Our little Nomad Adventure

This year we have discovered the Story of the World by the authors of The Well Trained Mind (the book that inspired our choice to home school).  I cannot say enough good things about this series.  We are a month or so in and are loving our adventures! With a such a heavy focus on phonics/reading and math this year I wasn't sure we would be able to devote much time to world history.  The Story of the World has allowed us to easily integrate our history studies into our curriculum.  The book reads like a novel and keeps both Scout and River's interest and the mapwork and coloring is perfect for both kids to do at the table while I fix dinner.  We use the resource lists and gather stacks of books at the library that go with our units, listen to the audio cds on the way to and from bible study on Wednesday, and on Saturdays Daddy helps the kids with the hands-on projects for each chapter.  These pictures are from our first 2 weeks studying the "First People."  We mapped out the Fertile Crescent, created Cave drawings and built a Hut in the backyard.  More to come as we travel through ancient Egypt, Africa, China, Greece and more...