Kidlit Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Up until this year, we've always used SOTW, more or less as TWTM suggests (though not as thoroughly). I decided over the summer to spend this year and the next doing American History with my girls and purchased Sonlight to do it. I'm not loving it, though. My girls are voracious readers, and it's painful (really, downright impossible) for them to spread a book out over so many days. Plus, I don't like not having a nonfiction spine. I have the Maestro books and have started using them alongside the Sonlight readers and history selections, but basically all we do is read. (I'm not using the Marshall book as a spine because I'm not crazy about the approach it takes.). The point of this ramble is to get some feedback about what, exactly, I should be doing for output. Narrations? How? Just read the books , discuss, and call it good? If someone has a wonderful approach to history, I'd sure love to hear it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 This was our plan for last year. For output we mostly utilizes narrations -- oral and written via notebooking pages and hands on/interactive notebooking via easy make and learn and hands on histories from Scholastic $1 sales. We also did one bigger "project" each unit. Oops. Forgot the link. :) http://onemagnificentobsession.blogspot.com/2013/05/us-history-for-grammar-stage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidlit Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Thanks so much for your help, ByGrace3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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