mommy5 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 My DD is 5 yr old and finished our "K" curriculum in November and we are starting our new year now ... we started with LHFHG yesterday and I'm very pleased with the layout and love how it tells what to do, etc. It is perfect for us. The left side of the page is perfect for my 5 yr old ... absolutely perfect. The right side is way way too easy. She begs to do more work. I pulled out Beyond and started using the right side of Beyond mixed with the left side of Little Hearts for her. She does the spelling list 1, the emerging reading, the Singapore Math 1 ... and it all seems sort of easy for her. I know that would not have been the case with my son had he used the same thing at that age. He just turned 8 and is using Bigger and it is perfect for him. He is doing emergent reader, spelling list 1, R&S 2 ... everything. We are doing the whole thing as written. I'm wondering if I really should have just combined them. Has anyone been in this same spot? Has anyone every used both Beyond and Little with the same child ... and Bigger with another child? Should I have just combined both in Beyond? I'm just getting over being really sick for the last 2 weeks and thought I had everything figured out ... and now I'm confused. I love HOD and I really love Bigger for DS. If I didn't have such a quick little 5 yr old I wouldn't be questioning any of this! Guess this is a good thing to have to worry about ... just don't want to sell anyone short. As of right now I'm able to get both done in 3 hours or so because when I'm directly teaching one, the other is finishing up some work (like math, etc). aadxxbtnqv likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esse Quam Videri Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 We have used LHTH, LHFHG, BLHFHG, and BHFHG. When trying to decide whether or not it would be feasible to combine DD8 and DS6 in Preparing, the consensus on the HOD board was "No way. A younger child, though bright, will not get much out of the program." In retrospect, I know I could have combined them and my younger would have done very well. If it works best for your family to combine, go for it. You know your DC best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidbits of Learning Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I think it depends on how independent you want the guides to become for your older child as they go up in guides. We have done LHTH, LHFHG, BLHFHG, BHFHG, and CTC. Would I choose to combine a quick 5 yr old and an 8 yr old in Bigger personally? No, definitely not. My older child would take it way too personally. Whether the younger child would do fine would be besides the point. If you said your kids were closer in age/grade, I might have a different answer. I have used the left and right side of different guides. It isn't that big of a deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommy5 Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 Thanks for both of your feedback. I was not going to combine in Bigger ... I was thinking of taking DS down to Beyond and DD up to Beyond and meeting them in the middle. I will just probably continue on with what I'm doing, though, because even though academically my 5 yr old can read/write/do math well she would not understand the history and Bible lessons in Bigger... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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