I'm new here, and to "official" homeschooling, with a question about the WTM history rotation and schooling multiple children. If you've BTDT with 2 or more, could you help me figure this out?
My older son will be starting history, almost certainly using Story of the World, next year. The problem is, his younger brother will be just turned 5 when the rotation starts over, and I don't want to throw him into history in the middle of the story, kwim? Not to mention, he'll be newly 8 when we reach the modern era, and I'd rather he have the extra year of maturity before we tackle that particular section of history.
In about 2 years, we'll be on the road for a good part of every year, living in a 5th wheel with my husband as he travels the country for work. (Right now, he works a good distance from home and "visits" on occasion...not very good for the family!) Basically, this means I need to plan ahead for a bare-bones and flexible setup for both boys, combining subjects whenever possible to conserve space and save time.
So on to my question, which would be better in this situation:
1) delay history by a year for my older son, covering something else in 1st grade and starting Ancients in 2nd;
2) start SotW as suggested, but expand on various topics to spread the 4 years into 5;
3) other ideas I haven't thought of yet?
TIA!!