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I'm new to homeschooling having started with my 12yob for 6th grade work and a classical curriculum. I have been using the guidelines of The Well-Trained Mind. I was disappointed in the history curriculum, feeling it was too unstructured and not correlated well with the Story of the World books. I also would like to have Christian studies integrated better. TOG sounds like it addresses these concerns. My 10yob is coming home this fall as a 5th grader. I would like to use TOG but I'm not sure if I should start my older son back at the ancients or let him work ahead. It seems this defeats the purpose of TOG, but I don't know that my 7th grader would benefit by starting over. I don't like the idea of my 5th grader skipping yrs 1 and maybe 2. My 12 yo is quite self sufficient. Any suggestions? I want to do this right, but I don't want to be overwhelmed.
I say go forward from where your older child is. Learning history is not like math, you don't have to learn about the ancients before you can study the civil war. So use the strength of TOG and just move ahead where you are. Your youngest will pick up ancient history the next time around and get more from it because he'll be older.
Thanks for the reply. I have read other reviews and am 90% convinced for TOG. I see that year two extends past where I stopped with my oldest son and I think it would be okay to start my youngest in year 2, so I think a little more in depth coverage for the older one won't hurt and the younger one will love this period. Any suggestions for avoiding overwhelm?
I would say, go to the next period according to where your oldest finished. I've had the same dilemma last year and started in Year 3. It was not a problem at all and we just continued in our history sequence. I am glad we did not start from the beginning.
Originally posted by iwka: I would say, go to the next period according to where your oldest finished. I've had the same dilemma last year and started in Year 3. It was not a problem at all and we just continued in our history sequence. I am glad we did not start from the beginning.
I agree, start your boys on the same TOG period.
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