lisabees Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Just thought I'd share my recent love for this course, which some motivated logic kids (and parents) may find fascinating. It is an interesting, big picture view of Human History. I am watching the Harari is the author of Sapiens, which is also highly rated on Audible, although the narrator is not the author. I know it has been mentioned on these boards a couple of times, but I felt it worthy of another shout out. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I agree! I've watched the class on Coursera twice, and read the book aloud with my dd. Very thought-provoking stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 Rose - have you listened to the audiobook? I know it's a different narrator. Just wondering if you (or if your dd listened to it) have a preference compared to the video course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 No, I read it aloud, so I haven't heard the audiobook narrator. As far as the video course, I love his accent, but I think dd would have had a little bit of a struggle understanding at times. Maybe not. I didn't have any trouble with in any event. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 I absolutely love his accent, too! So far, I've only shared his TED talk with dd12. Today, I will share bits of his course to supplement a Scientific American article I am having her read. I was just wondering if the audiobook would be more accessible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I like audiobooks, but I find that for school, we stay more engaged if I read it aloud. That way I can stop and comment, ask questions, make sure she understood a word or concept. And for whatever reason it is a lot easier for her to stop me and ask a question than push pause on the audio playback. We've tried listening and we've tried me reading, and the latter seems to work better for us. YMMV, of course! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I like audiobooks, but I find that for school, we stay more engaged if I read it aloud. That way I can stop and comment, ask questions, make sure she understood a word or concept. And for whatever reason it is a lot easier for her to stop me and ask a question than push pause on the audio playback. We've tried listening and we've tried me reading, and the latter seems to work better for us. YMMV, of course!Please give a ballpark minimum age for this book as read-aloud or audio. I know kids vary, but I think your Shannon must be, developmentally-speaking, similar to my girls based on other things you've mentioned over the years. Curious if my 11-year old could understand/enjoy this? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Please give a ballpark minimum age for this book as read-aloud or audio. I know kids vary, but I think your Shannon must be, developmentally-speaking, similar to my girls based on other things you've mentioned over the years. Curious if my 11-year old could understand/enjoy this? We did it during the spring semester of 7th grade. She did the Big History Project, so she had a lot of context before we started reading it. She was 12. I wouldn't have wanted to do it any sooner than 7th grade. It would probably be even better understood this year, but it worked so well in the context of Big History that I think it turned out fine to use it when we did. We might revisit it again later in high school, though. It's definitely a high-school-to-adult level book, not a MG book. If a kid could grasp and be interested in SWB's History of the World or Story of Western Science, it's at a similar level, I'd say. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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