Deciding on History in Our Homeschool - Beautiful Feet Books Early American History Primary

[@jobarn0808]

Make a timeline of events as you learn American history this year then when you do world history place that timeline within the first and your kids can still see the connection as they learn!

[@TheDovesNest]

We used Early US History this year and LOVED it! It was phenomenal, and I love that we made it our own! I added hundreds of picture books and we went on so many rabbit trails! It was amazing!

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

That's awesome! So happy to hear you loved it! I think we will too!

[@melissacurled]

May I ask what ages you taught with this curriculum?

[@accidentalnana8044]

I used this curriculum with my 5th grader this year. He's more of a visual learner, so this was perfect for him. We both loved it. We added lots of rabbit trail books and chapter books. We actually used HOD's Bigger Hearts science books along with it because it covered science in Colonial times and the pioneer days. We also choose books set of in that time period for his reading this year, pulling some from the HOD lists. We loved The Year of Miss Agnes. We read all five books of the Sarah, Plain, and Tall series, at his request. He really loved them. So many things just came together for him. Next year we're using Biblio Plan Ancient Days. We plan to read a lot of chapter books to go along with it. I'm considering getting the BFB Ancients guide to use as reference though. The struggle is real and I totally understand.

[@intentionallymade]

You should really look at how Charlotte mason does history. She encourages you to do your homeland for form 1 then add on British and ancients in form 2 which is 4-6th. But ambleside online would be a good guide for you to see what books they lay out. A gentle feast is also great and covers many books that beautiful feet books covers but just dispersed differently.

[@elizabethl2092]

I used BFB US Geography this year and my kids loved it. I have been debating on this one or the 4th-6th one but you just helped me make my decision. Thank you!

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

Ooh nice! I'm actually going to be adding some read alouds from the 4-6th one too 😊

[@elizabethl2092]

@@thepracticalhomeschooler that’s a great idea! I never thought of that! Thank you!

[@mommaACC]

We’ve used the first two years of Biblioplan and have really enjoyed it. We’ll be using year 3 next year which is early modern and year 4 is modern. Year 3 and 4 cover world history and US history together. So, it does exactly what you were talking about and covers what was going on in US and in world at the same time.

[@lisaroper421]

We saved up and bought this half way through this last year. So we are a bit through it, and I am enjoying it!! The kids seem to like it too.

[@jennakelly4446]

We are going to be doing this next year as well. And I got the first year of American history (d) from sonlight for my oldest. So I’m really excited to see how you incorporate some of those books as well. I’ve really enjoyed seeing your videos on beautiful feet. This will be our first year trying them out

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

Ooh that will be fun! @calminthechoashomeschool has some videos on Bookshark/sonlight and BFB too that were helpful!

[@schellt66]

Thank you so much for that free shipping code! I want to try to find most of my books 2nd hand or at the library - but I wanted to get the D'Aulaire pack from them and it wasn't enough to get free shipping, so your code helped so much! Good luck this year!

[@Holdenpartyof6]

Mystery of History covers events all over the world from that specific time period and can be used for all ages family style!

[@faithfullyinfertile]

This looks amazing!! Looking forward to seeing how this goes with you and your girls next year. I don't use formal history and science but I am looking at BFB for book lists to pull from for our CC cycle 3 which is US history.

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

We've loved everything from them so far! I think that's a great way to go!

[@robinhill8787]

Very nice overview. I followed you in my book.

[@abeautifulmess13]

My son loved “Leif the Lucky”!

[@laurensteen1997]

This was really helpful! Thank you so much!

[@kchapyful]

We have this and I thought it was too advanced for my 6 year old last year and have filed it away for like 4th grade! So I think you guys will really enjoy it with your ages :)

[@SLFelix7]

We are doing the same! I want my kiddos to remember it so we decided to start the BF Geography instead. Definitely more our speed for this season.

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

That makes sense! I'd probably have done the same 😊

[@leanneroot4159]

You'll have to keep us updated on how this is going over the course of your year! We are coming from Abeka as well to get a more literature based style of curriculum. I thought about doing Beautiful Feet, but I went with Notgrass History and will be trying to make that a more independent style since I'm working full-time in the office. I'm curious if Beautiful Feet can be done independently as well. Did you look into Notgrass History? We're doing the America the Beautiful, so I might add some of the books recommended by Beautiful Feet based on the timeline to add as bonus work for their independent reading. Hmmmm....so many wonderful options! Totally geeking out on all the curriculum!

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

I did! Every year I look into notgrass and WANT it to work, because everyone raves about it. Just hasn’t worked out for us yet, maybe one year! I think BFB could be done independently depending on how old your child is and how well they can read on their own

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

Answer keys make things SO much easier. ❤😊 I’m doing Notgrass Our Star Spangled Story. But I’m thinking about bringing in some of the picture books from this program. 👍🏻

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

That's a great idea!

