I've run into a problem...again. The problem is that pesky grade level number on the cover of the Rod & Staff textbooks. It is constantly screaming out to me to "catch up!" Catch up to what? Does it matter if my daughter learns about moss and algae when she's 11 or 12? Does it matter if her math textbook has a five or six on the cover if she is steadily progressing? Why do I get caught up in the grade level game? I want my kids to learn what is presented in the book not just check it off a list of topics covered. I'm thankful for Rod & Staff textbooks (really thankful!), but I need to remember that they are tools not my masters.
12yo finished Rod & Staff's grade five science text today. Yea! I'm looking forward to starting the grade six text next week. Here comes the sun! and Mercury, and Venus, and....
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