What Do I Do?

[JusDelenH]

This is my first year homeschooling and I am a bit confused about what to do about history. My daughter is coming from a Christian school background and did Story of the World and we wish to continue with it. The only issue is she would be out of sequence starting the logic stage. Should we start over or keep with the sequence we are currently on?

[HomeAgain]

Stay with the sequence.  The content doesn't matter - the skills you teach and use do.

[Miss Tick]

Keep with the sequence you are on. You could stretch it out with "rabbit trails" investigating topics of interest in further depth. Also, you may decide to spend a year (or two) focused on American History. There are so many options, don't sweat it now.

[Ethel Mertz]

Yep. Stay with the sequence. And welcome to homeschooling!

[stlily]

Welcome to homeschooling!  Yes, I agree with the other people who responded.  Susan Wise Bauer, the author of The Well Trained Mind, suggests that you continue with the sequence. There is not need to go back to the beginning.  What's important is that you continue to move chronologically forward.  She divides subjects into "skill" areas and "content" areas.  Skill areas are subjects like math, grammar, and spelling.  These subjects should be taught sequentially and a child should not be moved forward to the next level until they've mastered the previous one. Skill subjects build on each other.  Content area subjects are history and science.  The study of science and especially history is ongoing.  We're never really "done" learning about history and science and so we can't really fall "behind" as we think of it.

 

If you haven't read The Well Trained Mind, I highly recommend it.  It's an excellent resource, even for families who are not homeschooling classically.  She has a new edition of her book coming out in August, I believe.  You can probably borrow it from local library too.  Here is a link to an article on her site about what to do when you're "Starting (homeschooling) In the Middle". Hope this helps.  http://www.welltrainedmind.com/older-child/

 

I'm so happy for you. You're gonna have a great year.

 

Lily

[laughing lioness]

Re-iterating what everyone else said- stick with the sequence.