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🌎 “Those who don’t know history are destine

🌎 “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” - Edmund Burke
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🔥 Lighting a fire, not filling a bucket - 👉

🔥 Lighting a fire, not filling a bucket
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👉 Many education methods look on the child’s brain as an empty vessel waiting to be filled. Once a child enters school, they are stuffed at a pace close to light speed with bits of information that educationalists deem fit for them to learn at various ages. This will continue for the 12 years of life in a school system.
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📌 At The Book Connection we believe, as William Butler Yates said: “Education is not the filling of a pale but the lighting of a fire” which is why we recommend a Charlotte Mason education approach where children are rather exposed to great thought through history and geography and given skills – picked up as they show readiness – to further their own education.
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🤩 When we look on our children and their education as a natural process that will take place when they are surrounded by great books and experiences as well as being taught to read, write and spell in their time – they naturally seek out knowledge to further their lives. This is the fire that we encourage.
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🌍 Top reasons to use Story of the World - 👉

🌍 Top reasons to use Story of the World
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👉 Throughout our 20 years of homeschooling we always placed emphasis on history because it is full of food for our children’s minds. And you can make it into a whole lot of fun while picking up tidbits of things like: What was Hammurabi’s Code? Who was the Sun King? Was Robin Hood real or mythical? Why was Catherine great? And marvel at the Crystal Palace.
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📚 With the activity books your children will dig into geography, map work, narration exercises and hands on activities.
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We acknowledge that there are many moms who love making their own unit studies, but many of us do not have the time. This is probably the TOP reason that Story of the World is our best history pick – you simply open the reading book and read for about 20 minutes and then jump into the activity guide for a visit to pick out your activities.
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You can also do one Volume with a variety of ages – simplifying your life even further.
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🎲 5 Fun Maths Games - 👉 Depending on the age

🎲 5 Fun Maths Games
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👉 Depending on the age of your children, the following are fun ways to include maths games with your children:
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1. Card games – Solitaire, Go Fish, snap, old maid and rummy may seem old fashioned but playing with a deck of cards is a budget friendly way to go!
2. Monopoly and the super fun card-based version – Monopoly Go! Are long standing must plays!
3. Math Dice Chase which can be bought online is an offline dice game to drill multiplication – without your kids knowing
4. When in the car, you can add or subtract license plate numbers together. If your kids are older, try it with multiplication and division.
5. Origami introduces children to sequencing, focus, attention, critical thinking, reasoning and geometry. Start with easy folds and it may bring on a lifetime habit.
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