We use Story of the World for history, and are currently in the second book. Now except for Christmas break we have done one chapter a week since September. I thought we were doing really pretty good.
However, Monday I counted the remaining chapters and realized we still have four months of history to finish this book!! FOUR MONTHS!!!
May, June, July, and August. No summer break. No time off for good behavior. It is work straight through until August and then start book 3 in September.
Uhhh. In a word. No. Not gonna do it. We will attempt to do two a week, which means hopefully we can finish in June. Doing two a week should take us 7.5 weeks instead of 15.
I understand the concept behind SOTW and truly we love it. I just wish they had broken it into smaller bites.
Last week we studied about the 100 years war between France and England. This week we learned about Richard III and Henry Tudor. Tomorrow we read about Ferdinand and Isabella.
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JavaBean
I am a middle-aged (if I live to be 70) homeschooling parent. I live in one of the Plain States (in more ways than one.) I am a believer in Jesus.
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The Weatherpixie
2:36 pm
We’re also using SOTW II this year, and have run into the same problem. It definitely requires more than one chapter a week to finish in a normal school year - and that means not doing a lot of the activities.