Loving History is something extremely new to me. My kiddos have been blessed to have some wonderful resources that I only wished I had growing up, to enhance their Historical adventures. One of those resources is from YWAM Publishing. We were able to Review a book from their Heroes of History series and this time I decided to share the Heroes of History- Laura Ingalls Wilder with Kaden. Of course I loved Laura growing up from the very popular Little House on the Prairie. But, I knew there was much more to her and her life then that show, so I was thrilled to get my hands on this book. Not only did we receive the book from YWAM Publishing, but we were also given the digital format of the Study Guide for this book.
Kaden was the lucky one to go through this book and study guide with me. The book says it's for ages 10 and up. I think even younger ones would enjoy and do just fine with reading it in my opinion...especially as a read aloud. We are reading it aloud because I wanted to read it too. We are going at a much slower pace because Kaden and I are trying to read additional books from that time period. We are also planning a big trip to a local Pioneer Town later this month so we are relishing in these moments. The book covers Laura's life through many different changes and milestones. The book was Historically rich and full of sprinkles of wisdom from life lessons learned and seasons lived. Both Kaden and I loved it and he has dived into the wonders of the pioneer life through now reading the Little House series and some activities we were inspired by that we found in the Study Guide.
One of our favorite sections was the Key Quotes that featured wisdom from Helen Keller, Benjamin Franklin and a few others. We were encouraged to memorize them, talk about them and even display them on a board or to make a plaque with it on it. We wrote a new one up on our chalk board each week, practiced writing it and talked about the idea behind each one.
The other great thing about the Guide is the Community and Social Studies sections. You are encouraged to get out for instance and visit a farm and speak to a local Farmer or head to a museum. And the Social Studies part is divided up into 6 main categories. The first is about places she lived and her journeys. There are some great activities to do to encourage a sense of representation of where her story took place. You have vocabulary words and questions along with Geographical characteristics and my all time favorite timelines. We also found the Resource section very helpful. There were a ton of books listed, along with movies and so much more to flesh out the learning experience even more.
I look forward to continuing our collection of books throughout the next several years. Make sure you connect with YWAM Publishing today on Social Media.
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