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My oldest will be in first grade next year. I have been planning on beginning a history rotation with him and have liked a lot of the books recommended by Veritas Press for 2nd grade. But I don’t know what to do for a spine. I’ve thought of “A Child’s History of the World” (and just go as far in the book as we are studying next year) or “On the Shores of the Great Sea.” I’ve also considered “Streams of Civilization” but think it’s probably not the best for his age.
For those of you who are more familiar with these actual books, what would you recommend?
I tried using “On the Shores of the Great Sea” when my son was in 1st grade – but it didn’t work well for us. “A Child’s History of the World” has been working well for our family.
I have two first graders and third grader ane we have been reading through “On The Shores Of The Great Sea.” They enjoy it, but my 3rd grader more so. My first graders really enjoy reading random history stories from the website Heritage-history.com. They have a young readers collection and I let them choose a story to read (usually I read it to them) then they mark it in their history notebook. Then they pick another one. Right now they have been enjoying the Twins series (Spartan Twins, Mexican Twins, Eskimo Twins, and Japanese Twins, so far).
When they get a year or two older I will start “On the Shores of the Great Sea” with them. That way they will have an idea of certain people groups and cultures from the stories they have been reading, and it will hopefully make it more enjoyable to learn more facts at that point. At least this has been the case with my 3rd grader 🙂 I hope that helped some, and wasn’t too confusing.
We like the Hilyer book quite a bit. Started with my daughter in 1st grade (two years ago) with a 3year old listening in and both were drawn in to the story quickly. You might want to edit a bit if you want to come at it from a strictly creation stand point, but I just read it as written and gave time for questons and discussion afterward.
Not familiar with “On the Shores of the Great Sea” so I can’t compare.
HTH!
Jenni
I am starting On the Shores with my year two student. I like the book, but I thought it was a bit advanced for year 1, even for my very advanced reader last year. We read through 50 Famous Stories, which I thought gave a great introduction to the skill of narrating. Then we did some fiction books to get familiar with the ancient cultures. Boy of the Pyramids, some from the “Our Little Cousin series: some from the “Twins” series, and we have looked at D’Aulaire Greek Myths and a few others from the library. Now I think we are ready for “On the Shores”, and I’m looking forward to it. Depending on how old your grade 1 student is, you may want to look at other options.
Joanne
Thank you for all your input.
My son will be 6 next year. He’s not reading a lot, but he does pretty good with comprehension when we read to him.
I’ve not required any narration yet, but he does it on his own. If my husband reads to him he comes and tells me what happened. 🙂
He loves hearing “The Sugar Creek Gang.” He has enjoyed Charlotte’s Web. We are reading “Missionary Stories with the Millers” and “The Burgess Bird Book” right now. He does pretty good with books at that level, so that’s the level at which I’m aiming.
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