luuknam Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Okay, I know that they're supposed to be college-level courses, but some are more accessible than others, as far as I'm aware. Netflix had The Inexplicable Universe by Tyson and my 8.5yo 3rd grader loved it. He of course didn't understand all of it, but I'm just wondering if we could make a list of the courses sorted more or less by age/grade level at which they would be interesting, even if not fully understood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDiegoMom Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 We have only used one so far but the kids really enjoyed it and it was definitely accessible - Great Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt. Bonus, it's only 12 lectures. The kids made Egyptian crafts out of clay while we listened. We are going to try more next year but I haven't started researching yet which ones! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDiegoMom Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Sorry, forgot to add my kids are fourth grade, 10 yo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 My 8 year old loves the physics and engineering courses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 We have the audio of How to Listen to and Understand Great Music (I think anyway that is the title.) I am thinking of letting my dd11 try it this summer, I think it would work for that age group. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 My 8 year old loves the physics and engineering courses. Which ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 My younger kids have not enjoyed any of them except for the corny high school history lectures (which I really can't stand.) I personally don't think they are the best source of teaching material for young elementary age kids. I own 3 bookshelves worth of title. Yikes! Guess I have spent a small fortune on them over the yrs. I do really love using them in our homeschool, but we don't use them until middle school. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Which ones? Physics in your Life Everyday Engineering Understanding the World's Greatest Structures - Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity Understanding Greek and Roman Technology These are definitely not aimed at kids and they can be somewhat dry, but my little guy loves to watch these and it's amazing what he picks up. My favorite is Everyday Engineering of the above listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerforest Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 We used a lot of the history ones starting in 5th, but many of them touched upon adult themes that other families might not want to expose kids too, but within the context of history it wasn't an issue for us. I also have a very mature accelerated learner. We listened to these together and would stop and discuss things. I have to admit that she is more tolerant of some lecturers than I am. We have used as few as 1 to as many as all of these different ones: History of Ancient World: Global Perspectives Food: A Cultural Culinary History The Other Side of History; Daily Life in the Ancient World Cultural Literacy for Religion History of Science Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed Joy of Science The Medieval World History of English Language Story of Human Language Fundamentals of Mathematics Algebra I Joy of Mathematics That's all I can gather from our records right now, but, again, I would NOT describe my DD as typical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 My younger kids have not enjoyed any of them except for the corny high school history lectures (which I really can't stand.) I personally don't think they are the best source of teaching material for young elementary age kids. I own 3 bookshelves worth of title. Yikes! Guess I have spent a small fortune on them over the yrs. I do really love using them in our homeschool, but we don't use them until middle school. To be clear, I wasn't planning on spending a fortune on them anytime in the foreseeable future. Our library has several of them though, and I'm sure my kids will get older over time as well. Just curious which titles might be interesting at what point. I did check out the meteorology one from the library last year (for myself) and was not impressed with that one - I'd rather read a meteorology textbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Oh, and over on the high school board there's this thread about TGC streaming for $15/month if you sign up for a year, or $20 monthly. Just thought I'd mention it since some of us (like me) rarely check the high school board. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/582297-the-great-courses-plus/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 My DS was the kind of kid who enjoyed Documentaries and even lectures at a young age. I think History of Food would be good, especially if you also watch The Supersizers (available on either Hulu or Netflix). Human Geography was easy to understand and interesting but subject matter might have to much depth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaChicken Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 My boys are 12 and 10. They both enjoy History of the. ancient world 30 greatest orchestral works My older son loves the science courses. He's listened to The origin and evolution of earth The Higgs boson and beyond (i don't think many kids would like this. It was dry and complicated) Einsteins relativity How to listen to and understand great music (I don think he finished it) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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