I'm wondering if I should go ahead and jump dd ahead to Preparing now. We are about 30% through with her 4th grade year. I already own the Preparing guide because we are using it for dictation. I don't really care if we have to finish it up the first part of 5th grade because we are using our own math, and that's the only subject I insist we finish on time each year! I think we might actually be ahead in R&S English because she does R&S 4 daily. Same with dictation.
Or, should I keep things as they are, and put dd in CTC for 5th grade next year, and have her brothers do Bigger together? (If I do this, I won't bother buying the extensions because my oldest ds is very young for his grade, so even though he'll be in 4th grade, I don't think he'll need the extensions. He and my next boy are only 16 months apart.) Would it be hard for dd to jump into CTC without doing Preparing first? Besides doing Beyond right now, she also is in MOH 1 (she draws a picture after we read each lesson, and then we do the quizzes orally) and Apologia Botany (with notebooking).
(If I put dd in Preparing now, we will drop MOH. We'll keep Botany because we are enjoying it, and it does not take very long each day.) I really hate changing things mid-year, but if it would be better for dd to go through Preparing before CTC, I'll go that route.
Please advise me!
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