SOTW advice please

[Ohio12]

if I start with cycle one (ancients) with dd next year for K, and only homeschool her for a year or two, do you think I should also cover some american history? WTM does not seem to address this.

[KIN]

I think your dd will get plenty of American history in school. I wouldn't worry about it a bit. I would concentrate on getting her foundational skills very strong - reading and math for that young of an age.

[Carol in Cal.]

I would consider looking over SOTW2 before you decide when to start this program.

While a K-er would probably really enjoy SOTW1, I think that SOTW2 would be too difficult and scattered for most 1st graders. (It is a well-written book, but it was just a scattered time.)

I would think about spreading SOTW1 over 2 years and after-schooling the rest of the series later on, or doing it during the summer as a fun and focussed world history study.

[strider]

Public schools tend to go heavy with American history, so you will be totally fine to do world history at home.

My kids have really enjoyed all the SOTW books--we did not have any difficulties with any of them, at any age.

[nutmeg]

Is there a particular reason why you want to start "formal" history in kindergarten? I'm not saying you can't; I'm sure many have. We started SOTW in first grade, and used kindergarten for "holiday history" (unit studies on the holidays) and local history.

[Ohio12]

I haven't decided for sure. I want to do the SOTW and since I may only be able to hs for a couple years I thought I had better get started. Also, dd will be an older kindergartener. We have done a lot of kindergarten stuff already this year. I am new to this. I might try to e-mail you because I see you have 2 dds like me!