Books for Learning about America

Each week we have a different theme at the What to Read hop and I’ll be suggesting my favorite children’s books for learning with your kids on that topic through picture books, activity books, and great supplements to your homeschooling curriculum.

I want to travel around the U.S. to teach my kids about our great country and it’s rich history. Until then we can travel through our homeschool learning. Preschool, Kindergarten, and elementary homeschooling is the perfect age for unit studies. Of course, they are a fun way to learn at any age. I let the kids loose in the library and we find story books, fables, cook books, map books, history, and more about places across the nation. Our favorites are those with real photos and maps. For our studies we have been following a timeline of U.S. history and finding personal stories along with our history curriculum to learn about how people lived at the time. We follow on a map where historical events happened.

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We can all get so busy each day. There is never enough time, but I encourage you to make time to read to your kids. I have put some extra effort into it lately, reading while my kids eat lunch, beginning bed time earlier so we have extra time to read in the evening, it’s one of my favorite activities to do with my kids. Read a book or two about Travel or any subject that is interesting to your children. If you have any posts with some family favorite books of your own, please share them at the end of the post. We love to find new books!

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