Thanks for the thoughts and ideas. I'm going to see what I can do with history and bible next year. My daughter did a time line of WWII this year that she "read" to him as a story and he really liked it. I may utilize her "teaching" him more as a way to reinforce what she's learning.:seeya:

I think the first thing to do is relax.:001_smile: If God has called you to do this, He will give you the ability to do it. I used mostly BJU for my 5th grade daughter this year and BJU K Math and A Beka K4 phonics for my Pre-K son. My stack of books is daunting, also. If I tried to do everything in the BJU teacher's editions it would be overwhelming, even though I only have 2. I spent some time last summer going through them making a general lesson plan for the year. Then as I came to each chapter, I looked through the specifics and picked out just what activities I wanted to do. We did all of the math and English, which including a lot of writing projects. We did their reading/Book Links, but not every single lesson. With history, I would cover material from the book with her, then hand her off to her Daddy to do more intense studies of certain topics (He's a high school history teacher). They would pull out maps, go to the internet, watch movies, etc. She did SOS science, so I had no planning to do there. It was actually one of her favorite things this year. I used Homeschool Tracker for keeping up with assignments and grades. You can get a basic version free online. Something else is that my linen closet is my homeschool storage place. We store all the linens in the appropriate rooms. I have kept a lot of my materials in dishpans, so that I can sort them by child and pick up and carry around as needed. Hope this helps!

My daughter was having the same issues. I really like BJU math. We did BJU math for 6th grade this year and it was better. It is a mastery approach with some review spread throughout. There were only around 20 problems per lesson, which meant we could get it done quickly. I've also tried to add in some fun math projects to relate it to real life. We are currently doing a "pretend" checking account here at home for her allowance, with checks, deposit slips I created on the computer. I give her a statement to balance, too.

I have 2 children 6 years apart in age. Our daughter is 11, while our son is turning 5 in May. Our daughter is a very advanced reader and quite the deep thinker. Our son has just started reading and is very mathematical/logical. I am new to researching classical education. We've been doing a blended traditional school/unit study type education thus far. Does anyone have suggestions of ways or curriculum that I could actually bring them together for at least some of their education? Any help would be greatly appreciated!:)