MOH vs SOTW for 1st/2nd grade history

[AimeeM]

Which did you prefer? Why? I'd like something with activities that are NOT reliant on writing or coloring, as our rising 2nd grader struggles greatly with fine motor skills.

[Chris in VA]

I bought both but went with SOTW.

I am not YE, and, although I liked the way she lined up the bible narrative with history, I found MOH not to my theological taste.

However, if you are good with those two things, I would still say save it for logic stage.

[AimeeM]

I bought both but went with SOTW.

I am not YE, and, although I liked the way she lined up the bible narrative with history, I found MOH not to my theological taste.

However, if you are good with those two things, I would still say save it for logic stage.

I'm not YE. I would only use MOH volume 1, because we're Catholic and I've heard it veers definitely protestant after volume 1. Actually, we won't use SOTW beyond volume 1 either, so there's that, lol.

[mschickie]

Actually I found that MOH is very fair with the Catholic Church and really gives a good historical view of the development of the Church and the Protestant split.  It really does not favor one religion over the other.  I am usually very careful with that because I am formerly RC and I still have RC family and friends.  

 

 

I have used both SotW and MoH.  I really like the way MoH reads.  She does have lots of options for hands on activities in MoH.   We rarely did the activities for SotW but I could usually find something I like in MoH.  There were some really fun ones with food or with Legos that are just memorable for us.

[Jess4879]

We have been using both SOTW & MOH vol.1 this year.  I prefer MOH's presentation, but the kids definitely engaged more with the SOTW readings.  Even my 6th grader would glaze over for MOH.  They hated the memory cards - but the summarizing has been good for them.  There are a lot of activities in there and they are suited for all ages.  My youngest was able to do those right along with his sisters with minimum assistance.  If I was aiming for his age group though, I'd go with SOTW. 

[Holly]

I think SOTW is a better choice for 1st & 2nd grades.  The maps are much simpler and the readings are a bit shorter and more story-like.  Even a child struggling with writing would do fine with SOTW maps!  MOH mapping made some of my DC cry.   :leaving:  My oldest DD really enjoyed the readings from MOH, and it's more geared toward middle grades.