Anyone use these resources?

Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • December 8, 2013 at 8:39 pm
    Kristen
    Participant

    I’m probably going to be ordering the Matthew history study guide and was wondering if anyone uses these two resources. They look neat!

    Visits to Europe

    The Stuff They Left Behind: From the Days of Ancient Rome portfolio

    Thanks,

    Kristen

      December 8, 2013 at 10:10 pm
      sheraz
      Participant

      We are getting ready to use these exact ones. I have used the Visits to the Middle East and had created my own version of the Stuff They Left Behind for Greece before those came out. 

      I love, love, love the simplicity of the Visits to… series. We have all the books, so it literally is pull it out and go for us. I like the books and the introduction that they create. And it is simple to add another book (I have others that occasionally I pull out) if you want. But they are great as is.

      I also LOVE the pictures in these type of studies. All of a sudden, these are real people with real things…and then connections start being made. It is so neat to realize this as a teacher when you are watching/reading something and your kids start popping off “I recognise that….” or “That’s just like the one we studied, remember, Mom?” or “It reminds me of ….”

      December 9, 2013 at 2:52 am
      Mandi
      Participant

      I use the Visits to Europe; however, since my oldest is only 8, I decided not to do the map drills on Europe.  Instead we have focused our maps first on continents, then U.S., and now capitals.  We do locate countries, but I do not require him to know all European countries.  I do like the supplemental books w/ it and have enjoyed learning about different cultures. 

      I just started using the portfolio, b/c I had not found a Rome resource I liked for the ages of my kids.  I just recently found a big picture book at the library where we read on different aspects and then began tying in the portfolio pictures with that.  I plan to use them more after Christmas. 

      All in all I have been happy w/ these resources to go along with the Matthew history book.

    Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)
    • The topic ‘Anyone use these resources?’ is closed to new replies.