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Homeschooling DD 5.5 grade "glad I don't really have to come up with A number", with tagalong DS 2.25

I homeschool my 9yo dd. I home schooled all 3 of my kids up until 2 years ago when my boys (14 and 16yo) began going to ps.

We homeschool ds 7 and would have it no other way, but we're finding it very difficult to stay with him. We use something similar to TWTM, but still find it difficult to challenge our DS. I think he really needs to be moved up a couple of years, but he's a bit asynchronous and it's difficult to find his level in the various areas. When we have managed to find it, he just blows right past in no time and I'm back to the drawing board. This fall I started scheduling only six weeks at a time. This has worked well, but it's not ideal by any means.

I am so glad to hear all those "can't keep up" stories! That makes me feel a lot better! I can't either!

Any tried and true answers out there?

Here. HS'ing my wild 11 year old man-child.

I'm homelearning with my three lovely boys, Harpo (10), Groucho (8), and Chico (6).

Its fantastic to have so many of us here!

We do too! My eldest dd will be 8 on Saturday and my youngest dd is 6.

Homeschooling here, with several young children. The eldest is officially a 2nd grader. My preference is for classical education, but I can't figure out how to implement it in a way that's developmentally appropriate and not too parent-intensive. I think the heavy stuff will have to wait until they're a bit older.

In the meantime, we're using EPGY and workbooks for the basics, and something along the lines of unit studies for everything else. The house is a mess, but the children are learning a ton.

Just starting ...yesterday, with unschooling for a bit for ds11, who seems delighted. Classics and fun stuff is going to be our focus, throwing in a few things he'd never get in p.s.: Japanese and Philosophy, oh and bread baking.

House will remain a mess, I am sure.