Concern with 6 years of Ancient History

This SCM blog post explains the 6yr rotation. 

http://simplycharlottemason.com/2010/06/30/how-to-use-the-scm-history-modules/

I have not used the history modules so I cannot comment on your other questions.  I am sure others will chime in:)

I think we are going to combine 1&2 and maybe 1-3over 2 years by doing Bible seperatly. I have been reading on the forums how some make it work. 1-3 focus on Ancients.

We speed through the first 3 modules as quickly as we can.  Um, maybe that doesn’t sound right.  We do as many lessons as we can within a 25 to 30 minute time period, 4 days a week, mostly year round.  Some days that’s 3 lessons, others it’s 2 and some days it’s only 1.  We study the Bible as a family regularly and sometimes the stories are so familiar to them that I’ll say, “Tell me the story of Joseph being sold into slavery” and they narrate so well I don’t feel like we need to read the scheduled chapters in Genesis and we move to the next lesson.  Other times their narration stinks so we read the chapters or I narrate the chapter and we discuss it.  Our hope is to finish the first 3 modules in 1 to 2 years.

Do you mean because, starting if starting in first you would do 3 years of ancients, then ancients again in 7th – 9th?  I agree when you look at it that way it seems a lot.  If you start your rotation late and then repeat it from the beginning, it does seem like too much time spent on ancients.  I’ve been struggling a lot with how to handle the history rotation having started late myself.  I have recently come to the conclusion that I am not going to be completely satisfied by anyone else’s plan — it’s just not going to work for us.  Sooo, I am planning to use SCM free guide along with other resources to tailor a plan for each of my boys that will allow for one more year in ancients.  We’ve separated the three subjects and are currently two terms through the Bible portion of Mod 2. We’ll finish the OT over the summer as well as finish reading The Wonderbook as a read aloud.  That should allow us to cover the Greeks in one term, and the Romans over term 2 and 3.  My oldest will be starting 7th in the fall, so that will give me 8th for mod 4, and possibly stretch mod 5 and 6 over three years if I choose to do American alongside World and Canadian history.  Twelve would be an elective year allowing him the option of doing one year of ancients or something else entirely.  Of course, I may decide to do something completely different by September.  I may even split them up and set them each on their own path entirely.  

I think you just need to decide what you want for your children and when and figure out how you are going to get there.  There’s no one-size fits-all, even with SCM.  It’s just pretty easy to adapt to your needs.  

You might try spreading govt/Econ over all four years. Set up in a fashion similar to fine arts scheduling suggestions or as summer studies makes it easily manageable.

Becca<><

Thank you Sonya, you just confirmed to me the decision to start with your modules. I appreciate the focus on the rich history in God’s word. I am very excited to figure out where to begin!