Hey all! I homeschool the boys daily, Beau more than the other two because he's 6. So far, this is what we do: One story from a Dick and Jane book (Beau only, others listen, done daily) Ray's New Primary Arithmatic (Daily with Beau) A Spelling game or Math Game (Beau and Pat, Daily) Bible Lesson (for all boys) Science Expiriment (All boys, once a week) I would really like to incorporate History into our lessons as well to be done once a week, like the science stuff. Our science projects are usually on-going, like making rock candy or something. So even though we might only talk extensively about it for one day, we still observe for at least a couple days after the initial lesson. I am looking to do American History, and thought about using Liberty's Kids, and building each lesson off of each story. Know what I mean? Would that work? I can't use the internet, at least not for another 4 weeks because we don't have internet at our house. I have a Liberty's Kids DVD we own, but I have more queued on Netflix to be mailed to us. This seems like the easiest way to incorporate History, and truely it's just a trial run since we don't have to record hours or subjects until he turns 7. Just testing the waters. What do you think? What do you all do for History??
I think that at that age history should be presented in reverse order starting with today and should be personal. The concept of the "past" is hard for the very young, so you start with their own "past." Make baby books with each of them and talk about things they have done. Then move to your past and tell them about yourself before they were born. Show them pictures of yourself when you were their age and talk about what you did when you were that old. Share with them the music you liked or the TV shows you watched, etc. Maybe they can talk to their grandparents about their childhoods. Then I'd do field trips for local history. National/world history is important, but I think connecting kids to their own history and to the history they can touch first is more important as it helps them understand the relevance of the past to the present.
If you'd like to have them watch Liberty's Kids, then try incorporating easy readers with a history theme such as http://www.amazon.com/Adams-Speaks-...958571&sr=8-1&keywords=john+adams+easy+reader That's what I did for my youngers, and seemed to work out well. You just have to keep it simple and I like the idea Alice has above, to work backward, starting maybe, with their history (being born, etc).
