gandpsmommy Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I am looking for a way to incorporate some hands-on activities into our history and literature studies for dd 6 who really enjoys making things. I'm wondering if the Ancient Civilizations history pockets for grades 1-3 would work with SOTW, vol. 1? Would it be a fun way for her to review what we have been learning, or would it just be busywork? I've heard that it entails way too much coloring and not enough learning, but I'm looking for some way to inject more fun into history for dd. We have done a few of the SOTW AG projects, but I'm looking for more of a lapbooky sort of thing. Also, does anyone have experience with the literature pockets? I thought I saw one for Aesop's fables, and I'm wondering what it is like. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada_Mom Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 All Evan Moor material is available to view online, either at their website: http://www.evan-moor.com (which is currently down for service or something) or on googlebooks There should be a search bar at the top. Just enter the Evan Moor title you want to search and it should come up with full preview. I've found this to be indispensable for making decisions regarding Evan Moor material. I'm currently using Evan Moor Ancient Civilizations with DD6 to supplement SOTW and we're both enjoying it. It is a bit of busy work, but it's fun too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori C- Texas Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 We have used the History Pockets and Literature Pockets and my kids love them. I haven't used them to supplement anything. Just for something fun. My kids love crafts and any kind of projects. These don't take a lot of set up time. That is the reason why I like them so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisawa Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 My RyLee used the Ancient Egypt History Pocket before and she enjoyed it very much. We have not used any of the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chai Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 We've used several of them--many History Pockets and a couple Lit Pockets. Dd really liked them when she was younger, but we rarely actually finished them. At around 8 1/2, she became less enamored with them (after I had already purchased them for the year.) I like the History Pockets pretty well--they are mostly cut, color and paste--but lots of kids like that. I was disappointed in the quality of the Lit Pockets. The stories were poorly re-written and very dumbed down. For example, I got the Aesop's fables book. These stories in the Lit Pocket couldn't hold a candle to my Milo Winter's Aesop's Fables. I used the activities from the Pocket, but read the story from another source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I can't speak to the lit pockets, but we love history pockets and the theme pockets. I'm using the Theme pockets for January right now to do the Penguin pocket book while we read Mr. Popper's Penguins for our read aloud. I'll use the Seasons one in a month or so for science. I have used the Ancient Civilizations HP for my kids and they really like it. I've actually made an american history plan for us myself for the next couple of years which will use 6 different History Pockets. I love that EM lets you see each book page by page it really helps you get a feel for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristiana Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 DS7 has been doing the Ancient Civilizations pockets this year along with SOTW. He really doesn't like to color, but he'll do these. He's always loved cut and paste though. They're kind of busywork, but work nicely as a supplement to our history studies. They add a little variety. He just finished the one on China a week or so ago. We have the Chinese lanterns hanging in our front window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda in NM Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 My 13 yos enjoyed them when he was younger--we did the History Pockets only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamato3 all-boy boys Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 He's not much into cutting. We only tried the Ancient Civilization one, though, and we had a ton of other "fun" stuff we were doing at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volty Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I found the Evan-Moor stuff on googlebooks myself recently and was wondering your take. My daughter is too young and we don't have other stuff to compare it to. I'm grateful to them and think it's quite bold how they withdrew their copyright protection and put their stuff on google for free. Anyways, I don't have a printer and was wondering if it's easy to download Evan-Moor material directly from the googlebooks site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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