ExcitedMama Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 I’m tired of battling with my ES over her checklist in regard to DD and her Social Studies/History section. DD listens in on SOTW read alouds but she is still learning how to read CVC words so she’s obviously not ready for much in the way of actual writing. I think it’s ridiculous that a K’er can’t get credit for what she can recite out loud to the ES, which is pretty impressive recall, but the ES will happily accept easy Brain Pop quizzes. There just is not a lot of content for her there. I cannot find a workbook but there must be one out there, right? Any recommendations? I’d rather just spend a few minutes on it instead of constantly battling over this requirement. Is there something similar to the EM Beginning Geography books? Leaving the virtual charter school is not an option because I’m willing to overlook the annoying bureaucracy to use the funding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amateur Actress Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 I found this... https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/6617263/Shell-Education-180-Days-Of-Social/?cm_mmc=PLA-_-Google-Mobile-_-Instructional_Resources-_-6617263&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpMnBi82X3QIVhIjICh0BQwkeEAQYBSABEgJET_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcitedMama Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 I’ve looked at that series and unfortunately it’s so basic that it seems like it should be for preschoolers. Both the K and the 1st grade books have lots of basic things like which happened first and who is older. It really seems to have no idea what children know. How many first graders don’t know that a crawling a baby is younger than a walking baby? I’m having the hardest time finding anything that will work but I’m hoping there’s something out there that I’ve missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) Would History Portfolio Jr. be an option? It has a lot of coloring pages and mazes and stuff for littler kids. ETA: I think that's not secular, though. There's always History Pockets, where you can pick and choose the activities for kids. Edited August 31, 2018 by HomeAgain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah0000 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Our ES accepts a hand drawn picture with a label about whatever we had studied in history. Occasionally I would do a quick Google search for whatever basic topic and find a free easy worksheet when I needed something written. Sometimes I'll have DS copy or trace an appropriate picture from a book and label the parts or copy a caption. In the past I was considering the Core Skills workbooks but starting at grade 3 I think it was to get to actual history content but ultimately decided against it. Our ES also accepts geography for social studies which we already happen to do in a workbook format anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homemommy83 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Abeka K? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof1 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 What is a ES? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet2ndchance Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 3 hours ago, ExcitedMama said: How many first graders don’t know that a crawling a baby is younger than a walking baby? I would have thought the same thing with my older kids as they were always around babies when they were young but when I read this I got to thinking my youngest son, who is 5 1/2yo, will be 6yo in January, might not know. He has only been around kids older than him, no babies in the family at the moment. He has never really been around babies. So I found two Youtube videos of babies crawling and walking that looked similar in size and weight so he wouldn't try to use height or weight as a guide. Asked him what each baby was doing and then after he watched both I asked him which baby was older and which was younger and he told me the crawling baby was older. I didn't tell him if he was right or wrong but I asked him to tell me why the crawling baby was older and he said because he was using his arms and legs and not just his legs. I can see his logic given that he does not have any actual experience with babies. He has never observed one for any amount of time or watched a sibling or cousin grow up so he really has no real life experience to draw from. Youngest children and onlies really may not know that most babies crawl before they walk. I know this is a bit of a tangent from your topic but I just wanted to share the results of my little experiment lol. It doesn't worry me that he didn't know and I wouldn't think to teach that to an elementary student, there are so many other things I think are more important during this time, but it really can be something that an elementary child doesn't know. I hope you find your workbook. Honestly, I would probably do a picture narration (child draws, I scribe, possibly have them label if they can write). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcitedMama Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 7 hours ago, Mommyof1 said: What is a ES? Sorry, I think it’s an Educational Specialist or some such acronym. The price of getting money to spend is that we have to meet monthly with our ES while they make sure progress is being made in the subject areas. If it wasn’t so much money it wouldn’t be worth the nuisance! I’m really surprised that there’s not more options. Everything I’ve looked at is so basic. It looks like the Core Knowledge books we did in preschool, which were great for that age, but I expected more for K. Those preschool activity books were actually more complicated in their out in order cards for stories. My DS cannot handle how basic the EM books are so I guess I shouldn’t have expected much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Rand McNally Beginner Geography and Map Activities Workbook - You would have to read the text to her, but most pages require little writing. Do you need to show a stack of completed papers each month or just a few samples? If the later, make your own worksheets. Would copywork from history narrations be acceptable? Otherwise, is there nothing in the SOTW Activity Guide you could use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Veritas Press has a hostory of me workbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The Complete Book of Maps and Geography? I think it says start in 2nd or 3rd grade, but they are simple enough. Maybe you could throw in some of those and do it over the next couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenecho Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 (edited) Can it be any workbook page (you just need something written showing she's done history?) If that's the case I suggest looking on Teachers Pay Teachers for history workbook pages (you can search under free so you're not paying for much) or just get the test book for SOTW and use that. There's also a lot of Lapbooks you could do. You could search online on pinterest. History Pockets has some excellent ones on Ancient Civilizations you could use if you don't mind buying them. This site has some good free lapbooks for subscribers: https://www.tinasdynamichomeschoolplus.com/subscriber-freebies/ Edited September 4, 2018 by goldenecho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenecho Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 (edited) The Visual Guide to Kindergarten might also work. It's a workbook with math, language arts, science and social studies. I have the one for 1st grade. Its basically infographics followed by questions (the kind of stuff that's colorful and would take a lot of ink to print...which is why I bought it). But the info isn't babyish. Granted it's not in any real order either (like the 1st grade one has pages about Egypt, Native Americans, and US government all in the same book). Plus it's not JUST social studies but I'd say more than a1/3 of it touches on some aspect of social studies (history, culture, geography, citizenship). I sort of jump around in it and use it when it lines up to other things I'm teaching. Edited September 4, 2018 by goldenecho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcitedMama Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 Thanks so much @goldenecho, that’s exactly what I was looking for! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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