We read a lot of great books so far this school year:
1. Magic Tree House Series -- Their are sooo many of these. They are great for helping kids learn history, but kind of annoying for grown-ups listening along.
2. Ramona the Brave, Ramona and Her Mother, and Henry Huggins By Beverly Cleary
Classic read aloud books -- I love these because they are so funny.
3. Who was... series (TV and Movie Biographies); I am terrible at all things pop-culture, so reading these books was an education for me.
4. Alexander Hamilton: The Outsider by Jean Fritz; Hamilton the musical has been very popular listening around our house this fall. We have most of the words memorized and have been able to link things from the musical with things in his biography.
5. Thomas Jefferson by Cheryl Harness. We have been focusing on the founding fathers and the revolutionary war this fall -- big sister A wrote an essay on Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. They also had a special night on "Liberty" for her activity girls group. She brought a copy of the Declaration of Independence and talked about it with the other kids.
6. Story of the World: Volume 3 Early Modern Times, Queen Elizabeth to the Forty-Niners by Susan Wise Bauer -- this is our history book for this year. We finished reading it over the summer and have just been delving into specific events during that time period (like the American Revolutionary War).
7. Liberty's Kids - DVD -- I have a lot of Relief Society meetings at our house lately and this DVD is a great history activity to keep the kids occupied during the meetings.
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