Those who homeschool loosely/relaxed....

[mommagruber]

Originally Posted by Kiliki She is only 6. Does she need history? I thought that would come later. I am not even sure where to start for history. What kinds of things?? I was thinking, I guess, that since she is so young, we can keep moving forward with simple stuff, and when she outgrows it, we will find more material, whether that be buying formal curriculum, or getting new books, etc.... *** ETA: We just completed an entire book with an in depth study of the Bible book of Acts. It had a lot of historical info in it - how they sailed from one place to another, about the Roman Empire and various rulers/magistrates. We are now studying a book that reviews the Bible book of Jeremiah - a lot about what life was like during Jeremiah's day, who some of the Kings of Israel were before and during Jeremiah's lifetime, etc. These are studies we are doing for our congregation Bible Study, but we usually include the kids in reading and preparing the information. It's typically just about 5-8 or so paragraphs a week, so we try to go in depth on it and help the kids grasp as much as they can. Is that type of stuff okay for history at this young age? I just am not sure what type of history stuff we should be doing. That might be a subject I end up purchasing a curriculum for, I suppose.

Yes, this would be fine for history at her age.

I'm sorry, I didn't see how old she was when I posted my first post.