Thursday, January 28, 2010

Story of the World

The Little Three kids (ages 10, 9, and 7) and I are reading The Story of the World, a gift from Grandma that I discovered from Cate.

The first volume covers the nomads to the last Roman emperor. The kids are just loving it. We’re about 2/3 of the way through the book, and we’re reading about the Roman gladiators. Before that, we learned about the Roman gods, and before that, Alexander the Great.

It’s written in a nice, kid-friendly style, but not in a way that treats them like dummies. When we see something interesting, we look for more info online or in other books. All of them look forward to reading “our book,” and it’s been rewarding to share this time together.

But we never would have even heard of the book if Cate hadn’t mentioned it. Thanks, Cate!

(4) Comments
Posted by Wendy at 2156 hrs
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  1. I am so happy you’re enjoying it! It is fun to read; I felt like I was learning history all over again too (and in some ways, for the first time).

    Next up, if you or Owen have your interest especially piqued by the demise of the Roman Empire (as I did), check out Quo Vadis.

    Posted by Cate on January 29, 2010 at 1302 hrs


  2. That looks like an awesome book.  Along the same idea, I’d highly reccommend The Cartoon History of the Universe series by Larry Gonick.  There are 3 or 4 volumes of world history, plus US History, statistics, physics, genetics, chemistry etc.  They’re done like comics, so your kids could easily handle them on their own, but they’re actually pretty comprehensive.  They’re really good for kids or adults.  And you’d probably read them the way you’re talking about, where you’d do a but more research on the more interesting bits.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 29, 2010 at 1317 hrs


  3. We like it too. smile

    Posted by hsgbdmama on January 29, 2010 at 1343 hrs


  4. Thanks for the suggestions! You know, we have tons of history books, but this is the only one that a child would want to sit and read. We always have a map nearby to see where things are, and I’m so proud of the questions the kids ask when we’re reading.

    I must confess that whenever we get to a name I can’t pronounce, we call the person “Dave.” It’s only happened twice, though, I promise.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 30, 2010 at 2013 hrs


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