Ep 5: Teach Them Together

The thing that breaks multi-age homeschools is running parallel grade levels: four separate little schools under one roof, taught by one person. This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. In this episode Which subjects combine beautifully, and which cannot One lesson, several levels of response Why the skill subjects are shorter than you think Putting the older children to work without it being exploitation Accepting the noise Go deeper on the network Morning Time For Mixed Ages Our Sweet 13 sponsors This episode is sponsored by Eden’s Table — Biblical herbalism for the elementary grades. One plant a week, with science, history, art, reading and handwriting running through it as a single unit study. Open and go, no prep the night before. The first nine weeks are $39. This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to. It is our 13th birthday all month long. More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four. Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway The post Ep 5: Teach Them Together appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.