Monday, April 26, 2010

Fun with the 'Light & the Glory'

Hannah and I have been enjoying her history this year! Currently we're reading through "The Light and the Glory...Discovering God's plan for America from Christopher Columbus to George Washington." by Peter Marshall & David Manuel.




The reader (on the left) is fantastic! I love that each chapter begins with a Bible verse that is applicable to what you'll be reading, and that there is an activity book (on the right) to go along with each days work. We are finishing up the sections on the Puritans and are just about to start on the Great Awakening, but to complete this section Hannah put together and is painting a log cabin. As you can see, she loves the hands-on activities that go along with each lesson.


The best part about these books? They are from a Christian point of view, and they have wonderful thought provoking questions in the back for each chapter. This helps you not only learn the material better, it shows how God's hand of providence is always with us!! The Pilgrims, Puritans, Indians and others mentioned in the book experienced so many blessings and miracles when going through tough times!! Those who followed God were truly blessed...a great lesson for an 8 year old, don't you think?!?

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