I have 6 children, currently ages 21-9. When they were little, by the time my third child was school aged, I had a 10 year old, an 8 year old and a 5 year old as well as a 3 year old and a baby. My biggest concern was how was I ever going to teach to all of their levels?
Then I discovered unit studies! We could all work together on the same topic and they would each do it on their own level. Brilliant!
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| I print some pictures from the internet and have them draw some. |
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| This is a page the girls did once they got older |
When we started out, I would ask them what they wanted to learn about and we would do it! I usually got answers like: fire trucks, dinosaurs, space, tractors. Then I would go to the library and check out all of the children's books I could about one topic. I would usually discard books because they had too many words. I kept it simple. And then I would go online and find a lap book or notebook pages or even just have them draw pictures about what they learned from the books we read. I would have them do copy work or writing about it too. As the girls got older, they boys were in higher grades and needed more structure, and the little girls followed a long. Our units at that point included history, geography and literature. But the system was still the same - reading and then journaling.
I love having notebook pages or a lapbook to look back at. They love looking back at what they learned and did and it reinforced the lessons all over again.
Some years we kept it simple and they chose topics, other years we used a set curriculum. Some of our favorites are:
What is your favorite way to teach multiple kids all of different ages?
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