Think I have decided…

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  • January 28, 2013 at 3:36 pm
    pecangrove
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    I *think* I have decided to use Biblioplan Year 2 with SOTW Vol 2 as the spine. I love the Biblioplan Companion, but am trying to decide whether to use the SOTW Activity boook or BP Cool History and Maps books. My concern is the content of the SOTW book… we used it this year and a great portion of the ‘activities’ seemed to be just coloring pages. NOT what my son is into. But it would be cheaper than buying the 2 BP books.

    Anyone have any advice on these 2? Thanks!

    January 28, 2013 at 8:54 pm
    Tristan
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    Okay, question – why have activities? Don’t throw tomatoes! I just have found that if I will give my kids lots of craft materials and some freedom they’ll take what we’re studying and use it in their play. It’s a lot less stressful than planning activities they may or may not enjoy.

    January 28, 2013 at 9:15 pm
    Heather
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    I agree with Tristan.  My kids never like the activity books I would buy with the exception of Hands of A Child lapbooks.  They are inexpensive, reinforce what they’re learning and you can get to to go along with the time period you’re studying.  You can usually get them even cheaper off of currclick!

    http://www.handsofachild.com

    January 28, 2013 at 9:52 pm
    pecangrove
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    Well, he only likes activities maybe once every week or 2, and then not the same thing over and over. He is not a huge fan of lapbooks, but does like to make things. For instance, today we got a terra cotta planter and he painted it in the the Greeks used to. He enjoyed that, but not color/cut/paste type of things. So really I would only use any activity books for the mapping pages and some hands-on things (that aren’t lapbook-type). The BP Cool History has the comprehension questions, and then a seperate map book. The SOTW has everything together, but I just don’t know if the coloring pages outweigh any benefit to it.

    This coming year we are gooig to try to fit in more hands-on crafty stuff like woodburning, leather working, etc. It may not go along with the history, but he should enjoy it and learn from it none-the-less. 🙂

    I will look at the hands of a child link – thanks!

    January 28, 2013 at 10:27 pm
    Heather
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    In that case, if you know that SOTW is heavy on the coloring, just go with the Biblioplan books for the maps, etc. and look up activities online for free as you go and as your son’s interest directs!  That’s a great idea about decorating the terra cotta pot!  I may need to borrow that one for our Spartan studies!

    January 28, 2013 at 11:11 pm
    pecangrove
    Participant

    I think you are right. I just wanted to make sure the book for volume 2 was similar to volume 1 in respect to the coloring. 🙂

    January 28, 2013 at 11:50 pm
    botanicalbecky
    Member

    I have the vol. 2 activity book – it has maps for each week, the coloring pages, but also many other kinds of activities. There may be more one week than another, but I would say there’s quite a bit there.

    January 29, 2013 at 3:59 am
    pecangrove
    Participant

    I may have to try and find more samples of the SOTW then. Thanks for letting me know.

    January 29, 2013 at 1:45 pm
    chocodog
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    Try your local Library.  When I was curious about the activity books I asked them to get them in. I noticed the covers were different and wanted to know why.  They revised them when they went to CD. So, I put them side by side to see the difference.  I liked some of one and some of the other. 🙂  I do like the newer ones better though. I purchased the CD’s too.  This way we can listen to them in the van when we have to go somewhere. Like today, we are having carschooling. 🙂 Then all I have to do is pop in the CD, take the questions to ask them and they can do the activity if they want. I do agree the Vol 2-4 does have more activities to try. They also give you more book suggestions to read for each chapter.

       Good Luck! Hope you find them appealing.  You could also shrink the images and make a lapbook out of some of the pages if you feel like your kids wouldn’t like doing a lot of coloring pages. Just read some of those extra books and have them write or type something to add to it. 🙂

         Blessings!

    September 4, 2013 at 4:20 am
    Jackie Betancourt
    Participant

    Hello everyone!

    I know this original post was several months ago, but I have a question: would Biblioplan be considered more of a Classical or CM approach? I’ve been looking at BP for awhile now, but still am not clear as to the approach. We were with My Father’s World previously, so I am trying to stay away from that “type” of all-in-one curriculum. I loved the Biblical focus of MFW, it’s just too much for our days. Thanks in advance for anything you might share!

    Blessings, Jackie

    September 4, 2013 at 5:27 am
    missceegee
    Participant

    You might look at Hands and Hearts history kits. 

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