MeganW Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Title says it all. Looking for short & sweet interesting American history readalouds at a kindergarten level. THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkermamaof4 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 D'Aulaire books are wonderful. Scan the pictures to make coloring pages too and put them in a notebook. Story of the Pilgrims is great. These are scheduled in BF Primary Early American if you'd like a light schedule. Also, the You Wouldn't Want to Be series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 • Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeannette Winter • When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor • The Gift of the Sacred Dog by Paul Goble • Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus by Peter Sis • The Pilgrim’s First Thanksgiving by Ann McGovern • The Story of the Pilgrims by Katherine Ross • The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh • Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh • Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg • Pecos Bill by Steven Kellogg • John Henry by Julius Lester • A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt by David A. Adler • A Picture Book of George Washington by David A. Adler • A Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson by David A. Adler • A Picture Book of Paul Revere by David A. Adler • A Picture Book of Fredrick Douglass by David A. Adler • A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler • A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth by David A. Adler • A Picture Book of Helen Keller by David A. Adler • Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan • A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson by David A. Adler • Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King by Jean Marzollo • I Am Rosa Parks by Rosa Parks We used these with K12's History K course as a spine, which is a semester of geography and a semester of American. My son loved it. I deliberately waited on the D'Aulaire books as I felt many of them were too long and complicated for a Ker. We are reading them now (3rd grade) instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 Thank you thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlcc Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Authors Ellen Levine and Ann McGovern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewel7123 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 The Children's Book of America by William Bennett Our 50 states : a family adventure across America by Lynne Cheney O Say Can You See: American Symbols and Landmarks by Sheila Keenan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 The If You books (eg If You Lived in Colonial Times) might be a little old for K, but you might try them. My dds loved them. My older dd was 3rd grade, so my youngest must have been in K when we did American history and she followed along okay. You don't have to read them in one sitting. And then as your kids get older they'll pick them up and read them on their own. Not a book, but you might also find your kids are old enough to enjoy Liberty's Kids (dvd series on the American Revolution). We learned so much from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Check the Thanksgiving books threads for some good ones about the Plymouth settlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwickimom Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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