Need help with curriculum choice
Need help with curriculum choice
I am trying to understand what to order for my two little girls. I've looked at the site a hundred times in the last week and I'm still baffled. They are six and a half, just starting to read Bob Books. They have strong basic math skills. Should I do Little Hearts first grade selection? Any advice would be appreciated. I'd hoped to start our new year next week but haven't been able to get the curriculum ordered.
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Jennymommy
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Re: Need help with curriculum choice
Good news is shipping is very fast with HOD 
I think you might feel better if you give them a call or email directly, though. You will love the curriculum when your dc are well placed.
I think you might feel better if you give them a call or email directly, though. You will love the curriculum when your dc are well placed.-
StephanieU
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Re: Need help with curriculum choice
Calling is always a good option.
I think LHFHG and Beyond could both with. If you are one that wants to finish a guide in a year, doing 180 days of HOD, then I would go with LHFHG. If you on the other hand have plans for co-ops, lots of field trips or unit articles, or other things that would make 180 of HOD school a year hard, I would lean towards Beyond, using it for a year and a half, Bigger for a year and a half, and then hopefully you would be able to do Preparing up at about a guide a year synced those guides are written to be 35 weeks, for days per week.
I think LHFHG and Beyond could both with. If you are one that wants to finish a guide in a year, doing 180 days of HOD, then I would go with LHFHG. If you on the other hand have plans for co-ops, lots of field trips or unit articles, or other things that would make 180 of HOD school a year hard, I would lean towards Beyond, using it for a year and a half, Bigger for a year and a half, and then hopefully you would be able to do Preparing up at about a guide a year synced those guides are written to be 35 weeks, for days per week.
Mom to
DD16 (completed LHFHG-WH, parts of US1 and 2)
DS14 WG (completed LHFHG-MtMM plus some of LHTH)
DD13 MtMM (completed Rev2Rev)
DS8 Bigger (completed LHTH-Beyond)
DD16 (completed LHFHG-WH, parts of US1 and 2)
DS14 WG (completed LHFHG-MtMM plus some of LHTH)
DD13 MtMM (completed Rev2Rev)
DS8 Bigger (completed LHTH-Beyond)
Re: Need help with curriculum choice
Thank you! I school year round, but we will continue CC and our church coop:) I'm driving myself crazy!
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MelInKansas
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Re: Need help with curriculum choice
You're planning to do CC, fully, and HOD? That's a lot of doubling up in the work.
Beyond has Singapore 1A/1B with hands-on activities and has Emerging Readers in it. Now Bob books are pretty easy and your children may not be ready for Emerging Readers yet, they should be reading 2nd grade level books to start Emerging Readers, otherwise you would want to pick one of the phonics options in LHFHG (start part way through if the beginning is too easy). Usually if you were using HOD for your whole curriculum and wanted to do LHFHG I would personally recommend you buy
1) the economy package
2) Devotions for the Children's Hour
3) whatever math you need, whether Kindergarten A/B or Primary Mathematics 1A/1B (if you buy the Beyond guide you get a schedule with fun hands-on activities for 1A/1B) (2 copies of your workbooks)
4) the science book and CD I see as truly optional. The CD is very helpful with the memory verses but we memorize a different version.
5) Order one of the Bibles if you want a Bible storybook rather than your own Bible. We use our own Bible.
6) Phonics
But you're doing CC and that complicates things in my mind.
Beyond has Singapore 1A/1B with hands-on activities and has Emerging Readers in it. Now Bob books are pretty easy and your children may not be ready for Emerging Readers yet, they should be reading 2nd grade level books to start Emerging Readers, otherwise you would want to pick one of the phonics options in LHFHG (start part way through if the beginning is too easy). Usually if you were using HOD for your whole curriculum and wanted to do LHFHG I would personally recommend you buy
1) the economy package
2) Devotions for the Children's Hour
3) whatever math you need, whether Kindergarten A/B or Primary Mathematics 1A/1B (if you buy the Beyond guide you get a schedule with fun hands-on activities for 1A/1B) (2 copies of your workbooks)
4) the science book and CD I see as truly optional. The CD is very helpful with the memory verses but we memorize a different version.
5) Order one of the Bibles if you want a Bible storybook rather than your own Bible. We use our own Bible.
6) Phonics
But you're doing CC and that complicates things in my mind.
Melissa
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases
His mercies never come to an end"
DD12 - Rev to Rev + DITHOR 6/7/8
DD10 - CTC + DITHOR 2/3
DD7 - Bigger + ERs
DS5 - LHFHG
DD2 - ABC123
2 babies in heaven
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases
His mercies never come to an end"
DD12 - Rev to Rev + DITHOR 6/7/8
DD10 - CTC + DITHOR 2/3
DD7 - Bigger + ERs
DS5 - LHFHG
DD2 - ABC123
2 babies in heaven
Re: Need help with curriculum choice
Thank you. This was very helpful. We live in an area with very few homeschooling families, so CC has been our lifeline for enjoying fellowship and friends. But the style of learning is not working for one of my kids due to learning disabilities. CC is going to be coop and learning from the songs, but not our core curriculum.