Teaching Two or More Children

I thought I would post this question.  How do you teach two or more children?

I started homeschooling an hour or two hours a day when Noah was 4  and Hannah was 2 out of necessity.  We were living in a tiny apartment with my mother in law and we had to do something structured since we only sent Noah twice a week to a mother's day out preschool. I wasn't going to teach Hannah but then she wanted to learn and join in.  So, I got her her own easier workbooks so she could something similar to what Noah was doing.  

They seem to enjoy learning together so I continued on like this and eventually we went overseas.  

Now I teach Bible, science, and history with the kids together. We usually do those subjects first and then do independent work last.  Sometimes we switch for a change.  I teach the level between them for those subjects.  Then, I teach the other subjects spelling, math, grammar/writing, and reading separately according to their level.  I usually give one independent work and then teach the other a subject that needs teaching a new concept.

What do you all do with your children?  How do you teach multiple children?  How is your day structured?  Or has anyone had a better experience teaching their children on different levels for all subjects?

When the children get older, do you teach the children history and science separately?  I would like to hear people's experiences.  :) I think it's helpful to hear from those homeschooling for a while especially! 

 If anyone has any other questions to post, please feel free to do so since maybe you have a question that someone else has as well.  
  

Welcome!

Welcome!  I got this idea after seeing a lot of blogs on the internet.  There's so much information on the internet about homeschooling.  So, how is this different?  Well, I thought I would create this webpage specifically for the region we are in so that we homeschoolers could help each other.  We have our unique challenges being overseas with limited resources but what we do have is each other!

 I thought that wouldn't it be great if we could dialogue with all the homeschoolers in this region about ideas that have worked for them.  We are separated by distance but thank God for the internet.

So, what I would like to do is to invite people I know who are homeschooling to post ideas to this blog for others.  I would be very happy to invite others to this blog, so please email me at expressgrace@gmail.com if you would like to add someone to this blog.  Please look at all the tabs (organized by subject) and add any comments or ideas you have.  I have written down what things I am using for each subject.  What will make this blog successful is people posting often.  So, if you have any ideas or even any questions for people, please post or make comments on this blog.

So, I hope this idea would take off and that we could help each other to thrive in homeschooling!

May this blog be a blessing to people!