I have a 6yr3mo old boy that should be starting kindergarten this month. I also have a 4yr10mo old girl. Our third child is a boy that is 2yr11mo. I am not planning on any formal teaching for our youngest this year.
Our 6 year old boy and almost 5-year old girl are 17 months apart in age and are nearly inseparable. They are also both very bright and love learning! I would like to combine them in the same curriculum package if possible... at least in the later years, even if we don't this first year. According to the placement charts our boy would probably be ready for Beyond in most areas, but I'm thinking about and wondering if I should start out a little more "gently" with homeschool using LHFHG. According to the placement chart, our daughter should also be ready for LHFHG too.
What do you advise for starting out? Should I start this year with both of my older two in LHFHG? Or just our oldest in LHFHG (or possibly even Beyond)? If I do start out with both in LHFHG, and always keep them together (which I would like to for the sake of time), that would lead to our girl always being in a curriculum that is recommended for a slightly older age than she really is. As I think is often the case, the girl seems a little more prepared for "school" at a younger age than our boy was. I already plan on needing to do separate curriculum with our youngest boy, as he is 2 years younger than the others. And I would like to be able to avoid 3 separate curriculums going at the same time if possible.
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Any thoughts on how to start out, while keeping the future years of curriculum in mind? I've seen that some people stretch the LHFHG curriculum out for greater than 34 weeks by taking it more slowly, so that might be an option too. Of course, everything is new to me, so any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thank you!
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