misidawnrn Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Right now we are using SOTW1 but I would like something a little more Christian, a little more workbooky???, I don't know. I have looked at Mystery of History and definately have that book marked for older years but that isn't appropriate for DD right now. I think I found this board (which I love love love) and jumped on the entire WTM curricula which is not exactly what I wanted in the end. I have tried it all (all parts of it) and have slowely moved away as it was too dry for me and my teaching and dd's learning styles. What else is out there? Thanks (for indulging my curricula hopping attitude for now :lol:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Have you ever looked at Heart Of Dakota? We are using Beyond Little Hearts For his Glory, and the history is very age appropriate and engaging for my kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G in PA Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 :iagree: We are using LHFHG this year with a 5yo and 7yo. Depending on ability you could use LHFHG or Beyond Little Hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the4Rs Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Something more Christian that is a bit more workbooky would probably be BJU or A Beka. We are going to use BJU for my first grade daughter this year after looking at all options. My daughter learns best with workbook style and lots of reading books to enhance the learning on her own. I do not like how A Beka is set up at all...we used them for K social studies and I was highly disappointed. BJU is much better in my opinion. I am even creating a book list that correlates with each unit from BJU and I'd be happy to email what I have so far to you if that would interest you. HOD (Heart of Dakota) is not workbooky. It is Charlotte Mason style....just a heads up. My hope is when my daughter is older we can do something like Mystery of History as well, but for now I just like knowing I am covering it. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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misidawnrn Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 I have looked at BJU and I like it for Bible (we use it currently) but I bought the science and didn't like it much, it felt disconnected. I do like the WTM timeline for science, it makes sense to me. I looked at HOD, not really what I am looking for either....:confused: I guess I want something following the WTM timeline, I like chronological order, but adding more Bible timeline into it KWIM...? Maybe there isn't even such a thing. Has anyone done history for the grammar stages just using, reading, discussing books like Usborn History or Kingfisher's History of the world and checking more books out at the library on the subjects? (Which I know goes along with the SOTW theme which is where we are right now already) Geez, I just need to get my undecisive pants off and stick to what we have for a whole year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Bob Jones heritage studies is awesome. I do that along with SOTW. (I add in some other resources to help beef up the biblical aspect!) BJU focuses on American history however for the first 4-5 years. Have you looked into My Fathers World? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I don't know that this is "a little more Christian, a little more workbooky" (probably not), but since you already have SOTW, maybe you'd like to use it along with History Odyssey. We are going to try Level One Ancients for 1st grade. You can "try before you buy" (the right side of the link below) and if you do buy you can find it at Rainbow Resource. http://pandiapress.com/history_odyssey.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mereminerals Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I used History for Little Pilgrims by Christian Liberty Press with my dd when she was in 1st grade. We loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Have you ever seen Paula's Archives? It has several resources for SOTW which add Bible or workbooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campmom Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Have you looked at the Veritas cards for History? They sound like they might be what you would like as a timeline in chronological order, using reading from things like Kingfisher. You could add as many books to read as you want using the veritas list or something like sonlights list.You wouldn't need the whole curriculum just the timeline card would give you back bone of your study and you can also use them to have your dc memorize a timeline. It wouldn't give you a workbook but they do have planning books that go along with them that I think do have worksheets maybe? I've never used them so I don't know. I also really like MFW, they have reading and student worksheets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 What about Biblioplan? It uses SOTW or MOH and schedules in more of a Biblical focus. Now that they have the cool history packs and the coloring pages it may sort of fit the workbooky thing. Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apCrazy4Jesus Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Starting in 2nd grade Veritas press has a wonderful chronological history curicula which includes bible, has a workbook, and suggest many wonderful living books. We use and love HOD Preparing, but VP sounds like it would be a good fit for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsofpumpkins Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Have you ever seen Paula's Archives? It has several resources for SOTW which add Bible or workbooks. I was going to suggest this. I'm considering using SOTW next year with my children, but wanted more emphasis on the Bible, so if we use SOTW we'll use the schedule that combines it with Egermeier's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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