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Anyone doing LHFHG with a 9 yo?
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:22 pm
by deltagal
Hi all,
My ds is currently working his way slowly through Bigger, but he LOVES doing LHFHG with his ds! And I'm finding that LHFHG is doing some much needed skill reinforcement for him, but he does need to work on many of the skills in Bigger, as well. It would just be SO MUCH EASIER if they were in the same guide.
Re: Anyone doing LHFHG with a 9 yo?
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:35 pm
by Bramble
oh wow, you have 4 guides going!
I'm doing 3. I have a 9 yr. old in Bigger and my 7 and 5 yr. olds in Little Hearts. I could not see putting my 9 yo in Little Hearts but I do not know your son. My son probably wouldn't mind because he'd like to do less and simple, but he needs to be challenged and LHFHG would just not challenge him. He does enjoy listening to the LHFHG storytime. Maybe to lighten your load you could do Little Hearts at half-pace? or maybe you are doing that already.
Re: Anyone doing LHFHG with a 9 yo?
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:26 pm
by Carrie
Florence,
I'm wondering if you could consider doing both LHFHG and Bigger Hearts at half-speed?
For example you could do the left side of Bigger Hearts on the day your younger one was doing the right side of LHFHG. That way your oldest wouldn't really want/need to sit-in on the right side of LHFGH as it is more about the 3R's, but your 5 year old would have the needed 3 R's practice alone wtih you. Then, on the next day, you could do the left side of the LHFHG and have the 9 year old child sit-in for those lessons and then do the right side of Bigger Hearts for the older child too on that day (as that is the 3R's and science).
In that way, your oldest could reap the benefits of sitting in on LHFHG's left side and of still moving forward in Bigger Hearts, and your little 5 year old could keep moving steadily forward too, but your day would be MUCH shorter.
I know it might confuse the order of history events a bit to pop back and forth between LHFHG and Bigger's readings, however I think kiddos already do that often with what they're reading on their own.
If this worked for you, you could keep that plan for two years then, or could reassess at the beginning of next year to see if you want one or both to go full-speed. You'd likely enjoy your time with them more if you weren't as rushed for time too.
Just a thought!
Blessings,
Carrie