[@jessicaevans7614]

Thank you for doing this! So helpful! We have a special needs daughter and I’m hopeful this will be a good fit for her. Do they have a timeline to help us build upon each section?

[@brandybernardini2191]

I'm the same! I can't wait to dive into new curriculum and have to contain myself! 😂

[@LearningPlantingGrowing]

If you look in future for a program that does American and world together Biblioplan does do that.

[@waitesee603]

I would recommend Genevieve Foster books for scope of history.

[@GardenMinistry.]

Wow what a great option for U.S. history! I agree there are so many good options, its hard to choose! I'd love to see (next year) a "day in the life" using this curriculum to see how you guys use it. Literature based curriculum is so much more interesting and helps the history come to life! A solition to the world history dilemma may be getting one of those DK books that has a history timeline, that way you can look back at what was going on around the world at those times, and you can briefly discuss it. 😊

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

That’s so simple, but such a great idea! Love it! ❤️❤️

[@andreaperry]

Can you please share your list of books you used for little ones? I am not familiar with BookShark or Sonlight and looked at their site but couldn’t find the books you mentioned. Thank you so much! I would love to start those with our kindergartener 😊

[@BringBackContentment]

Genevieve Foster’s books are excellent for connecting all parts of the world during different parts of the historical timeline. Some of the titles are: The World of Capt. John Smith, Abraham Lincoln’s World, George Washington’s World, and a few others.

[@shannonmack8922]

A good book to cover all areas over the same period is Abraham Lincoln’s World. So it starts with his life but also goes into issues all around the world and flips back and forth between stories. They also have George Washington’s World and a couple others.

[@thissimplelife653]

Those books look so good!

[@cheriselueck2194]

I’m Canadian, but ooooh this curriculum looks amazing. Love American history! All history actually :) and what you’ve shown us here really seems to make it all come alive! Thank you Lauren. However I think I missed something, what is the “picture packet”? Does that come with the course? Thank you!

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

It’s at the end of the teacher guide. They also have all the picture packets available for free to download on their website

[@cheriselueck2194]

Thanks so much for clarifying!

[@makeanddohandmade]

Woot!! Excited for you!!

[@jordangholson3210]

This was a really great flip through, thank you!

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

So glad to hear that! You’re welcome ☺️

[@rejeagro1]

I would get bibloplan american history to go along with the beautiful feet because of the way the history component is stated according to other homeschol moms on KZbin

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

They have just American history for Biblioplan? I guess I missed that one!

[@LearningPlantingGrowing]

@@thepracticalhomeschooler Biblioplan has Early American History and the World together and then they have Modern American History and the World

[@falynns.974]

This looks so good. Do you feel like doing history and science w/ the beautiful feet too much? Like too much reading aloud and books in general…

[@audwan4]

The books look so beautiful! Do you know what curriculum youre considering for after early American ? Like for Civil War and after?

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

Not yet! ☺️

[@aftonluna8626]

So can you buy the basic curriculum then rent the books from the library or purchase separately if needed?

[@Mbradford]

History has always been my Achilles heel of academics. I am SO not interested in history. I’ve never liked it through school and I am honestly delaying teaching it as long as possible lol 🤦‍♀️ Thankfully my kids are only 1st grade this year, so I feel like I can comfortably delay it for another year. Lol

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

Hopefully you can find something that fits your and your kids!

[@jessicajones611]

Could this work for a 3rd and 6th grader. I plan to add in some of the Sonlight Read Alouds and Readers from D & E too?

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

That’s exactly what we’re doing ☺️

[@jessicajones611]

@@thepracticalhomeschooler brilliant. Thank you for the planning sheet, looks a great plan. As someone else said here in the comments, I really like that you have planned for the rabbit trails. We use a lot of Sonlight and Bookshark programs, and without a schedule I know I could get off track. I decided for my boys Sonlight d & e looked too heavy, so to switch to BFB early US history primary looks so much more suitable and enjoyable, and we can still enjoy some of the books from those levels which I have already selected that will be ok for my younger, child who’s 8. Thanks again for sharing and making these videos, they are so helpful.

[@devinmarks6709]

Simply Charlotte Mason does American and world history together.

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

Ooh I think I saw that too!

[@hyzenthlay713]

Are all of the books that come with the package read in its entirety?

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

Yes 🙂 (from what I can tell!)

[@hyzenthlay713]

@@thepracticalhomeschooler Okay, great! It would be a shame to buy all the books and then them not be fully incorporated into the curriculum. Thank you.