disneymom3
<font color=green> I think I could adjust!! <br><f
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- Mar 11, 2002
I don't think I have enough brain power to manage three different time periods! Yikes. I totally know what you mean though about the whole freak out thing! OH, how I know about that! Did it myself recently but it actually did me some good. I want my boys to do world geography but we have not done, well, finished, US Geography yet. We have done all of hte east coast all of hte south and some of the midwest. So, I decided we are counting our trip to the west this summer as geography and they are all going to have little booklets to work on for each state we drive through and see things in. That way I can be ready by the fall when I want to start World Geography. That will then keep me in line for where I want to be for my next years of History.Ummmm, feeling just like you do! I know I have lowered my expectations for what I accomplish each day with each child. I also make sure that science and history are the same for all of them.
Disneymom3~
Last year I did use the same science and history programs for all three children, and I think that is why the year went much smoother. Then my brain went into overdrive and worry mode kicked in, and I couldn't figure out at what point in our history program that I was going to need to stop and reteach the same material for the younger two. This year they are each in their own program, and it is very time consuming on my part. We are in three different time periods. For science, we are still sharing a program. It works well for us right now, and I don't think anyone is behind or missing anything. However, this may change soon as my oldest DS is going into 7th grade, and he is a big science guy. I will have to kick it up a bit.
I don't know anything about Math U See, but I have heard excellent things about it. I think you will do fine working at two different spots in the curriculum. It might even be easier since you will be familiar with what is coming up for your younger son. Starting the program over the summer will also help because it will give you time to prepare for how you might want to approach it with each of your sons.
We homeschooling moms are a bunch of kooks, I tell ya!