kristinainar Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I am looking for simple history and geography books or curriculum for my daughter who will be in second grade in the fall. This school year, we are reading through Usborne's First Encyclopedia of History and DK's Children Just Like Me while using a globe. My daughter is a very visual learner, so this setup is working great. Is there something out there that is similar to these books, but only slightly more "advanced"? Everything that I have found so far seems leaps and bounds beyond what we're doing. I ordered and have looked through SOTW 1, but I don't think it will hold her attention. I'm open to doing American history, but haven't found anything that seems to fit her learning style... Any suggestions appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fertigjc Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I am trying to figure out something for my second grader in the fall too. Was looking at American history too. Thinking of a combo of road trip USA, mp book on stories of American heroes, draw the USA and some games like destination USA and scrambled states. I was thinking of buying the liberty kid videos too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Why do you think SOTW1 won't hold her attention? Just curious. It has been well loved here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syllieann Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Usborne time traveler is nice. My visual child really likes sticker books too, so I always try to get a few of those. Placing stickers keeps hands and eyes on task while you provide other information about the sticker orally. Ie. it goes near the coast, north of x or maybe asking, why do you suppose she is wearing that type of hat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Usborne Book of World History is the next level up. https://www.rainbowresource.com/proddtl.php?id=004595 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenecho Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I have a visual learner and used Story of the World. What I did is I basically took books like those Usborn books and other library books and pictures online and while I read, illustrated the reading with those books. And, initially, I also cut down the text in the chapters into shorter bits. Sometimes I went so far as showing a wordless movie that showed pictures while I read. Now my son can manage without so much...but it took a while. And while that seems like a pain he is so engaged with the lessons. Anyways, I've been slowly writing about how I did this on my blog if you'ld like to see what I did....I think I'm up to chapter 11 (we just finished volume 1...but I'm slow at blogging about it). http://imaginativehomeschool.blogspot.com/2016/09/story-of-world-our-lessons-plans.html As for Ancient times...I think if I were to go with something else visual I would use Kingfisher Book of the Ancient World. The pictures are amazing...once I found it at my library I used it A LOT to illustrate Story of the World. But I also really like the writing and the way it's organized. It's longer paragraphs than Usborn...more similar to Story of the World in it's style in some ways (though doesn't include myths...you could supplement with those by just browsing your library). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.