ciyates Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 My son loves to read and seems to enjoy history but hates the textbook approach. I liked Sonlights approach but some of the books are going to lose him. I was considering use Kingfisher for a spine (along with a few other resources) but allow most of his reading to come from the Henty books. He is going into the 8th grade. Is this enough or is it to light? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Just quickly--I think some Henty books are great, fun, interesting, well-written, attractive---and some are dry, boring, slightly biased (in an unattractive? way), and icky. You'd have to pre-read to see what you are comfy with. (It's personal, so please don't ask which ones I feel this way about.) And, some of them are a lot harder to get thru than the Sonlight books. Just mo,ymmv. What part of the rotation will you be doing? There are lots of great books out there--I'd certainly use some Henty novels, but I wouldn't go "all Henty, all the time." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie/MO Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 ...of a phase of Albert Marrin that my boys went through. It was great for them, but I "made" them read other books too. I think it just makes for a well-rounded education. Blessings, Stephanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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