Not sure whether to combine kids...
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 1:55 pm
Hello Everyone. I am so excited to have chosen HOD for my first year of homeschooling!
When we start in August, Liam will be 4 years and 1 month and Molly will be 3 years and 2 months. I did the placement worksheet and here is my dilema. Liam is about 80% Little Hearts for His Glory, so that decision is easy. Molly is just right at 50/50 between Little Hands to Heaven and Little Hearts to his Glory. I am not sure if I should combine them both,which would be easier for my first foray into HSing, or if I should do seperate curriculums for each child.
Molly knows all her letters and sounds, her colors, shapes... she can tell the different between up and down, hot and cold, big and small, etc... she does not write any letters and is not really into even tracing them. She is at the VERY early stages of math concepts... I mean just starting to under stand something like "if you have 3 cards and I take one away <physically remove it> how many are left?"... she will look at the 2 left and say 2...
I have thought about doing LHTH for Liam but honestly, he IS beyond it. He can already write his name and his sisters and do basic addition and subtraction...
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated! I look forward to talking to you all again!
When we start in August, Liam will be 4 years and 1 month and Molly will be 3 years and 2 months. I did the placement worksheet and here is my dilema. Liam is about 80% Little Hearts for His Glory, so that decision is easy. Molly is just right at 50/50 between Little Hands to Heaven and Little Hearts to his Glory. I am not sure if I should combine them both,which would be easier for my first foray into HSing, or if I should do seperate curriculums for each child.
Molly knows all her letters and sounds, her colors, shapes... she can tell the different between up and down, hot and cold, big and small, etc... she does not write any letters and is not really into even tracing them. She is at the VERY early stages of math concepts... I mean just starting to under stand something like "if you have 3 cards and I take one away <physically remove it> how many are left?"... she will look at the 2 left and say 2...
I have thought about doing LHTH for Liam but honestly, he IS beyond it. He can already write his name and his sisters and do basic addition and subtraction...
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated! I look forward to talking to you all again!
Thanks for sharing about each of your dc, as that does really help with placement. I think it would work well to combine your 2 dc in LHTH, but use LHFHG for Liam's LA and math. This would help you combine your dc for the long haul, and not to the detriment of your youngest dd. 
Many, many moms do this and enjoy it. This will work with all of the guides further down the line as well. You could also do school 4 days a week with LHTH, LHFHG, Beyond, and Bigger, and gain 1 year that way so your little dd has time to grow into the guides too, if you'd like. But what are your thoughts about this? I'd like to know. 