Hi Nicole, and welcome to the HOD Board!
Striving2Bproverbs31 gave you excellent advice here already, and it looks like it was just what you needed as you have now found the placement chart and been able to see where each of your dc place best. I think you will enjoy doing LHFHG and BHFHG - the are both such neat guides to do.
I have taught both of those guides twice, and I always look at BHFHG as my most important teaching year, as it is the year I am really teaching so many important skills that are teacher-directed in BHFHG, but are more independent in PHFHG on up. I am glad your dc will get in on all that good foundational learning before the greater independence will be expected of them. Doing BHFHG well helped each of my dc take on more independence successfully, and they just blossomed from it.
BHFHG also gave my dc many American heroes to look up to - such an inspirational year of learning within a biographical approach.
LHFHG is just a good way to start really delving into history, and it sets the tone for dc to be aware of how God's hand is always in history. The one year sweep helps dc understand the overall flow of history so well, and the short lesson methods incorporated in the guide makes for a good balance of hands-on and seatwork. It also allows there to be enough time to really hit those important early skills of reading, writing, and math.
LHFHG was such fun to teach for this age!
We do 3 guides and love it, but like Liz said, my dc are accurately placed.
I am so glad you are going to get to do HOD - it is such a blessing to us and now will surely be to you as well! There is a wonderful thread on schedules/routines that may be helpful, since having some sort of a schedule/routine when schooling multiple dc is a homeschool mom's best friend.
I posted my schedule on the last page of it for last year, and we did RTR, BHFHG, and LHTH, in case that is helpful, but there are many varied schedules within this thread, and I bet you'll click with some of them...
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HTH, and I look forward to getting to know you here! This board is so encouraging and helpful - I truly enjoy my time here with these ladies. I think you'll fit right in!
In Christ,
Julie
I'll tell you this about using three guides.....this is the smoothest our homeschooling has ever been!! It was miserable trying to combine my kids with other curriculum. This is the happiest me and dc have been with homeschooling. Saying all of this to tell you.....YES...it can be done, with great success!!