Beautiful Feet Books - Intermediate levels with younger children

[Dcs3]

Hello all,

 

I have been searching this forum and I don't seem to be able to find any information on the use of Beautiful feet books intermediate levels with younger ages.

 

I have been doing kindergarten with my 4 year old, and I am trying to make curriculum decisions for the upcomming years.

 

This year I have been reading an old abeka 3rd grade history book that my mother gave me from back when I was homeschooled. My 4 year old has been enjoying it and retaining much of it. It is one of the few abeka history books that is story/biography format. Having been homeschooled myself I am sick of history being boring.

 

I will eventually be homeschooling at least 3 kids close in ages, and there is no way I can read aloud 3 separate history programs. My goal is to come up with a literature based history cycle that will work k-8. The younger kids would mainly listen/narrate, and the older do the asignments/read aloud.

 

I love the idea of beautiful feet books, but they seem to be really lacking in the younger grades. So my question is would the intermediate level books be interesting and understandable to a 5 or 6 y/o or would they be way over their heads?

 

I got the holling c holling geography books from our library when my son was 3 years and he adored them. They are listed as 3rd-7th grade.

 

The cycle I'm thinking of doing is:

 

Early American intermediate (I am pretty sure my son would understand these)

 

Modern American and world intermediate (Most of these seem like they would work)

 

Ancient intermedite (I think this one would work)

 

Mideval intermediate (I am unsure of this one)

 

Then repeat....

 

 

I must sound totally crazy, lol!

[HomeAgain]

From what I see, the book packs for intermediate use general books for the 4th-6th grade reading level.  I think some would be over a young child's head (thinking of Oxford University Press books I see and the David Macaulay books like Castle)

 

Have you looked at programs like Wayfarers, where it gives lesson plans for various ages following the same plan?

[hmvaughan4]

Is there a reason you don't want to do Early American Primary? We're going through both the primary and intermediate right now. Have you looked into Simply Charlotte Mason? We're also doing the Genesis-Deuteronomy book. It has book recommendations for all levels.

[PentecostalMom]

Hello all,

 

I have been searching this forum and I don't seem to be able to find any information on the use of Beautiful feet books intermediate levels with younger ages.

 

I have been doing kindergarten with my 4 year old, and I am trying to make curriculum decisions for the upcomming years.

 

This year I have been reading an old abeka 3rd grade history book that my mother gave me from back when I was homeschooled. My 4 year old has been enjoying it and retaining much of it. It is one of the few abeka history books that is story/biography format. Having been homeschooled myself I am sick of history being boring.

 

I will eventually be homeschooling at least 3 kids close in ages, and there is no way I can read aloud 3 separate history programs. My goal is to come up with a literature based history cycle that will work k-8. The younger kids would mainly listen/narrate, and the older do the asignments/read aloud.

 

I love the idea of beautiful feet books, but they seem to be really lacking in the younger grades. So my question is would the intermediate level books be interesting and understandable to a 5 or 6 y/o or would they be way over their heads?

 

I got the holling c holling geography books from our library when my son was 3 years and he adored them. They are listed as 3rd-7th grade.

 

The cycle I'm thinking of doing is:

 

Early American intermediate (I am pretty sure my son would understand these)

 

Modern American and world intermediate (Most of these seem like they would work)

 

Ancient intermedite (I think this one would work)

 

Mideval intermediate (I am unsure of this one)

 

Then repeat....

 

 

I must sound totally crazy, lol!

Have you looked at the BF suggested progression schedule? Is there a reason you cannot combine the Primary and Intermediate for some of the guides? I currently have 6th, 2nd, K and Pre-K using the primary/intermediate combo for Early American and it is easily doable.

[Dcs3]

Thank you all! I am thinking I should probably go with primary for him and then integrate it later on if need be.

 

If i’m Not careful, i’ll end up killing his love of learning. He is way ahead in so many areas, so it is temping, but he is still only 4 1/2.

 

I have looked at scm, but the sequences would be difficult because our state requires us cover some us history each year until 6th grade. I’m just not sure how to make it mesh.

 

I have looked at a lot of different options but a lot of times the writing is not very engaging, or at least not what is in the samples.

 

Anyway, thank you again! :)

[Ausmumof3]

Have you read the well trained mind? With multiple kids I would have them all at the same part of the history cycle. You could use something like wayfarers which uses story of the world but also has schedules for all different ages that work together. Or for now you could just use story of the world and do literature selections from the activity guide. There is also sonlight and build your library which are literature based history curriculums.

[NoseInABook]

I wouldn't. I actually started the primary with my older kids because picture books still have a huge value even if they can handle (and enjoy) the chapter books.