I was planning on adding in Spanish next year. Honestly, this sounds so intimidating to me which is why I’ve put it off so many years. [emoji85][emoji85][emoji85] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We have morning time followed by history and/or science then go into seat work/independent work. That adds an hour-ish to his day. But those subjects he loves, and I try to make as hands on/activity based as possible so he doesn’t consider school to start until his seat work begins. [emoji23] LOVE the sound of Adventures in Fantasy! He loves to journal and write short stories so this will be right up his alley! The puzzles sound great, too. Thanks for the suggestions! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Definitely not punishment. He’s very bright and I don’t think he’s being challenged right now. No extra math or grammar, mainly looking for some fun extras to fill in and round out his day. ;) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I need some ideas :) My sixth grade son is getting through with all of his school work in 2-2.5 hours. That’s Bible/BSF homework, math/math drill/fraction practice, handwriting/journaling, spelling, grammar, writing, geography, and his instrument practice. We do history and Science as a family. He flew through his vocab for the year. And he’s a VORACIOUS reader. He probably reads 3-4 chapter books a week...I made a book list of quality literature for the year and he’s 2/3 of the way through that list. I’m all for being thorough!! And he’s doing quality work. But he’s bored afterwards which leads to too much tv or wanting to pull siblings away so they can play. And I also feel that this is a good time to work on building stamina since I plan on adding more to his workload next year going into 7th/middle school. I feel like he should be working 3.5 to 4 hours. What are your thoughts??? Do I need to relax? Or is there something I can add to beef up his day? It needs to be student led as my time is limited. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Guest Hollow has several courses that could work. It’s made up of living books and kits/hands on. I would say it’s “buffet style†where you can pick and choose what works for your family. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We used Guest Hollow’s Geography. Lots of hands on crafts and videos. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Guest Hollow has several levels of Anatomy. You could look at what she schedules in and see what appeals to your child. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Background: This school year I am teaching a 5th, 4th, 2nd, and Ker. I wanted to try my hand at Sonlight and a literature-based history curriculum. I placed my older two students in Core D (Early American History-1850) and combined by younger two in Core A (World Cultures). We are absolutely loving it and all our school work is getting done. **We are only using History/Bible/Lit...we have other curricula for math and LA I was hesitant to make this change so didn't think in terms of long-term planning when I purchased the two cores. I love it and would like to stay with it (or something similar) next school year, however.... Problem: If I stick with Sonlight next year, I'll have two in Modern American History and two in World History. I think I would much rather have all four children study the same time period in history. There is too big of an age gap to combine into one core, and I'm not sure I'm ready for my younger ones to study 1850-present... What would you do? I'm spinning my wheels and not sure where to go at this point...unless I just deal with the fact they won't be studying the same time periods.