MistyMountain Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I know about the history cycle but I haven't really done it with my kids. I have the SOTW volume 1 audio cd and we listened to it in the car but only 1 of my kids actually listened to it. I have a lot of history books in the house but I let them chose what they want to read and so they are not read in order of the time in history at all. I am now realizing that my older 2 have no sense of time of when things in history or that we are reading about have occurred in relation to one another. Did I mess them up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 At their ages, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Most kids aren't taught history in order. I was actually given advice when my kids were young not to even try to teach them history in order because they couldn't comprehend it. I am not sure I believe that is true for all kids, but, whatever. We did SOTW but also did a lot of interest-led history studies when my kids were little. One of my kids loves history and still does a lot of reading on his own outside the time frame we're studying at any particular time. Some people find a timeline helps to put things in perspective. Enjoy your history studies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 When my dc were young, we just did...history, whatever came along, whatever looked interesting. By the time they were high school age, they loved history, and a chronological study was filled in with all sorts of experiences. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Chronology can come later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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