, but since you won't be there with your curriculum, I need to find out about it another way. So far, I am very excited about it, and it is probable that I will use BLHFHG in the fall for first grade. I like how the Bible is integrated into it, and also that the lessons are planned out. It really seems like something that will work for us. My concern is Math and Phonics. DD is very intelligent, when she gets something, she doesn't forget it, but because of processing difficulties, I just don't know what method would work best for her. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I look forward to the suggestions and encouragement from other members as well. I'm very excited to get back to homeschooling. The fall seems so far away.

Thanks for making this available.
Pam

Hi Pam and welcome to the boards! I don't have any advice for you other than we love HOD and plan on sticking with it till the end. I did want to pop on and suggest that you repost your request as a new post. I think this post was just a welcome from Carrie and most people don't typically reply here. If you post it as a new post, others will be sure to see it. To post as a new post, you should be able to cut and paste what you have already written. Just go to the top of the screen and click on the New Post button and then it will walk you through the steps