MrsMe Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Can the activity guide work for grade 6 or is it too young? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Farrar Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 The review questions, the map work, and the upper level book suggestions could be useful (and even some of the picture book ones). The coloring sheets and many (or maybe most) of the projects would be more for younger kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebacabunch Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 My 6th grader likes everything but the coloring pages. i love that the corresponding readings for kingfisher and usborne are in the activity guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 My 6th grader likes everything but the coloring pages. i love that the corresponding readings for kingfisher and usborne are in the activity guide. :iagree::iagree: I've used the AG for K through 8th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMe Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 My 6th grader likes everything but the coloring pages. i love that the corresponding readings for kingfisher and usborne are in the activity guide. Which Usborne Guide and does it have to be Kingfisher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMe Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 :iagree::iagree:I've used the AG for K through 8th grade. Yay!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellamoon Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Im using it along with the Usborne Encyclopedia for my 5th grader. Its just the right level of challenge for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) I think so. I'm currently going through it a second time with my younger child. We do a lot of the projects because he likes projects, but I admit I have to put a lot of them together because he can't. So I can imagine a 6th grader getting even more out of it if he is into that sort of thing. The questions, narrations, etc. I believe are sufficiently challenging. You can always add in more challenging reading. Maybe even take some of the projects and have him explore more into them. For example, the other day we made a double sided ax. I should say "I" made it. It was too hard for DS 7 to make it. I could imagine maybe reading more about the weaponry of the time, for example. My 10 year old has gone through volume 1-3 and is now working on 4. He asked if when we are done we could go through all four again. I'm not sure yet if we will do that, but I do think it would be ok to do so with some adjustments. I myself have learned more from SOTW history wise than in all of my years in school. :iagree: And I went to good schools. I don't understand how SOTW could not be used for the upper grades. I found the writing engaging and learned much as an adult. I can't imagine my children won't be able to then. That said, I will have my ds do SOTW 1 in 6th with dd as she's getting it for the first time in 2nd grade. However, he will also have K12 Human Odyssey to read from and perhaps some of the Dorothy Mills books. I agree with the others that the activities could be done almost independently by then (even the cooking ones!), and the crossword puzzles and the like would be stimulating as well. I know several older children (6th grade and up) who still like coloring. They could also illustrate their own picture. Definitely add a timeline at that age. It will put everything into perspective. Discuss the bigger issues. Edited October 19, 2012 by sagira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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