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shera wrote:my dh wants ds to get the overview of history and the Bible that Little Hearts has.

Sarah makes an excellent point here. I am thrilled with the history part of Little Hearts. I learned alot and the kids did too!
It's an excellent overview of History from a christian perspective.

Mary, I sincerely apologize if my question was out of order. Please forgive. Your ds is very blessed to have a mother who searches and tries so hard to find the best for him. Little Hands does sound like the right level.

I won't go into detail, but someone very close to me just had her ds diagnosed as autistic and it was extremely painful for her. I had no idea about your ds or I wouldn't have probed for details. I am trying to talk my friend into homeschooling her ds, but he is an only child and her dh is opposed.

I'm sure you'll make the best decision for your 7yo as well. Best wishes!

Melanie wrote:Mary, I sincerely apologize if my question was out of order. Please forgive. Your ds is very blessed to have a mother who searches and tries so hard to find the best for him. Little Hands does sound like the right level.

I won't go into detail, but someone very close to me just had her ds diagnosed as autistic and it was extremely painful for her. I had no idea about your ds or I wouldn't have probed for details. I am trying to talk my friend into homeschooling her ds, but he is an only child and her dh is opposed.

I'm sure you'll make the best decision for your 7yo as well. Best wishes!

Oh no no sweet Melanie, it is not painful for me at all. I have an older child with LD's too. I love to encourage moms in the same boat, because God knows exactly what he's doing, there are no mistakes. Some of my most precious memories have been working w/ my children who have learning differences

Please please do not feel bad. I did not think it was an inappropriate question at all. (((Warm Hugs)))

Mary,

The moms are giving you such helpful advice. Now that you have the guides in hand and know that you actually can do more than one HOD program at the same time and still have time to live your life.... I think the most important factor to consider is whether or not your 7 year old will be ready for "Bigger..." next year. If not, then it would be best to stay with the history for "Little Hearts...".

Either way, you sound like you're moving in the right direction. Placement can be interesting at first as there are so many factors involved to consider (especially when trying to decide whether to combine or not). However, like water2wine mentioned, once you get on track with the correct placement, moving on to the next program becomes much easier.

Once your kiddos get older, it also becomes easier to combine them for history and Bible, if needed, as they can listen and comprehend much better as that part of their thinking develops. So, combining when they're younger can actually be harder at times than combining when they are older. So, even though they are in separate programs now, there may be some combining possible again for some of them later down the road.

Just thinking out loud with you!

Blessings,
Carrie

I think I lost the fact that you had any LD you were dealing with. Now it makes total sense. I completely understand having to have the perfect fit for him. My dd is stubborn if she is put in something way over her head. That is how I know we have gone too far with her. But sometimes I can trick her and she does not know she is being pushed

Mary, I got to tell you that I am thrilled that we are doing HOD with my daughter. She will maybe never be able to read on her age level but she can still learn some great stuff and the way this program focuses on reading is really helping her and me to know how to teach things to her.

Let me know how you love LHTH so I can be jealous that we never got to do it.