When I first started homeschooling 3 years ago, I thought it would be most efficient to teach my older two kids together on all subjects except math. They were 6 and 4.5 at the time. The 4.5 year old picked up on language skills quickly, so keeping them at the same pace worked well and we didn't have tears over material being too advanced. Actually she loves academics.
BUT..............now I have a 6.5 yr old starting 3rd grade work, and I've finally realized that what is currently working, won't work when she is 3rd grade age starting 5th grade work. Her mind will need more time to mature into logic stage thinking.
So what do I do? I'll admit, it's hard to step back when moving forward is working well. I've thought about switching grammar and writing curriculum and repeating 1st and 2nd grade with something else, then coming back to FLL 3 and WWE 3 when she is actually 3rd grade age, or taking 2 years to cover level 3 and two more years to cover level 4. Has anyone tried to cover one level of FLL over a two year period? If so, how did you do it?
Any insight would be humbly and greatly appreciated!