KeriJ, this sounds like a nice way to do history together as a family . Would you mind sharing what spines that you used. Thanks.

Well we are doing AAR on Monday Wed Friday and AAS on Tuesday Thursday . It was too much for us to do them both on the same day . I have a 2nd grader, 1st grader, and a K'er and running multiple levels of both this year has been so hard. Some days we don't even get to our science or history . I can't seem to get it all done . I'm trying to find balance but kind of struggling in this area .

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Kathy do you think HOD is time consuming even in the younger guides? Was just curious.. I have been flip flopping back and forth with Beyond .. what we have picked this year isn't going to work for us .. insert big sigh.. Thanks Meg

Thanks Amysue for asking this question.. I was wondering the same thing.

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The level 3 samples on the All About Learning website look beautiful . It just keeps getting better with each level! We have decided to continue with level 3 here .

Thanks Nicole, would you mind sharing how you split your lessons up? My daughter really has struggled but she seems to be taking off.. I have thought about switching but its hard to use something else after AAR .. Thanks again.

Bumping..I have 3 that will be working on AAR this year. And I am finding that it is taking us a longtime to get thru the levels. I really love AAR but I am afraid we won't be able to continute to use it. I am also panicking that my 7 year old is not far enough along.

We are thinking of using Rod and Staff math this year. I was looking thru their 1st grade book and I really like the way that they explained concepts. So nice to hear how much people like it.. Hope you have a good year.

Oh thats awful. I had just seen her a week earlier at a homeschool convention. That is so sad and shocking. I feel so bad for her family.

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Sagira, have you used any other levels of LBC with your older child? Do you love the books?

Thanks Marie, I really want to combine my kids but I am finding this isn't as easy as I thought it would be :)

Thanks Amy! It does look so good! I was thinking of doing the first grade guide for my k, 1, and 2nd graders. I love the books that they use . And, I love the idea of studying both world and ancient history at the same time . The first grade curriculum seems like a nice mesh ( for us) of what they should be learning at this stage .. But, I do have toddler who is very active so I need open and go. I also feel like I will need some type of history cycle ( eventually) that I can fold them into ... But for now this seems so fun and interesting .. Maybe I will email them to see how much prep is involved .