Chapter 5 deals with Medieval India. The best part was the weaving craft, although the two stories were pretty interesting, too. The kids learned the word “dynasty.” New vocabulary is always fun and it is one of the reasons why I chose to do history with them in grades 1-4.
Sometimes it does seem like too much when so many people simply focus on the 3 Rs, but I really think there is something to exposure to vocabulary, true stories, geography and historical figures.
They liked coloring the map and the man riding on an elephant, which was the coloring sheet provided for this chapter in the Activity Book. I can already tell the Activity Book has more projects and on a higher level than last year. I can see a progression of difficulty level.
The kids were really excited about weaving. They used the nail to poke holes and my son even made a pun when he said, “I nailed it!” My daughter got discouraged with the weaving process and I had to encourage her to continue and to persevere. “This is only your first time trying weaving, so give yourself some room to make mistakes,” I said, or something to that effect.
She really enjoyed coloring the elephant. I know she needed to do something more familiar after all that weaving, so she threw herself at coloring with all her might.
Thank you so much, Adriana! I truly enjoy reading your posts. Our son Joshua is 4 and though I’m not doing much book work yet with him, he loves listening along with me to history lectures from Audible.com. He will ask me to stop the recording and explain what’s happening. I’m thinking of starting to read the Story of the World to him this year! Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure, Janine. Your son is 4 already?? How time flies. It sounds like you have a budding historian on your hands. SOTW has worked for us and I highly recommend it.