It was from reading her works that actually made me realize with SCM and AO were missing that for my kids, we have lacked American history because of it. That's why we do our own thing now, closer to what Ms. Mason actually suggests.
I’m so glad that you read her volumes for herself and have been able to switch to what works best for your family! Reading her volumes is pretty important in my opinion.
Thanks for sharing this information. I was interested in hearing the explanation of this approach and it was helpful. I respectfully disagree with the order of teaching history. I think with the world being so interconnected with each other and so many resources available as far as physically and visually they are able to grasp ancient cultures and further back history to the best of their ability of course. My opinion is that it makes the most sense going in the sequential order of the world's history as a story. Then when you get to american history, all the cultures that have influenced the culture makes sense. Also, the reason people even came here makes more sense if they can understand it within the context of what was going on around the world. Yes, its a flyover at first as there are things that are challenging for them to grasp but then you come back around and take more deep dives into topics and time periods. I also think its good for kids to realize theres a bigger world and more going on than just their little area. (While doing history in order, of course we still learn about where they live and even travel around the country to see things and learn some history as they experience but then theyll be able to plug in their experiences when we get to that point in the timeline and they will have context for what was going on) i also feel like starting at the beginning of history helps them to understand things in the bible as well. But i appreciate learning about other approaches to educate our kids. Thanks for sharing!
This is helpful! I’m doing American girl based history with my daughter this year starting with Kaya the Native American little girl. Very gentle and I think it will be fun for her! Maybe not pure CM but I feel it’s the right spirit for early learning
I started with AO for our first four years, and my children had such a difficult time connecting with all of the British history! It was just some abstract far off country to them that they had no connection with. We switched to CMEC two years ago and for the first time, my history hating daughter actually said she likes one of our history books! (She also loves Our Island story, but only after she turned 10 and read it on her own for fun).
It’s so interesting to hear that! I definitely could see how that would be. I know my younger ones wouldn’t have much understanding or connection with any place much more than a state away from us. Glad you found what works best for her! We love Our Island Story! We introduce it in Grade 5, so around age 10.
Great video! I watched it twice today and took notes! Just wanted to clarify what you said about the ancient history stream, does it start in form 3? Or form 2, year 2 (would that be 5th grade?) Also, since I know you're a fan of Gentle Feast, does that curriculum follow these streams making it easy to attempt this with multiple students? Thanks in advance!
Wow! I hadnt popped over to your channel in a little bit. Honestly, its because I'm hard of hearing and it was so difficult to hear your sweet, soft voice sometimes! 😬 I don't know if you got a better microphone or what, but I can hear your sweet soft voice SO MUCH better, now. Hooray!! And, I love your new intro. How playful and rejuvenating! 💖
This topic is so so helpful, too. I've been using AO for 12 years and have a 1 year old, so I'll be home learning with the children for many more years to come. I want the history like this, and it's been one thing that has been wonky for me, with AO. Thanks for plotting this out in some bullet points, in a graspable way. :)
@@kindletogetherness haha, we all learn from one another. I had a nice friend once who put together a phenomenal, free CM-inspired math plan and she had no children at the time, just like CM has no children of her own. Wisdom goes a lot farther than years of data collection. 💖 I once sent you a similar email, because I was SO blessed by your lunar study, given freely during a CM Inspired online conference a few years ago. I share your site with everyone I can.
So if I wanted to do SCM later on, what order would I go in? I’m thinking of starting that for form 2 (still learning the forms). My kids will be 1st and preK and we’re just doing our own thing with US history and geography next year based mostly on living picture books and a map journal type thing.
To be entirely honest, I’m not sure how to line it up with SCM. What I’d suggest is simply beginning with US history from the beginning of US history. It’s most developmentally appropriate and helps them create a timeline of events & people from start to finish of known time.
