Later in the evening, my husband will work with ds8.5 on more reading. When I ask questions during readings of history or poetry or whatever, I make sure I direct the question to ONE child specifically and make sure ONLY that child answers. We take turns. It is working well so far (this is only day 2 keep in mind, lol!). For us, I have to make a very detailed and specific schedule or I will pull my hair out trying to help all 7 children when THEY want my help. LOL. So, I had to go more by time allotments for each subject than the specific subject. Make sense? I hope you enjoy doing Beyond. We had a rough year last year and didn't enjoy LHFHG that much (too babyish for them) but we are loving Beyond!

Hi! Yes, I am doing Beyond with my dd6 and ds8.5. For various reasons, I MUST do some things with them independently b/c of the competition. ;) Ds8.5 is a struggling reader and just not as, um, "sharp"(?) as dd6. I do not want to sound like I am comparing them. I'm not. Ds8.5 has just always struggled while dd6 began reading at age 4 (on her own) and simply has a "gift" for it. Make sense? Anyway, here is what I do (keeping in mind I have 5 others I am also teaching, using 3 other HOD guides). I have my dd14 do the History reading with them first thing in the am. That frees me up to work with my ds10 in Bigger. Later, dd14 does spelling/grammar with dd6 and ds8.5. For the most part, I keep them together for most subjects/boxes. Really, the only time I separate and work independently is for reading. I will work with ds8.5 for 15 min. on his reading while dd6 does her copywork and then we switch. (more in next msg)