How do I find time to teach several children of different ages and ability levels?
Two methods have been especially useful: (1) get the older children to help teach the younger ones, and (2) use the unit study approach. For the latter, everyone studies the same subject at the same time, using multiple media (books, magazines, videos, maps, field trips, etc.), but at different levels. Thus, for example, the younger children go along on the field trip, look at the pictures, and are read to, while the older ones read books and prepare reports and maps.
