Good point about homeschooling being in part about removing the whole concept of levels and skips, Z. Maybe becuase we're somehow just not as tied to that, the notion of slowing things down by going wide is easier for us to swallow? I'm not sure.

To me it seems perfectly natural to think about slowing things down in that way. It's really a major focus of my homeschooling. I was surprised to see that questioned as being unrealistic, frankly. It kind of flummoxed me!

Kriston