Sonlight Question : American History Part I

[Michelle My Bell]

I have an older edition of this curriculum sitting on my shelf and I am thinking of using it with my 11 year old daughter next year. She could use the time to improve her reading skills and grow in independence before starting with Heart of Dakota Creation to the Cross the following year. Anyhow, I am a little confused about the readers. I see their are Advanced Readers and Regular readers. Some of the titles overlap, so I am guessing the Advanced Readers are just more books read at a faster pace. My question is this: I will be including my 8 year old son in our schooling, and I would be using the regular readers with him. He is not really reading very well yet and would be unable to read these on his own. So I noticed that the readers are not lined up. For instance, regular readers starts with Pocahontas and the advanced readers start with "A Lion to Guard Us". Later she would be reading Pocahontas so I am wondering if it will be confusing?

 

Any thoughts or advice?

 

Thanks!

 

PS I would like to add videos/websites/activities to this so if anyone knows of a website that has some of this already laid out, I would be grateful!

 

[quietchapel]

The readers are books the children read independently, so I don't think it would be an issue. The read- alouds are the books you read to them. Hope that helps, though maybe I am not understanding your question.

[Disney Dreaming]

I think it will be fine. There are more titles in the advanced set, so yes, they are read faster. The readers don't always line up with the time period you're reading with SL. SL does sell a CD that has some websites you can visit.