LadyAberlin Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Has anyone used this for their curriculum for history for kindergarten or first grade. My ds is more of a science guy and likes hands on. I found this book: http://www.amazon.com/Curriculum-Connections-House-Travelers-Grades/dp/1586832816/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256240949&sr=8-1 Has anyone used it? Any other ideas to turn the books into a History curriculum? Thanks, Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranberry Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 it's hard to tell from the description just exactly what it is. A list of MTH books with other books to go along with it? We use many MTH books as possible as my son enjoys them, and they are right at his reading level, but I wouldn't call them stellar literature and they seem much more of a fun supplement to other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 If you get the non-fiction research guides, this could work very nicely. I was thinking about doing at least a few books this way with my hsers. Most libraries will stock the books, so its easy to implement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 We are adding some of them in using the story and the accompanying guide. They are a fun addition for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 This sounds interesting. Have you found a sample anywhere? My oldest dd really likes the research guides. She doesn't care for the stories much, but my younger dd might like them. I can't bear reading those short, choppy sentences aloud though. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyAberlin Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Well since my son is in kindergarten, I'm not real concerned that they aren't great lit. We read other stuff together that is. It looks like the guide has hand on activities and extra books to read to round it out. I was thinking we'd do the guides that go with the books. I would like some activities though. Is there anywhere that lists the books in historical order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithHopeLove Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 We use Mystery of History and fun Medieval and Renaissance literature is hard to find for young readers. I have used MTH books with my boys and have listened to some on audio book. I don't really care for the witches and magic -- we talk that through. But it is fun for them to pretend and imagine going back in time. We also used it for science when we were talking about biomes and ecosystems. My boys' interest in reading really took off with these books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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