My Top 5 Favorite History Spines | Homeschool Tidbit

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[@DinoReader]

I give Story of the World MASSIVE points for being something I can hand my kid to read aloud *to me* so I can see how he's doing with pronunciation. That's how we've always used it and it works wonderfully for that here.

[@ProjectHappyHome]

We’ve had fun combining the activity guide of SOTW with History Quest - the history hops are my favorite part of HQ as well!

[@WitchyintheWoods]

Loved this, thank you! Can you do science next? Please 😁

[@inquisitivemindsacademy]

I second this!! ;)

[@FourByTwo]

We are loving Hakim’s A History of Us and plan to use A Different Mirror too!

[@rebeccaramsey1274]

I got out of the hospital today and my book was in the mailbox! Havent read anything yet because I had so much to do when I got home but I'm excited to get into it. ❤

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

Yay! I hope you enjoy it! But boo that you were in the hospital, I hope you are feeling ok!

[@rebeccaramsey1274]

@@ARRRGHSchooling I am now, thank you. Mostly my appendix, nothing super serious. It was basically a mini-vacation. 🤣

[@kellydugan7553]

Thank you, Emily! Have you used any of the How To Survive Middle School books (English, math or science)? If so, thoughts?

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

Not yet! I almost bought the science book, but decided we had enough science books in the house already.

[@LeahHung125]

I love history but my kids do not, so it’s a challenge. I am going to look at A Different Mirror for Young Readers for when we go back to US history in 8th grade. I am trying to get us through Ancient History as swiftly and deeply as possible so we can do some u it studies on modern history which I am hoping maybe stickier for them.

[@inquisitivemindsacademy]

Love this list!! Thank you for sharing!! Curious to hear your thoughts on Curiosity Chronicles?? I am going back and forth between HQ and CC for next year. I think my kids would like the dialogue of CC but I’m so torn!

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

I've only looked at the sample of Curiosity Chronicles and we never used it - my kids have all aged out of it now. I wasn't a fan of the dialogue writing style, but it could perhaps work better as an audiobook. It didn't look like it would be fun to read aloud though.

[@inquisitivemindsacademy]

Thank you for your perspective. And yes, agreed, I am not interested in reading it out loud my self...was definitely thinking of doing the audiobooks! ;)

[@carahins1674]

Is The Story of the World version of BYL1 still available? We own SOTW and I really really love her writing style, so I'd like to use it when we do Level 1 next year.

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

No, I don't keep previous editions available after an update. However, in the near future I plan to go back and add SotW as an optional resource since it has been requested quite frequently!

[@carahins1674]

@@ARRRGHSchooling oh, I love that! SOTW with the updated edition sounds amazing!

[@Michelgia523]

We are considering History Quest US for next year. Do you think it needs supplement if my kids don’t have prior knowledge of US history? Thanks you

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

For elementary? No. I think as is it covers quite a lot of US history and gives a great overview. If you have older children using it, then yes, I do think you will want to flesh it out more. I believe the intended audience is elementary age - say grades 3 - 6. When we used it, we were using multiple texts, but my daughter was 13 and I don't know how to just use one book, lol.