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But not much LHTH.
I think I will talk to my daughter and see if she would want to do the LHTH with my 4yo. IT just seemed when we did do both yesterday that it took forever. If I try to get my 6yo working on something while I am working with my 4yo he just take forever and is distracted by everything we are doing. I do feel that what I am doing with my 6yo is important and I don't want to back off that but I also would like to get some of it in with my 4yo too.

I am considering schooling my 6yo during quiet time but he needs quiet time too and that would get pushed aside on days that we have some afternoon thing to do. :-/

I care for a little boy that is almost 4 (will be in 2 weeks). I do about 30-45 minutes of one-one time with him first thing each morning. During this time my 7 y/o is doing chores, taking a shower, playing with his kitty/Legos in his room, doing free reading, etc. Then the 7 y/o starts his work with Beyond. During this time the younger one plays quietly in the living room, does crafts, puzzles, Play-Doh at the table, or Legos or more noisy play in the 7 y/os bedroom. That includes playing with electronic learning toys like LeapFrog items, etc. This took a bit of training at the beginning of the school year (mid-August for us), but works well. The younger one likes to join us for history reading, storytime, music and projects. It, however, isn't required. We keep pretty tight to this so each one knows what's expected. I also don't plan outings or answer the phone in the morning. hth.

I was going to suggest the same thing as the pp! I would let your 6 yo start his day with something non-school related that lasts about 30 minutes, and just do your little one first with LHTH.

In Christ,
Julie

It would be nearly impossible for my 7YO to sit down and do school work while her younger sister was doing LHTH. I have even had problems with my 7YO getting totally distracted while I'm trying to do handwriting with my 5YO, the 7YO think she's got to be in the middle of what her sister is doing. I agree with the others, having something else for them to do, probably away from where the fun is going on, would make it go more smoothly. I have just found that at these ages, trying to multitask does NOT go very well. They still need the focus of the attention and something to spur them on to keep going with their work...

Whenever I pick up LHTH with my 3rd, after she's 3, I think we will have to do that at a time of day when everyone can be involved.... I may have the 3YO do her craft/scissors stuff while the others are doing a craft or seat work, but otherwise I think it would be too much fun for them to miss out on!

Today I did the 4yo first and my 6yo just played in the room or joined in or helped with the answers. LOL
It worked out well today.