BFSU with 2 overlapping kids

[La Condessa]

Just thought I'd share in case anyone else found this helpful--I have two girls 1.5 years apart, and had originally planned to wait until my younger dd was old enough to do it with us before starting BFSU with my oldest so I could keep them together for science. I've since scrapped that plan, because my oldest is such a science lover that I don't want to slow her down to her little sister's pace.

 

However, as I was feeling overwhelmed at the thought of potentially doing BFSU at three or four different places with different kids simultaneously, it occurred to me that it didn't have to be all or nothing. BFSU's flexible "flow chart" organization makes it possible to do science partially combined for kids a year or two apart. I wrote up a possible schedule for this where I focus mainly on one or two threads when starting with the first kid, doing only required prerequisites from the others. Then when the second kid is ready for BFSU, doing just the prereqs to get started in a previously neglected thread with 2nd child, then combining the two kids for those lessons that the first hasn't yet done. After that, they split again while the 1st goes on to the culminating lessons of the book and then to Volume II and the 2nd does the threads that the first did before they began.

 

I guess that makes it sound kind of complicated, but it winds up with the kids being combined about half the time. If anyone else is interested, I can post my schedule.

[Monica_in_Switzerland]

We are doing something similar-ish.  I took out all the B thread and its pre-reqs, and we've done just those this year, with a lot more depth.  This fall, we will do the other three threads, and I Hope my K4 will be able to participate more this fall.  This year, she was present, but not absorbing much.  :-)  The B thread in book 2 is pretty light, so we'll probably just do the book 1 B thread again for my K4, who will then by K5, and my son will sit in plus do some units from Ellen McHenry, or an in-depth unit on anatomy or something.

[Amy Jo]

I've been trying to figure out something similar and would like to see your plan.

 

ETA: I have been keeping them in the same strand, and that seems to help.

[Tanikit]

I would be interested in seeing your schedule - my elder will be finished BFSU1 by the time my younger starts it I suspect, but it would be nice to be able to line it up somehow and perhaps do review with the older before moving on to the new concepts. The younger is there for all school and is certainly picking up on things though not in any order - I have also started pulling books from the library that present the topics in BFSU at a very young level and read these first to both children and then read the more in depth ones to the older child.

[daijobu]

I wish I had this thread when I started with BFSU with my 2 dd's (18 mo's apart). I started them both on the same lesson at the same time, and they continue to do so. Now dd10 is working with dd12 on BFSU#3. I have some trepidation about this, but really, so far so good. Younger dd is getting everything just fine.

[Carpe]

Count me in the group that would love to see your schedule.