Well, although the intent was to wait until the fall to begin HOD, we decided to go ahead and start my middle two now!
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
We might wait until the fall to start my oldest, although I'm quite tempted to try now. I bought LHFHG with the kindergarten and first grade workbooks for my 5 and 7 year old (both late summer birthdays). We started last week and we've been having fun! However, I feel that my 5 year old just isn't quite there yet as he is just now learning his ABC's. He also doesn't seem to understand what is happening in the Burgess book. They are only 22 months apart in age, and it would be so nice to combine them since I will eventually be running 4 guides if they stay separate, but I also want to make sure I'm matching their current levels. I've also read that it's best not to run guides back to back. When I go through the guide placement, my daughter lines up with Beyond best (7.5 years, 1st grade), and my son lines up with LHTH (5.5 years, Pre-K). I considered buying the supplies to include my 2 year old with his big brother in LHTH this year. If I put them in those levels, besides the fact that I'm starting them in February,
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is there any hope of combining them later?
My 10.5 year old (in 4th grade this year) seems to be resisting the idea of new curriculum. I am tempted to begin him in his CtoC right now as he is advanced and I feel, in particular, that the emphasis on becoming a godly young man in the Res2Rev would be beneficial earlier rather than later. I think he is starting to hit those changes earlier than his mother would like!
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He told me tonight, however, that it would bother him to start new curriculum mid-year. By the end of this, I might end up buying LHTH to Res2Rev trying to find the best placements!
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I think I'm just afraid to place them on a wrong guide track.