<<With just Core 2 or with all your Core's {even your son?} have you taken two years to complete? If so how is that working out?Do you plan to follow the same schedule with your younger children?>>
If only this were a simple answer! LOL We started with Core 2 when my oldest was in 2nd grade. I had every intention at the time of doing one core per year. That was the year my 2nd child was born. Then 2 years later I had another new baby and we moved to a new state when the new baby was 3 weeks. old. Life always seems to complicate MY plans! LOL So here is what we have done in reality with my oldest. (I have not started Sonlight with my 2 youngest, so who knows what will happen with them?)
So this is what I have done for History with my oldest:
1st Grade - Magic Treehouse Books (All of them at the time. I think there were about 20 back then.) 2nd grade - Core 2 3rd grade - Core 3 4th Grade - 1st half of Core 4 and half of the year we did Rhea Berg California State History. 5th Grade - 2nd half of Core 4 and half of year of Nevada State History. 6th Grade - Story of the World books 1 -4 (With a Co-op Class on book 1.) 7th grade - Unschooled - Click HERE to see what we did! 8th grade - Unschooled! (This was last year when we moved and we did a lot of lapbooks, reading, traveling, packing, etc.) During this time he did the Usborne Internet linked books for History and Science. Math-U-See was also continued during this time. 9th Grade - Core 100 America History In Depth. This we plan to complete in one year.
Here is what I hope to do for the rest of his highschool years for History:
Although only God really know what will happen the next 3 years!
As far as for my 2 little ones, do I plan on following the same schedule I did above? No. I think at this point in my homeschool career I know enough to say I have NO IDEA what the future will hold! I do hope to do at least the Sonlight Cores that I own with them, and I think I will buy Sonlight Alt 7 - One Year Wolrd History at the very least to do instead of the Story of the World books. It's not that I didn't like SOTW, but we did miss Sonlight those years and I don't think I plan to take a 2 year break from Sonlight again with my 2 littles. But, only time will tell? I don't think we will probably push ourselves to do a whole Core in one year until they are in High School. We like Lapbooks and other projects too much to miss out on them! Sonlight is just too complete to try and do other things and get through a whole Core in a year.
I hope that answers the questions above. I know it is confusing. The great thing about homeschooling is that you can plan as you go. If someone would have told me when I started homeschooling my only child..."Before this child is in High School you will have 2 more children, move to 2 different states, living in Las Vegas for a year without your husband and SURVIVE." I would have run screaming my head off! LOL But, that is what the life has held for us. Somehow we have gotten through it! But honestly who knows what the next 14 years will hold before my 4 year old is a graduated? I just have to trust God that HE is leading our lives and the education of my children. Because I know for sure that I am in no way capable of doing any of this without Him!
Thank you so very much for answering my questions! What a great and detailed response! Having the three all within 2 years apart (for myself) I often am looking for ways to make learning FUN! {so to speak} When I am doing all of the reading I find that my newly 5 year old looses interest too quickly. I have tried many of ways to read. (in little bits at a time, read dramatically, changing voices etc..) I just think that we need to do more hands on.. ;) Just being encouraged by your blogging everyday makes me smile! To know that a sister in Christ is making learning so much fun ... and still continuing with the Sonlight ..well it just shows and encourages me to know that "Truly it is okay to take two years to do the core!"
I have taken 2 years to do the 1st grade core last year and some people around me asked why is KK (my daughter) behind in the core...I explain to them ... however I am attacking myself and questioning myself, ripping myself apart...all because of "the comparing of children syndrome!" I truly do not like to do that and really do (try hard) not to do this ... however Satan does win at times...only for me to find a sister in Christ {as yourself} to encourage me and to push forward on the one and only IMPORTANT thing! To make learning FUN {and to teach them about our LORD}! Fun is so much easier on everyone and a TRUE JOY to watch children learn while having FUN!
So thank you again for listening and being obedient to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Like I stated before I Read, Cry and Laugh so hard with your stories ...even my children know who you and your children are! Lord help us if we ever actually see you ... my Children would probably run up to you and hug you saying you are the FUN Jamican Mama Lady! I always have called you Jamican Mama {I do not know why ... I guess I really just glanced at your name and saw a complete different name; yet that has stuck with my kiddos} LOL!
Sorry! Even my co-op knows that I call you the wrong name ...LOL ;) They correct me... :0)
May the Lord always Bless you and yours ... We have been praying for your family since the first time I read your request for prayers to sell the house... We are great full and thankful to have the ability to share your life experiences with you!
In your blog today you said you used the Magic Treehouse books with you son in the 1st grade. My son is in 1st grade, we are new to homeschooling and I am trying to find something interesting to use for History. Can you tell me what you were doing in addition to reading the books to him? When we have read them in the past they definitely have been a conversation starter so I know they can be expounded upon but were you doing more than that?
We have homeschooled our children from the start and we love every minute of it! This is my place to share my thoughts on homeschooling, my kids and living for the Lord. All the while being a little outside the box!!
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