raganfamily Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Anyone take a break from the 4 year history cycle? Noticing conflict with my two youngest and feel they should be separated completely on their school. We are in ancients. Plan to keep my ds in ancients, but do something different for my dd. Not sure if I should do a whole school year or just a term break to give a buffer between them. I could have her focus more on geography, slow down on our ancients study, focus more on literature... Just not sure how to handle this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 If you want to try and stick with the same theme, can you use two different curriculums? I've done that before. It's nice because we can join in on some common projects, but then go back to the individual curriculums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raganfamily Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 That was my original plan and we started with TOG year 1. (It could be the year, but it isn't working that well. I've yet to find a open and go curriculum for history, literature, etc. However, I realized there are good books that I want her to use, that would not work in high school. She's number 5 and I'd like her to read the similar books that the older kids read. (Easier for me since I'm familiar with them and we already own them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I think any of your ideas (geography, lit-focused, slow down (which I interpret to be more people-focused than time-driven) would work. I have four kids doing ancients with three different sets of instructions/books. I thought the older two needed to use different things so one didn't ride too much on the coat tails if the other. (I couldn't manage the split in science and there is friction for that subject.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raganfamily Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 I think any of your ideas (geography, lit-focused, slow down (which I interpret to be more people-focused than time-driven) would work. I have four kids doing ancients with three different sets of instructions/books. I thought the older two needed to use different things so one didn't ride too much on the coat tails if the other. (I couldn't manage the split in science and there is friction for that subject.) Yes, it was much easier when all my kids were younger. We did a lot together. We did different science last year and things did get easier. (My high school kiddos have some outsourced or dual enrollment classes so this gives me more time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Maybe ask her what she wants to do? She might like US history, or the history of science or music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Twain Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 You could do a one year overview of world history. There are plenty of good books to use. I also like the idea of doing a US history year because that seems to be a weakness for a lot of kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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