Bang!Zoom! Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Have any of your kids run into something in SOTW and just sort of parked it in one particular part? The kid is having more fun and engagement with Egypt, and far beyond the SOTW outline. I think we've been "in" Egypt for about six weeks...and she's showing no signs of wanting to leave but just go deeper and deeper. It's like she's studying a family tree or something.. Anyone else out there run into something like this? I'm okay with staying with her interests as long as it stays strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 My ds loved Egypt as well. There are just so many great Netflix docs and supplementary materials to be found on Egypt. It's easy for a kid to get totally sucked in. I'm was kind of sad to see the Mycenaean chapter since I know that probably means the end of Egypt. I think your dd and my ds will find just as much to love about Greece and Rome too though. My library has just as many books available on these other two ancient civilizations as it had on Egypt, and I've yet to check out Netflix but I'm sure we'll find a lot there too. I never limit what my kids want to read. I do some required reading, but if my ds wants a book on Egypt I'm certainly not going to say, "No! We're on Greece now!" :) I think it's completely great that she loves history! I would try to move on with SOTW and if she just hates Greece you could scrap the spine and go back to Egypt, I suppose (but I'd be willing to bet she will fall in love with Greece and Rome also.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 lol, your title cracked me up. Perhaps you can get out after a plague or two? :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Perhaps you can get out after a plague or two? :lol: I don't know, I've heard it can take up to ten... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 All the plots and murders...she's trying to figure out "who really did it.." She talks all day about it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 We enjoyed Egypt, but where we really camped was in the knights and castles and Crusades chapters in SOTW2. Boy howdy, my boys loved that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 We were "stuck" in Medieval for three years, and are only now (somewhat) reluctantly moving on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahliarw Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 My ds LOVES Egypt too. We're moving on, but a lot of outside reading will still be books on Egypt from the library, and I'm ok with that. The King Tut exhibit is coming to our area in May and we already have tickets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 When we did SOTW 1, we stayed in Egypt for a loooooooong time. It was so fun! There's just so much great stuff to do, it's hard to pick and choose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 We left Egypt a year ago...and still haven't left! My DD is STILL obsessed with all things Egypt, half her Christmas list is various Egypt-themed lego sets, she was an Egyptian princess for Halloween...and so on. We did Core 1/2 with a lot of extras last year, and I'm thinking that next year we'll come back and do SOTW just because she still seems so stuck in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece, so we might as well spend more time there while she's having fun :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoVanGogh Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 We ended up camping out in Egypt for a year. We are now somewhat 'off-track' with our history, but we enjoyed our time in Egypt so I have no regrets. We are about to leave Rome and enter the Middle Ages. I already know that DS has a deep interest in this, as he has been running off with school books for the past month. Thanks to SWB and classical education, my DS knows more about history at the elementary age than DH and I knew after college graduation. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplain Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 OP, if your daughter loves the intrigue of Egypt, wait 'til you get to Rome. :D Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Octavian, oh my! (Highly recommend this book.) We were "stuck" in Medieval for three years, and are only now (somewhat) reluctantly moving on. You have no idea how happy this makes me. :) DD and I loved Ancients, and we're finally, reluctantly, moving on to Medieval. Glad to hear we could end up loving it too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmos Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 My ds loved Egypt as well. There are just so many great Netflix docs and supplementary materials to be found on Egypt. Oooh, good idea. This is the kind of thing I never think to do. We're in the middle of Egypt right now. Any particular recommendations for an Egypt doc on netflix? TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalphs Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Dd had similar experience when we were reading CHOW. The King Tut exhibit came to the area, which enhanced our studies. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Your Egypt is my Rome. I think we stayed there off and on for 4 years. She's finally moved on. I had to keep finding different ways to look at it and approach it to feed her interest because every time I dragged her to some other time or place, she lost interest in history. At least she is interested in something that has a big history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 try this for netflix: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&key=0AumgWD14ZCPSdGNRQVVjeVotbjcwVlByV3pPS2xJRlE&hl=en_US&gid=0 There's been a million times this last month or so I've thought the very same thing to myself...."I never learned a thing about ancient history until now..." Teaching your kid is really humbling. I've been wondering too though..."If I was a kid in Egypt and in school...what would my history class be like?" Bet the field trips rock. (haha, there's a pun in there!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmos Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 try this for netflix: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&key=0AumgWD14ZCPSdGNRQVVjeVotbjcwVlByV3pPS2xJRlE&hl=en_US&gid=0 Hey, fantastic. Thank you! And thanks to whoever created it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3peasinapod Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 lol, your title cracked me up. Perhaps you can get out after a plague or two? :001_smile: :lol: Hear us, O Lord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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