
I've been trying to read as many posts on placement concerns as I can and try and see how my senarios might be similar so I can get a good idea on where to place my ds, but everyone's situations and families are so different, so I'm going go ahead and post my situation and see what you lovely ladies think!!

We are not starting HOD until this fall and my original plan is to use Beyond. My ds will be 6 at the beginning of September and I am planning on reporting him as first grade this fall. We are currently doing K about 3-4 days a week. We are using Little Pilgrims, A Reason for Handwriting K and Singapore Earlybird Kinder 2A & 2B (and using all these even before realizing HOD had curriculum past LHTH!!). For phonics we use Happy Phonics, ETC and early readers. He is currently reading 3-5 letter short vowel words. We will be finishing up blends soon and moving onto long vowels and digraphs. I plan on working on phonics through the summer in hopes of getting him to be an emerging reader. We are currently not doing any formal science lessons. I think he is a little behind with his handwriting and needs a little extra time on that. I think I will either buckle down and really work on it with him over the summer or continue using A Reason for Handwriting on their schedule, or maybe both!
So, I'm thinking that Beyond is the best way to go, and start the emerging readers when he is ready for them. When I checked out the placement charts on HOD website, he falls more into the Beyond curriculum. But, of course, now I'm just second guessing myself because I want to make sure we are doing the "right" program.
I hope all this makes sense and I hope I included all important info. Any suggestions, comments, advice is much appreciated. This message board is such a blessing!!!
Oh, and I will be doing Little Hands with an almost 4 year old this fall as well.
TIA