Okay, I have an 8yo boy (will be 3rd grade in the fall) who loves history and a 5 yo girl who wants to start doing history for school. (She'll officially be a kindergartener in the fall, and we're in a compulsive kindergarten state).
We've done SOTW with him since he was her age, and he's loved it. History is his favorite subject, and he's really good at understanding what's going on and comparing say, Caesar to Napoleon. We've gotten 75% of the way through book 3, so I need to figure out what I'm doing next. ;)
We're planning on skipping book 4 for now and start over with the ancients. The 4yo is sensitive to even some of the issues in book 3, and the projects for the ancients will be more fun for her anyway, I think. (And I'm not going to try to teach them two different time periods at the same time...!)
So, I was wondering -- is it possible to have the little one do SOTW and the activity book while having the 8yo do one of the levels of HO? And if so, which one? I'm worried he'll feel level 1 is too young, but level two might be too much. He doesn't write a lot, and his fine motor skills aren't that strong. Most of his school is oral, or on a white board, or whatever. Not writing lots of things. I'm considering letting him write things on a laptop, but I'm not sure.
Anyway, any ideas? :D I'm looking for something to stretch his mind, but if it's all writing (or mentally beyond him so he wouldn't get much out of it), then it won't help much.
I'm also feeling exceptionally insane and might try adding in lessons and reading from Living Math... you know, in my copious free time. (Did I mention there's a hyper, needy 1 year old who avoids sleep?)