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So happy to hear that Beyond is working for you. Maybe you should do like a previous poster said and plug your ears or do like I'm 'supposed' to be doing and stay off the boards :) I see that it is so easy to be influenced by others opinions.

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We use both!

Oh and ummmm you know you love H-O-D when you are B-R-O-K-E and yet you will scrape up every penny to get what you need for the next level and you're not even going to need it for another 6 months (with your excuse being that you need more 'reading' material). :glare:

Amen and Amen!!! HOD has been such a blessing in our home and I have been telling everyone about it that will listen. I am so happy to have found it in my second year and not later. My little man will be 3 next month and I am dying to start Little Hands with him--I am just not sure if I can hold out until he's 4.:001_huh:

Ok! This really cracked me up. You know you love HOD when you visit a forum looking for the letters H-O-D and skip over all the rest of the threads. And yes, I have read the same HOD threads numerous times. :lol: :lol: Did I mention that I take my manuals with me everywhere that I go? When I need quiet time, I take them and drive to the next street to sit in my van and read them. I've done this a few nights in a row and one home owners actually scared me half to death because he knocked on my window asking me why I keep parking outside of his home. I told him it was so that I can 'read' my HOD manuals in peace and he looked at my like I was crazy. Can you believe that? He thought I was crazy! LOL! :D :D

I am SO with you on this. I've tried 'really' hard to hate the science with all the hopping around from this page to that page BUT it gets done. :lol:

My DD8 (3rd) spends about 30-45 mins on math. We use R&S though.

Hi Dorinda, We are 1/2 way through Rod & Staff English 2 and wanted to use a separate writing program.

Thanks everyone.

Your post made me laugh--I'm glad I'm not alone. My DH thinks I'm crazy :lol:

Hi there, This is my first year with HOD---we are using Little Hearts for His Glory (1st grade) and Bigger Hearts for His Glory (grade 3). I absolutely love it. I have a love/hate relationship with schedules because I don't like being told what to do :D . But, I am loving having everything planned out for me with HOD.:party:

... you keep sitting down reading through your manuals over a cup of tea like their a novel or something :D Yup! This is what I do!!!

What are your suggestions? Have you used Writing Strands? If so, what did you think about it? Thanks!

This made me chuckle. Great idea though! :D

WOW!! Thanks ladies. Your posts have made me feel a lot better. :lol: Seeing how expensive it could be in the upper grades has me a little nervous. I have 3 children and I am combining my 6 & 8 year olds and plan on it for as long as I can. This means that I will only have to buy 1 guide each year since my little can reuse the others. He's only 3 so I have plenty of time.

$1000????:001_huh:

Maybe I just need to stay off the boards? I am using HOD this year and plan on using it for the long haul (I really hope so). I really NEED for this to work. Sorry! Just thinking out loud and realizing that I need to quit visiting so many different boards.:D

Math skills, phonics and handwriting.

I just saw your post :)

Thanks. I'll wait patiently :)

sure :)

Thank you! I will have that same problem nest year when I start LHTH with my then 4 yr old. I couldn't imagine running 3 guides.