Last year I had a Kindergartener and a 4th grader. We started with Module 5 used the suggestions in the “Free Curriculum Guide” to choose living books from the library. We used Story of the World on audio as the spine.
SOTW on audio was key. I started reading it only to realize that we would never finish it in a school year. All of us listening to a chapter on the way somewhere in the van, though, made the stories much more enjoyable and interesting.
I chose Module 5 because I wanted to cover American History. This year we’ll do Modern, and then next year we’ll cycle back to Ancients. Last year was my first year homeschooling all of my kids so I wanted to start with something I was interested in and at least somewhat familiar with.