momsuz123 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Yep, I am just struggling trying to fit this in, but I really like it and so does my 8 y/o (6 y/o so-so). I am really focusing a lot on the 3 R's because I think this area is so important, and being a new hs, I want to get this right. However, I think history is important too (along with everything else really), so I am going to try and make it a bed time story and then do the activity the next day for art. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I think it's a good idea. I have a friend whose husband reads SOTW to their children at night. I'm having hard time squeezing it in myself, because the youngest kids are so darn noisy. I find that reading history during lunch works out decently. They are (in theory) busy eating (except for the noisy 3 year old who only eats under duress). But anyway, since I eat much faster than they do anyway, it works cause their hands and mouths are busy and their bodies are already confined to the seat. Now if I could just remember to actually get it out, we'd be much farther along in the book!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy to monkeys Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Even better would be to get the CD and let Jim Weiss read the bedtime story. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguistmama Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 The audio version has been a lifesaver for us this year! DD6 has it on her mp3 player and we listen to it in the car a lot. I worried how much she would retain without doing the activities. But when we watch documentaries on netflix she often says, "Hey, I learned about this in history!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Sure, that's fine. I also suggest getting the IR books out of the library--they are great for assigned reading. Also get other books on the subject, and add them in to your read alouds and the book shelf, so you can layer on the various angles on the subjects. That can really cement the material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduemeche Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I think making it a bedtime routine is a great idea. We only do SOW once/week since we use it as a supplement to TOG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie in MS Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 That is what we do with Story of the Pilgrims. Makes great bedtime stories. And during breakfast I read our Bible story to dd. This really helps because dd has a hard time sitting too long for school. So making part of it a bedtime story spaces it out and she is more attentive. We are also reading other books I have printed such as Great Americans, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpidarkomama Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 That's what we do! It's just really hard to fit it into the regular part of the day, and switching it to after learning time made it much easier. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Even better would be to get the CD and let Jim Weiss read the bedtime story. ;) Or listen in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay3fer Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I think this could work. We are working our way (slowwwwwwly) through CHOW as a bedtime story. We listen to the Jim Weiss SOTW audios in the car, but only chapters we have covered together already. I often end up reading either history or science to them over lunch - it's a great time of day that is often lost if I run away to wash dishes or (gasp!) eat my own lunch. Plus, that way, even the 4 year old is a more-or-less captive audience, and delights friends and family with big words like metamorphosis...! :-))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momsuz123 Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Sure, that's fine. I also suggest getting the IR books out of the library--they are great for assigned reading. Also get other books on the subject, and add them in to your read alouds and the book shelf, so you can layer on the various angles on the subjects. That can really cement the material. Thanks but what does IR mean? Sorry if this is a no brained, but I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Thanks but what does IR mean? Sorry if this is a no brained, but I don't know. Oh sorry, IR is independent reading. It's a designation in the Activity Guide for books that are at the reading level of the child rather than RA (read alouds). The SOTW1 IR books are perfect for emerging readers. It's kind of nice for a struggling early reader to be able to take a breather and read a book that relates to what they are hearing about in history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellalarella Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Last year I read SOTW 2 at supper to our whole family and we all enjoyed it. I think that SOTW 3 is more advanced, and sorry to say, much, much more difficult for the 8 and under crowd to grasp. Sometimes I can read a chapter to the people, but not always. SOTW 1, however, is a fine bedtime type read aloud, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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