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Question from Member CK: My kids are 21 months apart in ages and so they did a lot of things together. So now I am having a little bit of a challenge teaching them separately. My daughter just turned 7 and my son is 8. It was easier when she was still involved in Kindergarten outside of the home. Your suggestion will be so appreciated. Thank you!
Reply from Diane Power: The Earthschooling blog has some resources for teaching multiple ages. The posts can be found at https://earthschooling.info/…/earthsch…/multiple-grades/. To make life easier for everyone, I recommend combining as much as possible. Suggestions: morning circle, singing/poetry, handwork, flute, language and math skills, foreign language, form drawing, beeswax/clay modeling, painting. Create a plan, a framework, that allows for flexibility, but that has an inherent rhythm. Know your goals for the year, implement monthly with a time for you to reflect how things are working out. The children will be changing, curriculum needs may be changing, and this allows you the time to change things up in an upcoming block.
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