How time-consuming or difficult do you think it would be to have my oldest doing a separate history curriculum from the other boys?

I'm not familiar with BiblioPlan, but this will be our 4th year in CC. We use it as an add-on to our homeschool - I love the memory work, and the community it gives us. You can use CC as your main curriculum (aside from math and LA), but for us it's worked just fine as an extra, doing 20 minutes of CC memory review a day at home, and enjoying the classroom experience and friendships on our CC day.

SOTW 4 Apologia Physics Latina Christiana Singapore Math 4 Grammar and writing through CC (EEL, IEW) Literature corresponding to history Spelling Workout D HWT cursive practice Of course we haven't started yet, so who knows what the year will actually look like!

I've got a 4th grader, in our 4th year of the SOTW cycle. Omnibus is looking attractive to me, which would start in 7th grade with Ancients, I believe. Does anyone have thoughts what history to do for the 5th and 6th years? I've got 2 more kids cycling through SOTW behind my oldest, so I'll be starting over with Ancients for them next year. But if I do that, and keep everyone together for history (which we love and it's so much easier), then my oldest will do an extra 2 years of Ancients and Medieval before he starts back on Ancients again with Omnibus. Is that clear as mud? I can't wrap my mind around this. Any suggestions??

Ok, I think I was too hasty. There are suggestions for younger grades, just not that many. I think it's just the nature of the subject.

We're doing SOTW Modern Age this year with my 4th and 2nd graders (Kindergartner not included). I understand it's more difficult than the previous books (which we've all loved). I'm super disappointed that the literature suggestions in the AG don't include anything suitable for younger siblings. I'd like to use library books to keep my 2nd grader engaged if/when the textbook goes beyond his level. Does anyone have any resources for this time period for younger kids?

Thank y'all! I've been absolved :)

I've done Singapore Math and my boys (rising 4th and 2nd grades) really enjoy it (though they might not admit it because it's still work!). It moves from the concrete to the abstract, and the mental tools it gives them makes them feel like "math detectives." I've found it very engaging. We really love SOTW. So much so that when I told the boys we weren't going to finish the book this year and would just skip the last few chapters, they asked if we could keep reading it over the summer. Also, we've done CC for 3 years and have enjoyed the time making friends and the satisfaction of accomplishing the memory work. The world at large is more familiar to them because they've already heard of the Louisiana Purchase, parts of the respiratory system, etc - their faces light up when they encounter familiar CC topics elsewhere.

I have a rising 2nd and 4th grader. I've done FLL off and on with both - but more off than on. We've done CC for 3 years now, so they're at least memorizing parts of speech, etc. 4th grader will be in Essentials at CC next year, so I think that will cover his grammar (someone correct me if I'm wrong). How can I jump back into grammar with my 2nd grader (assuming the CC memorization isn't enough)? Is there a curriculum that's less teacher-intensive than FLL? Not that I don't want to teach him, but we have other cozy-up-on-the-sofa school moments, and I'd rather knock out grammar with less back-and-forth. Thanks for any input!

Part of my problem maybe is that I'm not an early riser? I know this is something I could change if I really wanted to, but I have a hard time falling asleep at night, which leads to having a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. Which has to do with this thread b/c the boys hit the ground running around 7, and are deep into play immediately. I get going not too long after that, but by the time breakfast is ready they've been playing for a while. A week of snow (in TN where we never get snow) and a birthday (with new Legos) has given us more play time than we usually have - but I'm going to focus on ROUTINE now. Thanks again!

Thanks all! Lots to glean from!!

I have 4 boys - a 3rd grader, 1st grader, will add a Kindergartener in the fall, and 2-year-old. They play SO HARD. With minimal squabbling, they occupy themselves together, with Legos, card games, Stratego, make-believe, etc. I have such a hard time making them stop to do work, especially when they're playing well together and just being buddies. But then I also feel vaguely guilty that our school day isn't more structured. Ideally we'd get started at 9 every day - that way we can be done by lunch, with just a literature read-aloud in the afternoon. But when they're so happily busy I don't want to interrupt them - but then our day stretches out and gets a bit more disjointed later on. Any thoughts?? I'm not a natural take-charge, leader type, so setting our own schedule always feels hard for me.

PS Sorry for the 5 million posts!!

My boys and I really love SOTW - I started Ancients with my oldest in 1st grade, then Middle Ages for 2nd and K, now Early Modern for 3rd and 1st. I'll have a K, 2nd, and 4th grader next year for the last book. I've noticed that the chapters get longer and the language a little more advanced with each book - my oldest tracks really well and could easily read it himself, but I don't want to give up the shared learning aspect for all of us. SOTW3 is a lot of information for my 1st grader, and I'm wondering how both he and the Kindergartener will do with SOTW4 next year. The coloring pages and review questions do help, I'm just wondering how using SOTW for such a range of ages has worked/not worked for others? Thanks!!

My boys and I really love SOTW - I started Ancients with my oldest in 1st grade, then Middle Ages for 2nd and K, now Early Modern for 3rd and 1st. I'll have a K, 2nd, and 4th grader next year for the last book. I've noticed that the chapters get longer and the language a little more advanced with each book - my oldest tracks really well and could easily read it himself, but I don't want to give up the shared learning aspect for all of us. SOTW3 is a lot of information for my 1st grader, and I'm wondering how both he and the Kindergartener will do with SOTW4 next year. The coloring pages and review questions do help, I'm just wondering how using SOTW for such a range of ages has worked/not worked for others? Thanks!!