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We are finishing up Bigger due to unique circumstances...So I had originally planned to wait till the fall for CTC, but I can see that the girls, especially Keri, need so much more. It is very tiring to "tweak" Bigger for both of them. It would be less taxing if I had at least one child placed properly in it.
So, when we finish Bigger, I want to go straight into CTC! Tamara finished Preparing just around Christmas, and for Keri I would consider it starting fresh, as though it is her first time with HOD, and checking the placement chart, CTC will be a perfect fit. Right now, I am having them do written narrations so that won't come as a surprise when CTC starts. Keri wants more writing, and I know WWTB will provide that. The balance of different language arts lessons and DITHOR on alternating days will be a welcome change for her. Tamara wants more reading, so she will have that with CTC's history books and science books. Keri loves nature and biology, so I believe the science will interest her very much.
I have to say, it's also my way of trying to help Keri get excited about homeschooling for fall-because when she sees how exciting and challenging school is when we start CTC around May, and then we stop for the summer...I have a hope she will be eager to pick up where we left off in September instead of wanting to go back to public school

I am excited for you! That sounds like a great plan...kind of like an appetizer before a scrumptious meal! That's the way to whet the appetite!

That sounds great and congrats on finishing up Bigger. We are on Unit 29 already! Looking into Preparing already has me excited about starting it, but I will try to wait until the Fall and give us all a summer break But you never know......maybe we should start in May too, just to satisfy my curiosity for Preparing

Ok, so I went ahead and ordered a copy of the CTC manual It wasn't enough anymore to look at my catalog or the samples online! It's good because when I do get to order all the rest, I plan to have two copies of the manual so that each daughter can use it as their own In the meantime I can pore through it and see what we have to look forward to After I submitted the order, I wished I had also ordered a copy of the student pages...lol oh well, I will have to wait some more...

Lourdes - what a good plan! Your thinking is making good sense here, and I'm excited for you to get your CTC guide! I think you are doing a great job of thinking through placement, and though CTC is a big (yet appropriate for ages) step up from Bigger Hearts, I do believe your dc are going to enjoy making the leap. Hope the mail is speedy - have fun looking over your guide!

In Christ,
Julie