fishermom Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Hi, I am posting this two places as I don't know where it should go. I am new to classical education, not to homeschooling. I have a kindergartner who is was just starting SOTW v.1, but he is really interested in WWII and other wars. I don't want to make him wait til 4th grade to cover these, but I don't want to confuse him either. I could re-start SOTW 1 this fall & just do wars for now..is that a good idea or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I think so. There's no need at all to start SOTW 1 before 1st grade. Just do what he's interested in for a while. I don't think it will confuse him in any terrible way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 The way I've handled this is to stick to our SOTW rotation, but help my child explore historical topics from other periods as part of their free reading (or free listening, if they are pre-readers). Granted, K is sort of a free year in history according to the WTM schedule, but there is no guarantee you won't run into a similar issue in later years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friederike in Persia Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 the history we did during K has all but been forgotten. I don't believe it's lost time, but both my dds look at their brother's topics as if they've never seen it before :glare: So I decided to do whatever during K and start SOTW 1 once he'll remember (6 up?) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl in NM Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 As long as I forced SOTW down ds's throat he hated history. When I let him study what he was interested in he developed a love of history. So we took a few years off SOTW. He's in 6th grade and we are finishing book 3; I've assigned book 4 as summer reading. After taking time off from history and letting him study his interests I added SOTW back into the schedule and let him study his interests in his own time, sometimes adding some of it into the schedule. It has worked. The only problme we have now is that SOTW doesn't give enough detail for someone his age. The extra reading and activities are just too childish. So we are looking at it as an introduction. It also helps to realize that history is not essential in these younger years. A brief overview is sufficient until they develop higher thinking skills and starting questioning the "whys" of history. Short answer: Don't worry about it; above all else foster a love of learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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