[Importance of Studying Same Time period w/ multiple ages?]

If you don't think your dd is ready for ancients in K, then you can still have her do middle ages in 1st to line up with your ds, early modern in 2nd, modern in 3rd, and ancients in 4th. By 4th grade, she might even have a better understanding of chronology by starting ancients in 4th, for when she progresses on through the cycle again in 5th to 7th.

 

Now why didn't I think of this option? I was just looking back over SOTW Activity Guide last night and thinking that I would hate to not have sufficient time to really enjoy ancients with her. I've done the whole cycle in about half the time with my son, and I've been looking forward to spending a whole year on each time period. I'd hate to squeeze ancients into a summer. Maybe I'll just read some of the super easy readers to her over the summer, but plan to do her full year of grammar-stage ancients when she is in 4th grade. Thanks!

[Importance of Studying Same Time period w/ multiple ages?]

What are your concerns about your Ker and SOTW?

 

I think the answer depends in part upon what you feel she's not ready for. If you're concerned about the content of SOTW, then I'm inclined to agree with your instinct to hold off until summer and do a quick overview with her in order to keep them in the same history cycle. If your concern is that she's not ready for the map work, narrations, and summary questions, I'd say just have her listen in on the lessons with your older ds and participate orally until she is ready for more.

 

I don't think she is ready for the content or any of the work that goes with it at this point. Of course a few months makes a big difference at this age, so she may be more ready by the time August is here.

[Importance of Studying Same Time period w/ multiple ages?]

I have two kids, ages five and ten. Next year they will be in kindergarten and fifth grade. We started following TWTM in the summer after my son was in 2nd grade, and we did an accelerated jaunt through all the time periods and will be done in August.

 

At that point, my son will be starting over with Ancients, and I had originally planned on doing Ancients with my daughter then, too. I have since decided that she is not ready, and that I need something different for her in kindergarten. We will be doing Winter Promise Animals for her kindergarten year.

 

I do hope to follow TWTM schedule with her eventually, and I am wondering if it is essential for my sanity to have both of my children studying the same time period over the years. They are five years apart, and my 10-year-old is advanced for his age so the gap is even larger in some ways. Also, he has no interest in hands-on projects, and she is a very hands-on learner. For these reasons, I don't really see them ever working together, even if they are studying the same time period.

 

My options, as I see them, are

1. doing an abridged study of Ancients with my daughter in the summer after kindergarten--we do school year-round--and then going on to Middle Ages with both of them the following fall or

2. having him move on to Middle Ages for sixth grade at the same time she begins the cycle with Ancients in first grade

 

Would I really regret having them studying different time periods over the years? Have some of you done it?

 

Thanks for your advice!

 

Melani

[Which beginner latin texts teach to the student?]

Latin for Children is really easy for my son to do on his own.

[Please share your Kinder. curriculum/plans for this year or next year. Thanks!!]

I'll be doing Winter Promise Animals and Their Worlds with my daughter for kinder next year. We'll do Sonlight LA1. We'll continue with Peterson Directed Handwriting and Drawing with Children. I have not yet decided on what we will do for math. The summer after kindergarten, we will do a quick overview of ancient history and also biology through Noeo.

[I'm getting frustrated by the cost of curriculum.]

I definitely know what you mean! My children have such different learning styles that I wonder if I will be able to use any of the same materials.

[Just for fun...]

We didn't need a name for anything and have never used it for anything other than our blog address, so we looked up funny Latin phrases and chose one that wasn't already being used on blogger. I have never really done the work to make sure that it really means what we think it means, though. We take our school seriously, but it was difficult to give ourselves too serious a name.

[Living Memory Users...]

We've been using selections from various parts of the book for a few weeks now. My son had always had memory work as part of his daily schedule. Now I feel it is more organized. He has a memory notebook that is set up as described in the book. I put the new work for him to memorize in the front. Once he memorizes it, we move it to be studied one day a week. After I'm satisfied that he really has it down, it will be moved to the once-a-month section. Since he had already been doing memory work for years, I spread out all his previous work evenly in his notebook to be studied once every month, too.

[VP Bible Cards?]

We used VP Bible for 2nd at home, and now I'm using it with a Sunday School class. It is very academic, and I really think the kids are learning more in my class than in most Sunday School classes. They are hearing more than those same Bible stories that they are used to hearing over and over again. I have learned a lot, too. We use the cards along with the memory song and enhanced CD. As the previous poster said, it is not devotional in nature.