Child's History of the World for a spine?

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  • August 9, 2016 at 4:17 pm
    Andrea
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    Hello, we are entering the Middle Ages-Reformation this year. Last year, for Ancients, we used Story of the World as our spine. I tolerated it, but didn’t love it. My son, 7-8 at the time, could give me a decent narration from it, but with little genuine interest. So, this year I’m considering Child’s History of the World by Hillyer, and more living books. I also want to add in some Our Island Story by Marshall. Basically, I want to take AO Y2 and 3 and pull out the pieces I like to make our school year complete. Lol. Anyhow, what do you all think of CHOW?

    August 14, 2016 at 7:29 am
    Melanie32
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    I’ve never used CHOW myself but have heard wonderful things about it! Have you tried a sample to see how you like it?

    We do love Our Island Story.

    August 15, 2016 at 12:46 am
    Monica
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    I’ve never used CHOW, but I recently purchased it at a book sale and I think it would be a wonderful spine for kids in the early elementary years.

    August 16, 2016 at 6:11 pm
    mtnmama
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    My oldest started SOTW four years ago and he is just wrapping up Vol. 4 this semester at age 11. We have all loved it and will continue to use it as a supplement. My younger ones are using CHOW as a spine this year because we switched to Ambleside Online and I thought we’d give it a try.

    So far, so good, we just skipped to chapter 4 because the earlier chapters are weird. Not only because they talk about evolution and pre-history in a non-Christian way, but I picked up this book when I was a kid and the only thing I remember is how weird the first few chapters were. Then I handed it to my 11 year old and he was totally turned off by them too.

    August 17, 2016 at 6:36 am
    nebby
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    CHOW is fairly simple language. I’d say it’s for younger kids. I liked it but I did edit as  I read some bits. It is older and the language can at times sound racist. Other times I just read what was there and we talked about how words and ideas change over time. I love Our Island Story too. Obviously it is more focused on just England. I can’t remember the spine we used for that period but I know it was from Heritage History. They have lots of ebooks. You could look at what they recommend.

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