iamrachelle Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Trying to streamline our year... has anyone done this? I'm semi-familiar with Apologia but have never used it. I also like the look of BJU for science but can't imagine doing two separate grades with each DC. Suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidiyaDawn Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Sure you can ~ I've done it (am doing it, as a matter of fact). I know my kids ages don't reflect that wide of a gap, but it's there because ds12 has special needs and functions on a much "lower" level than your typical 12 year old boy. When he and his sister 'work together', it's more like a 14 year old and a 7 year old. We're going through the Flying Creatures book at the moment - dd14 and I both help ds12 to understand the material (there are some things we skip with him, some things we change up, and some we just use as is) and then I add things to it for her sometimes, as she's older. (She and I are watching through David Attenborough's "The Life of Birds" documentary, for instance.) Granted, we don't "do the book" as is.. we change a lot. We don't do the 'notebooking' thing - we'll take pictures of projects and such, but we don't follow the "in your notebook, describe what you have learned" stuff. We do our own projects if we don't like the one suggested. We add videos, songs, research stuff on other websites. We use the book more as a 'guide' to the topic.... our comfort with that level of 'we do what we want' probably also makes it easier to work with the gap. Anyway - I'm just trying to say that yes, you can do that. I've just gone and said it the long way. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidiyaDawn Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I thought I'd give this a bump for you - I know there's lots of other people who have their kids learning the same topics together. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobynN Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) Of course you can. Some programs are easier to combine grades/levels than others but it can be done with most curriculum. Considering God's Creation can be used for both grades you mentioned. It is not a complete program IMO but you could then add an Apologia text and some living books to make it meatier. Throw in some writing/research assignments, drawing, worksheets (if you use them), along with some experiments and you have a science program. Edited March 4, 2011 by RobynN suggested a curriculum option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I do science with my children as a group. We did biology last year and that worked beautifully. This year we are doing earth science and astronomy. They really like working together and I love having only one lesson to plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2blessings Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Next year my kids will be 3rd and 6th and we'll be doing Apologia Elementary Anatomy (we've done Astronomy, ZOO I, and ZOO II already). Then for 7th my eldest will do Apologia General Science and I'll keep doing the elementary sets with my younger. Totally doable! :)Gina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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