I have been homeschooling my oldest daughter from the beginning. She is now 8 and in second grade. I have 3 year old twin daughters as well. So far, my twins have just been "along for the ride". When fall comes around, they will turn 4 and I want them to be more directly involved with our school day.
I like the Charlotte Mason philosophy much more than others. And so far, we have followed a CM education of sorts. For K and 1st grades we used two different boxed curriculums, both CM in nature. I felt that the K curriculum was too easy. The 1st grade was either too hard, filled with busy work (too much work books) or just overwhelming to get it all done. It did, however, have every day planned out. I loved this aspect of it. This year I have strived to keep CM philosophy going, but putting it all together myself. Ummm.....well, let's just say this isn't my strong suit! On top of that, we built a house and moved. Yeah.
So....I don't know yet if HOD is the right fit for us. I need input!
1.) Where should I place my oldest? She seems to fit in the 8-10 years old book on the HOD chart. She's not yet writing in cursive, though. She LOVES to read and is extremely bright (Of course!
) But at the same time, I don't want to go too advanced and discourage us both.2.) What is the easiest way to integrate our (will be) 4 year olds? I would like all of us to be on the same page as much as possible. I realize that 4-1/2 years is a big age spread.
My last concern is that we will get bogged-down with all of the work. What if we fall behind in one subject? Does that make the rest of the teacher's guide fall apart?
Sorry for the lengthy post, but thank you so much for much needed input!!
