I have a 7yo who would be ready to do all of BLHFHG. However, I am really interested in teaching the beautiful flow of LHFHG's hx. section. I have a 5yo who is ready for the LHFHG.
If I have him do the LH hx then it seems he doesn't do hx/sci or bible from BLH. Will he ever be just in one book if I start it like this or will he then next year be in BLH for history and moving forward to Bigger for everything else. Agh.
Am I making a bigger deal out of it than necessary? In organization and/or in the foundation of LH history "skeleton" of our world?
Thanks for the feedback in advance.
I also have two little ones 2 & 3. Therefore, I am hesitating on the amount of individual time I need to give both my ds and dd to do LH and BLH when all I have is their siesta time (1.5 -2 hrs.) and 2-3 days a week my 5yo still takes a siesa.
I hope this makes sense to someone. It is like trying to nail jello to a tree!
should I skip hx for LH if he is ready for everything in BLH
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Evergreen Mama
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should I skip hx for LH if he is ready for everything in BLH
Davena
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Re: should I skip hx for LH if he is ready for everything in
How bout doing both programs and having ds listen to his younger sibs history lessons?Evergreen Mama wrote:I have a 7yo who would be ready to do all of BLHFHG. However, I am really interested in teaching the beautiful flow of LHFHG's hx. section. I have a 5yo who is ready for the LHFHG.
If I have him do the LH hx then it seems he doesn't do hx/sci or bible from BLH. Will he ever be just in one book if I start it like this or will he then next year be in BLH for history and moving forward to Bigger for everything else. Agh.
Am I making a bigger deal out of it than necessary? In organization and/or in the foundation of LH history "skeleton" of our world?
Thanks for the feedback in advance.
I also have two little ones 2 & 3. Therefore, I am hesitating on the amount of individual time I need to give both my ds and dd to do LH and BLH when all I have is their siesta time (1.5 -2 hrs.) and 2-3 days a week my 5yo still takes a siesa.
I hope this makes sense to someone. It is like trying to nail jello to a tree!
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I am like you about working one child out of two books. I see nothing wrong with it, but I just prefer the nice neat little package. And with 2 more lil ones coming up there would be even more benefit of keeping things to a simple.
If it were me (this is just my OPINION) I would have both of your olders doing Lil Hearts. Seven years old is still not too old to just have fun and not worry too much about academics. You could always provide your child with library books to read aloud, and a more advanced math book if needed.
If it were me (this is just my OPINION) I would have both of your olders doing Lil Hearts. Seven years old is still not too old to just have fun and not worry too much about academics. You could always provide your child with library books to read aloud, and a more advanced math book if needed.
Susie ~ servant to Christ, wife to Ricky for 25 years, mom to Trisha 22, Kris 21, Joshua 19 and Hannah Grace almost 4.
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I guess what I would do is weigh both sides of the issue:
Will he be board? Will he be behind?
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How much will I be able to handle in the future?
I don't know your son's personality, so I don't know if he would be board. Looks like fun to me though. I really don't think he would be behind public schools for sure, when you compare what they do in 1st-2nd grade in history and science to what is in LH. Especially if you have him reading library books for practice, and up the math.
Only you will be able to figure out if you will be able to handle doing 3 programs in the future. I know others do it successfully and are very comfy with it, but I would fall to pieces. What can you handle? What other things do you/will you have in your life?
Will he be board? Will he be behind?
vs
How much will I be able to handle in the future?
I don't know your son's personality, so I don't know if he would be board. Looks like fun to me though. I really don't think he would be behind public schools for sure, when you compare what they do in 1st-2nd grade in history and science to what is in LH. Especially if you have him reading library books for practice, and up the math.
Only you will be able to figure out if you will be able to handle doing 3 programs in the future. I know others do it successfully and are very comfy with it, but I would fall to pieces. What can you handle? What other things do you/will you have in your life?
Susie ~ servant to Christ, wife to Ricky for 25 years, mom to Trisha 22, Kris 21, Joshua 19 and Hannah Grace almost 4.
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If you are concerned about language arts you could easily add Primary Language Lessons this year. It is very simple, short, and sweet.
http://www.lcbcbooks.com/primary.htm
http://www.lcbcbooks.com/primary.htm
Susie ~ servant to Christ, wife to Ricky for 25 years, mom to Trisha 22, Kris 21, Joshua 19 and Hannah Grace almost 4.
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Hi Davena!
I'm going to throw another idea into the hat here. Why don't you just do Beyond... with your oldest at half-speed, doing the left side of the plans one day, and the right side of the plans the next day. And then, also do LHFHG with your younger at half-speed, left side one day, right side next day. That way, you could be teaching each of them on their appropriate levels, and you could still ease into teaching 2 programs. At this slower pace, Beyond... would take you about 1 to 1 1/2 hours a day to teach, and LHFHG would take you about 45 min. a day to teach. If at any point you wanted to pick up the pace and do both sides of the plans for either one of them, that would be very easy to do.
