History for a visual learner

[blessedmom3]

Any suggestions for a good history curriculum for a visual learner -- like Story of the world or A child's story of the world (Calvert)-- but with lots of pictures ?

I am concerned that my 6 yrs old would be bored with SOTW without pictures to stimulate his interest.

Thanks for any inputs .

[Lovedtodeath]

I have just the thing! How about picture books to go along with SOTW? PM me for a sample.

[Closeacademy]

My dd colors the coloring pages and maps from SOTW when she finishes with those she has other coloring pages she works on while I read. She actually hears the story when she is coloring. Otherwise it just goes in one ear and out the other.

 

Bascially, the coloring pages focus her brain on something that it can see and so her ears are able to tune it.

 

Good luck.:001_smile:

[siloam]

Any suggestions for a good history curriculum for a visual learner -- like Story of the world or A child's story of the world (Calvert)-- but with lots of pictures ?

I am concerned that my 6 yrs old would be bored with SOTW without pictures to stimulate his interest.

Thanks for any inputs .

 

Winter Promise chooses visual books, maybe with the exception of Hideaways in History, which uses SOTW as a spine.

 

If you use SOTW the Activity guide comes with schedules for reading either Usborne World History, Kingfisher History Encyclopedia or Kingfisher Illustrated World History. All three are picture based.

 

Sonlight's Core K, 1 and 2 uses Usborne spines. The second 2 with CHOW (Child's History of the World-Calvert).

 

Heather

 

[Lovedtodeath]

Here is a sampling of books that DD has enjoyed. She reads on her own and does projects, and SOTW helped me pull it together, but she never sees or hears SOTW itself. She loves Ancient History and is motivated to read above her level, so I am very pleased that our goals are being met in this way.

 

Using SOTW in a laid back home...

 

Archaeologists Dig For Clues

Kate Duke

 

The First Painter

Katherine Lasky

(This is a beautiful picture book that describes the magic of cave painting. Alternatives are given due to the nature of the book, and the limited availability.)

 

You Wouldn’t Want

To be a Sumerian Slave

Jacqueline Morley

and David Antram

(DD also really liked "You Wouldn't Want To Work on the Great Wall" and "You Wouldn't Want to Be a Slave In Ancient Greece". Their are a lot of these available at my library.)

 

Lugalbanda: The boy

who got caught up in a war

Kathy Henderson

A picture book of the oldest written story known to date.

Lugalbanda is believed to be the father of Gilgamesh. 72 pages

 

Usborne Beginners: Egyptians

Stephanie Turnbull (This came in an "Egyptians Kid Kit". Great projects, great price.)

 

We’re Sailing Down the Nile

A Journey Through Egypt

Laurie Krebs (You've got to see this one. It looks to be too babyish at first, but there is a ton of info.)

 

Seeker of Knowledge:

The Man who Deciphered

Egyptian Hieroglyphics

James Rumford (Fascinating. Hieroglyphics throughout the story.)

 

Oh, and the book that started it all: Good Times Travel Agency: Adventures in Ancient Egypt.

 

HTH

Edited April 14, 2009 by Lovedtodeath

[Lovedtodeath]

The Usborne Internet-LinkedSeven Wonders of the

Encyclopedia of World HistoryAncient World

Jane Bingham Mary Hoffman

Fiona Chandler, Sam Taplin

Usborne

 

The Usborne Internet-Linked

First Encyclopedia of History

Fiona Chandler

Usborne

 

How Children Lived

Chris Rice, Melanie Rice

DK Publishing, Inc.

 

The Illustrated Book of Myths:

Tales and Legends of the World

Neil Philip, Nilesh Mistry

DK Publishing, Inc.

 

(Be careful with this one. There are some scary pictures; I won’t let my children look at it without me, but DD loves it, and the illustrations are superp. There is great factual information with artifacts in the margins as well. There is a little editing that will be mentioned as it comes up. I chose this book because there are myths from Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India, Africa, America, and Persia, among others. I might glue together the pages where you can find an Indian myth called The Mother of Life and Death, and a Greek myth with the Minotaur.)

 

Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, Usborne's The Story of the Romans, The Great Alexander the Great by Joe Lasker, Tutankhamen's Gift, Pyramids and Mummies by Seymour Simon.

[Arch at Home]

We have never had a problem with the lack of pictures. The AG has a plethora of pictures to help. If need be you might try reading while your child is coloring, playing with clay or doing Legos.

[Alessandra]

It sounds as though we have the same type of dc! I'm not sure from your post what periods you are covering, but in general, here are some things that worked for my dc in 1st-2nd grades.

 

We have liked Peoples of the Ancient World, Picture the Past, Picturing the Past series, among others. Millbrook Press has a lot of "2 page spread" books that are visually appealing like Usborne or DK, but with more flowing text. Cheryl Harness has wonderfully illustrated books on American History topics. I'd also look at some illustrated early readers, like books by Stephen Krensky, and use them as read alouds. I have got some of our best books from the bibliographies in Books to Build On by E.D. Hirsch. We also use library plus Netflix to do a lot of history with movies. I should add the obvious -- with the visual type books, you don't have to read the whole book!

 

BTW, my kiddos did not take to SOTW when I tried to read it to them at home, but they like the Jim Weiss cd to listen to in the car -- we use it as a review for topic areas that we have already covered, so they have (I presume) some kind of visual image in their minds.

Edited April 15, 2009 by Alessandra

[Lovedtodeath]

BTW, my kiddos did not take to SOTW ,, we use it as a review for topic ares that we have already covered, so they have (I presume) some kind of visual image in their minds.

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