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Help with long term plan to graduate early
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Let me explain. A good friend of ours graduates their children when they turn 16. When a young person turns 16, there is just something about that age that they are ready for bigger, real life things. Depending on their interests and talents/strengths, they then pursue hands-on experiences thru internship/volunteer, shadowing a professional (for ex. an editor, to learn the ins and outs of that field.), writing papers, doing research, etc. or CollegePlus courses….. All while still under the protection and counsel of the family home. My husband and I really like this idea, and now I am wondering how I would plan out the SCM Modules to do it in 10 yrs instead of 12. THoughts?
don’t have any concrete suggestions yet but I wanted to share that I too have considered doing that very thing, graduate my children early. I think about it A LOT! I also need to get going though w/ my planning, my children aren’t getting any younger.
I’ve thought about this too over the past day or so. I already school year-round, so I guess that’s what I would do. School year-round, at their own pace, and maybe do 1 or 2 extra books per subject per school year to push it up a little bit? Like, for example, if 4th grade history has, say, 5 books for the year, maybe start in on 5th grade with 1 of those books at the end of 4th? I hope that makes sense… 🙂
My dd is now set on doing college at 16 (though I explained it’s only for homeschoolers and it may not be ok to do that by the time she’s 16). So I am looking to possibly graduate her early, as well.
My kids are both still little, but I have thought about this a lot as well. A few ideas:
- Take fewer breaks so school years are longer and you cover more material each year;
- Double up on your history/geography for 2 years, if you’re using the SCM modules
- Do the 2-3x per week subjects 4-5x per week; for example, instead of having grammar or foreign language twice per week, schedule it four times per week;
I don’t know if any of those are good ideas, but I can’t really think of other ways to get it all covered in less time. Of course, unless your child is planning to be an engineer or math teacher, you don’t have to do upper level math courses like trigonometry or calculus. I don’t think I would increase the work load too much until Year 7 or 8, at the earliest. At least by Year 7 or 8 your child could have an opinion or might have a better grasp on what they’re interested in for the future.
HTH,
Lindsey
Hi Heatherma,
Just an idea but you could just do four of the modules with two rotations and two of the modules with just one rotation. You could use the books that you don’t get to as either free reads or literature selections.
Best,
Richele
Thank you all for your replies. We are just at the cusp of our homeschooling journey right now (doing a gentle, preschool and K year, tons of stories!). I was thinking I will probably go along with the SCM guide as planned, doing pretty much year-round schooling 4 days a week, with light schooling – keep books and a few things going- thru the summer months when we garden and are outside a lot.
until we get closer to being done, and then either do the four modules 2x and two modules once each or study two modules at the same time (or at an acellerated pace one at a time). By that time, I figure a lot will be independant work and can be more challenging.
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