We are only in MOH 1 . I have looked at samples for vol 2 and it looks like my children will like it next year . I am also considering to take a break and do either Heart of Dakota or American History between vol 1 -2 or 2-3 .

Wow ! Incredible . You girls make me cry. Wonderful advice . I will think about that and try to stick to it :001_smile: Thanks!

-------------- with four children 6 and under ? Advice for a Curriculum ( Christian ) Math program Time management Hours spent teaching ? etc etc ... Thanks!

We love Mystery of History !

I thought about the same thing because they both cover different things . I am planning to do WWE 3 days and WS 2 days . Hope it will work.

wow this looks great ! Never heard about it . Is it new?

Classical conversations has great science flashcards for memory work

I don't have this but EPS made great phonics &spelling materials so most of tthem I guess are good.

get leapfrog factory dvd and leapfrog read sing along dvd and combine these with phonics pathways or etc .

That is what I am trying to do (print the samples ) and look over for many weeks , but stil cannot decide ! I think we will use HOD but add some books from SL , that way I will have both :)

Not sure about History Alive but I do use MOH with my young children and we all love it. There is a great schedule , timelines , extra books on MOH yahoo group. I also use notebooking / coloring .

I am new too. For history we love Mystery of History vol 1 .

BTW, some P3/4 selections might also be a good addition for your dc. My 6yo still loves many of the stories despite its designation and it might be a fun break for your ds. Flip-Flap Body Book, What Do People Do All Day, Mike Mulligan and More, The McCloskey Treasury, Hans Christain Anderson Treasury, and Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm are all books that I would highly recommend for 5yos and beyond. These are just what I thought of off the top of my head...there are so many other great books in that core that appeal to older dc. ETA: I don't use SL LA (not our cup of tea), but are really liking WWE and can't wait to start FLL. I have these books and they love it. Flip-Flap Body Book, What Do People Do All Day . I have a few from Sl 3/4 and K too . That's why I thought they would like SL . But I really like the discussion , Bible and story time in HOD . It seems that SL is just reading , reading and not much talking about what you read (correct me if I am wrong). I wish there was something with Sonlight books but HOD Bible and discussion :001_smile: . I don't think we will like HOD books as I own a few and I am not excited about them but I love every SL book I own .

I have an almost 7 year old boy (in Oct. ) and a 5 1/2 year old girl . The boy has some speech delay and does not seem to comprehend longer books without pictures , although the specialist said this comprehension issue is due to his language delay and he does not have any auditory processing processing problems. Both of them are reading one-two syllable words , some digraphs , long vowels , but still need their phonics for more fluency in reading. The boy is a little more advanced --he reads more complicated words but slower , the girl reads faster but cannot yet read harder words . Both of them are able to write and spell short vowel words . If I'd use Sonlight, I'd add FLL & WWE for both because I like the narration aspect and it seems it improves my son's speech. My understanding is that with HOD , I do not need these as narration is incorporated throughout the program. Is that correct ? I have many books from Little hearts ( History for little pilgrims) Beyond ( American pioneers, Boys and girls in colonial days, Pilgrims ) . I haven't used them but my impression is that they will be bored with these , they seem uninteresting at least at first sight... I also have Abeka 1st grade history and they beg me to read from it , porobably because the bright pictures and short passages ... So which program is the right one for us : -Little Hearts -Beyond Little hearts - Sonlight pre-k or k -textbook program ( Abeka?) Please help! I appreciate any suggestion ! I am new to homeschooling and very nervous . Thanks!

Thank you ! It's very helpful to know how others are doing it. I don't think it's too much and usually he does not complain , he likes all the curriculum I bou7ght this year :)