chocoholic Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Questions regarding making a timeline as TWTM suggests: Do you have each child make their own timeline? (I'd imagine so) And do you just use long sheets of white paper and tape them together end-to-end? Thinking about starting this next fall.... Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshin Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 We use a timeline book instead of a wall timeline. I took a spiral top bound sketchbook and turned it on its side so the spiral was down the side. Drew a line down the center of each page and listed the date range in the top corner of each two page spread. You can do 25 year increments per page (front and back), which is 50 years per two-page spread when the book is open. A 150 page, 11x17 sketchbook works great. You end up with a few extra pages, so I stuck a few in front for prehistory and a few in back for specialized mini-timelines (such as the civil war, space race, etc). DS12 is on his second rotation through history, still using the same timeline book. It's great how seeing stuff he added in first or second grade is helping remind him of what he learned back then, or spurring his interest to learn more about it now. The books work well for us. I don't really have room or the urge to display a wall timeline. Plus, the books are also providing a keepsake. They love showing them off to grandparents, for example! They are easy to store on our history shelf and easy for the kids too look through to find information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I came across a Sonlight timeline book at a used sale (w/out the timeline pictures and such) and we are using it. DD is just writing in the info, no pictures. IF I hadn't come across it, I would do as above. It is probably what I will end up doing for dd8 when she hits logic stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshin Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 If you need timeline pictures, this site has a huge gallery of free images: http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocoholic Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Thank you, Joshin. Your post gave me the idea to google timeline images - gives me an idea of what other people have done & what it looks like in real life. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 We use a timeline book instead of a wall timeline. I took a spiral top bound sketchbook and turned it on its side so the spiral was down the side. Drew a line down the center of each page and listed the date range in the top corner of each two page spread. You can do 25 year increments per page (front and back), which is 50 years per two-page spread when the book is open. A 150 page, 11x17 sketchbook works great. You end up with a few extra pages, so I stuck a few in front for prehistory and a few in back for specialized mini-timelines (such as the civil war, space race, etc). DS12 is on his second rotation through history, still using the same timeline book. It's great how seeing stuff he added in first or second grade is helping remind him of what he learned back then, or spurring his interest to learn more about it now. The books work well for us. I don't really have room or the urge to display a wall timeline. Plus, the books are also providing a keepsake. They love showing them off to grandparents, for example! They are easy to store on our history shelf and easy for the kids too look through to find information. If you need timeline pictures, this site has a huge gallery of free images: http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/ Thanks for the great ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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