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Mattimeo (Redwall, #3)

by Brian Jacques

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Heroes and Happenings: Sixty Stories in Two Volumes from American History Volume 1

by Amy Lykosh

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Cala said: " TL:DR HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

This book is the first of two spines for Sonlight's K history homeschool curriculum. It introduces the child (and adult reading it!) to a variety of people and events throughout American history from Norsemen through the 18th TL:DR HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

This book is the first of two spines for Sonlight's K history homeschool curriculum. It introduces the child (and adult reading it!) to a variety of people and events throughout American history from Norsemen through the 18th century. Each person/event gets around 4-6 pages of summary and multiple, colorful, interesting maps and/or pictures that bring them/it to life. The icing on the cake here is the "extra" recommended books. At the end of each person/event's section, one, or often more, books for further reading are listed. I was able to get a majority of these through the local library. To make it even better, at the end of the book, there is another list of books for further reading broken down by century, but not pertaining to an individual or event that was covered in the book. All of these lists include many age appropriate picture books for use with the curriculum's recommended age range (5-6 y.o./K-1st grade); but they also include many books for use with older children (ranging from more wordy picture books to full blown chapter books and biographies). Some of these "older" books, I read to my son. But many of these, I just read for myself and learned an immense amount about American history. I, as the adult leading this study and reading these books, honestly feel like I have a better grasp on the flow of American history, and have been introduced to multiple individuals whom I don't remember learning about before.

I read this book/curriculum aloud to my 5/6 y.o. son throughout the year. There were times that the text in H&H was a bit confusing or too wordy for him to follow. In that case, I would just summarize it a bit after the paragraph/page. But he enjoyed it as a whole. And, honestly, he remembers a fair amount. This may be because we added on most of the "extra" reading books to reinforce that person/event. I plan to use the list in the back of the book for further reading during the summer, because there just wasn't time to add very many of them during the school year. If you're wanting to stretch this curriculum over 1.5 or 2 years, that would be incredibly feasible. Each person/event could easily be visited over two days instead of one. But, on the other hand, it's meant for K-1st, so a one day introduction to most of the people/events is perfectly suitable. ...more "

Apr 19, 2021 09:25AM · see review