kristamaranatha Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 This September we are beginning our first year of homeschooling. My stepkids are going into 6th, 5th and 3rd Grades. (We also have a 3 year old and 1 year old). We are planning on homeschooling up until high school. My question is this: My oldest only has 3 years until high school. How can I fit the four years of Story of the World into 3? I know it can be done, but what does that look like? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 We did this with my 4th and K'er--just did SOTW I and II in one year. We did 2 chapters a week most weeks, and it came out perfectly. They did the activity book and some additional reading, and my 4th grader took the tests. They both seemed to get a lot out of it, and it was still a relatively light history load. Good luck with the Steps! Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 And do it over summer, too. Hey, history is fun, so the kids shouldn't mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretchen in NJ Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 And do it over summer, too. Hey, history is fun, so the kids shouldn't mind! :iagree:I like doing history and sceinces over the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 If your oldest has only three years until high school, you might want to consider a history spine that is written for older kids. K12's Human Odyssey series is truly excellent and easily done in three years. We are using SOTW over 3 years here. In our case we are combining years 3 and 4. I am streamlining it by focusing on the world history aspect and not the American aspect, which could easily take half a year for each book. We will then be doing American separately the next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I am using SOTW and Connect the Thoughts for my older kids and we read 3-4 chapters of SOTW a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 The audiobooks are great if you're pressed for time. We listen to them in the car and it's amazing how much they retain just from that exposure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristamaranatha Posted May 27, 2010 Author Share Posted May 27, 2010 Thanks for all the suggestions! I didn't realize how many people actually do this. I was contemplating whether I could fast-track the first year or eliminate the American history part (because they get so much of that in public school, at the cost of eliminating almost all world history), but now I am confident that we can do it all :) We also might do some things over the summer, but the oldest isn't so keen on the idea :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 grade 6 - SOTW 1 & 2 grade 7 - SOTW 3 - finishing now grade 8 - SOTW 4 We use the SOTW AG & tests; this yr we also used Biblioplan Cool History 3 worksheets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Sonlight's Core 6 and 7 would be good (They use SoTW, but add in literature and other history books for older kids). You'd even have time for Core 100 before high school if you wanted to do American History in there somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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