I'm sorry if you would like me to shut up now :p BUT ;) ....The "What Your First..." book is really chronological for history. I've been so happy with it. It starts with a definition of what history even IS, and then goes into nomadic life and gradually, the first civilizations - what allowed them to spring up (rivers that overflowed regularly, making for rich soil, allowing farming for the first time) and what they cultivated (written language, buildings). And all in good language with great pictures. They go from Egypt and Mesopotamia to the land bridge, and then Mayans, Aztecs and Incas, with connections like "Don't these look like pyramids?" Just sayin', I promise not to show up at your house and tie you all up and read them to you.
Something I somehow completely forgot to mention, that I have loved beyond all else for phonics and reading and totally fills every gap left by CC, is A Beka. I have the Aesop's Fables for Young Readers story and workbook here and we alternate that and the 1st grade review mathbook, with the CC, and it's been great for Annie. The A Beka is challenging, and intensive, but she LOVES it and really learns a lot. Very thorough, awesome phonics instruction. It's how I learned to read in private Baptist school as a Kindergardener and First Grader, and I've always credited my love of reading back to that start.
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Date: 2007-01-04 07:12 pm (UTC)Something I somehow completely forgot to mention, that I have loved beyond all else for phonics and reading and totally fills every gap left by CC, is A Beka. I have the Aesop's Fables for Young Readers story and workbook here and we alternate that and the 1st grade review mathbook, with the CC, and it's been great for Annie. The A Beka is challenging, and intensive, but she LOVES it and really learns a lot. Very thorough, awesome phonics instruction. It's how I learned to read in private Baptist school as a Kindergardener and First Grader, and I've always credited my love of reading back to that start.