I wouldn't pick the curriculum based on the history. You made a very good point about it cycling back around again anyway. Chances are, no matter what you do for history, it won't be remembered extremely well anyway - I don't remember any of my history from when I was in K or 1st., do you?
It's all about laying the foundation here in the younger grades, and either LHFHG and/or Beyond... will do that nicely. Both of these programs are exciting and interesting to do; there is nothing boring about either one of them, so you really can't go wrong here! 
In Christ,
Julie
I'm going to throw another idea into the hat here. Why don't you just do Beyond... with your oldest at half-speed, doing the left side of the plans one day, and the right side of the plans the next day. And then, also do LHFHG with your younger at half-speed, left side one day, right side next day. That way, you could be teaching each of them on their appropriate levels, and you could still ease into teaching 2 programs. At this slower pace, Beyond... would take you about 1 to 1 1/2 hours a day to teach, and LHFHG would take you about 45 min. a day to teach. If at any point you wanted to pick up the pace and do both sides of the plans for either one of them, that would be very easy to do.
I wouldn't pick the curriculum based on the history. You made a very good point about it cycling back around again anyway. Chances are, no matter what you do for history, it won't be remembered extremely well anyway - I don't remember any of my history from when I was in K or 1st., do you?
It's all about laying the foundation here in the younger grades, and either LHFHG and/or Beyond... will do that nicely. Both of these programs are exciting and interesting to do; there is nothing boring about either one of them, so you really can't go wrong here! In Christ,
Julie
Enjoyed LHTH to USII
Currently using USI
Wife to Rich for 28 years
Mother to 3 sons, ages 23, 20, and 16
Sister to Carrie
Currently using USI
Wife to Rich for 28 years
Mother to 3 sons, ages 23, 20, and 16
Sister to Carrie
Julie said it like I would.
While history is my favorite thing to teach my kids, I wouldn't pick the level giving history the greatest weight. I would go to the math/language portions for placement. History is so awesome, but despite our passions for it, they will most likely remember very little of it. The ideas that I want to pass to them for history in these young ages are - (1) it is fun and (2) His-Story/history is Christ-centered. Either LHFHG or Beyond will accomplish those.
While history is my favorite thing to teach my kids, I wouldn't pick the level giving history the greatest weight. I would go to the math/language portions for placement. History is so awesome, but despite our passions for it, they will most likely remember very little of it. The ideas that I want to pass to them for history in these young ages are - (1) it is fun and (2) His-Story/history is Christ-centered. Either LHFHG or Beyond will accomplish those.
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I have felt the same way about missing out on Little Hearts history. I didn't find this program until January, and I realized then that I would have to make a decision and just go with it. I based my selection on the placement chart, and it's been right on target with where my little guy is maturity wise.
I have to admit though, that I've looked back longingly at some of the books we've missed by passing Little Hearts by. I already had several of the Thornton Burgess books, and our library had several of the others. I decided to add in these sweet little stories to start our day, and we've thoroughly enjoyed them. As far as the history, we'll get around to that again with Preparing, so I have to let that go until then. We're really happy with what we're doing in Beyond right now, and God has truly blessed us with a much better school year!
I have to admit though, that I've looked back longingly at some of the books we've missed by passing Little Hearts by. I already had several of the Thornton Burgess books, and our library had several of the others. I decided to add in these sweet little stories to start our day, and we've thoroughly enjoyed them. As far as the history, we'll get around to that again with Preparing, so I have to let that go until then. We're really happy with what we're doing in Beyond right now, and God has truly blessed us with a much better school year!
Moving along at our own pace, and very happy with it!
Evergreen Mama,
I'm coming late to the thread here, but I would agree with the ladies that the history cycle is the least important factor about where to place your kiddos. In your situation, as the ladies already pointed out, it is especially important to look at 2 factors. One is the placement chart to pinpoint where your kiddos fall. Two, is whether or not you wish to combine them for history, science, geography, Bible, and storytime.
If you are considering combining them at all, then it would be good to give it a trial run by placing both kiddos in Little Hearts. It sounds like you would need to add in the language arts and math from Beyond for your older child. This is a good way to tell whether combining fits your teaching style and your kiddos learning style.
Then, after you've given it a trial run, if LHFHG doesn't seem like enough for your oldest, you can easily (and quite economically) slip that child into doing "Beyond..." and just continue on with LHFHG with your second child.
I'm coming late to the thread here, but I would agree with the ladies that the history cycle is the least important factor about where to place your kiddos. In your situation, as the ladies already pointed out, it is especially important to look at 2 factors. One is the placement chart to pinpoint where your kiddos fall. Two, is whether or not you wish to combine them for history, science, geography, Bible, and storytime.
If you are considering combining them at all, then it would be good to give it a trial run by placing both kiddos in Little Hearts. It sounds like you would need to add in the language arts and math from Beyond for your older child. This is a good way to tell whether combining fits your teaching style and your kiddos learning style.
Then, after you've given it a trial run, if LHFHG doesn't seem like enough for your oldest, you can easily (and quite economically) slip that child into doing "Beyond..." and just continue on with LHFHG with your second child.