History

[mamamoose]

We have been using MOH this semester but the kids really don't love it. They like the stories just fine, but I purchased a few of the extras and they really don't like doing them (coloring pages and folder books). I suppose we are fine skipping those extras, but I'm wondering if there is a better fit for my kids, specifically my 6 and 8.5 year old. I like having some kind of worksheets or something to go along with the lesson, but maybe I'm the one hung up on "schooling at home." Maybe I need to loosen up a little? I honestly don't know where to go from here. My son told me yesterday (8.5) he was bored out of his mind with history because he had already heard all those stories in the Bible (he retains information he hears extremely well, and especially Biblical information. 

 

Any thoughts on what to try next? Thoughts on just sticking with listening to the stories and going through the Q/A, provided in the book, verbally? Is that enough?

[TX Pilgrim]

He sounds like a great candidate for narrating the story back to you. Narration is a multifaceted skill even though it sounds very simple. There is a great series about what it is and how to do it on Simply Charlotte Mason. You can keep the worksheets and stuff if they are intersted but having him narrate will cement the stories, make it simpler and show you if he really does "get it" the way he says he does. My oldest is not into coloring or crafting but he can tell you most things he has heard or read after one reading. It really is a great life skill. Here is a good podcast overview of it http://edsnapshots.com/ymb10/.

[Freedom]

I completely agree with the narration suggestion....write and/or draw what you've studied. Also, if DS knows the information, maybe you could fly through the lessons and move to the next volume with new information sooner rather than later. Then you could resume the normal schedule. We use MOH with Biblioplan and have a similar situation...DS knows his Bible history!