Beyond & littles - which side first?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:33 pm
I have a 7yo who is solidly in Beyond. My 5yo and 4yo are tagging along for the Learning through History side. For the Basics side, they do listen in on the story and the math activity, but they don't do the math lesson. They also have their own level of ETC and they each do their own page (at their own pace) in TRL.
So, which side should I start first? Last year, I did really well at covering the basics, but I didn't get the history side done every day. It was our best year of school, though, and all the boys are reading well at their levels.
I'd really prefer to do all the school in one sitting with the little guys, except for a short potty break. We usually don't do well if we get up from the table. We end up never coming back. Any suggestions? Today I used table activities and rug activities to keep busy while I was working with the others, but they enjoyed those too much and didn't want to get back to regular school. So, I'm thinking I need to get the history side done while we are all together, then do phonics with everyone, then dismiss the little ones to play while I work on spelling & math with the 7yo.
So, which side should I start first? Last year, I did really well at covering the basics, but I didn't get the history side done every day. It was our best year of school, though, and all the boys are reading well at their levels.
I'd really prefer to do all the school in one sitting with the little guys, except for a short potty break. We usually don't do well if we get up from the table. We end up never coming back. Any suggestions? Today I used table activities and rug activities to keep busy while I was working with the others, but they enjoyed those too much and didn't want to get back to regular school. So, I'm thinking I need to get the history side done while we are all together, then do phonics with everyone, then dismiss the little ones to play while I work on spelling & math with the 7yo.