To be honest, history is my least favorite subject. DS seems to be board with it too. But it's important to me that he has a knowledge of history. I like that SOTW starts at the beginning and goes chronologically. We started out with the book and workbook. I think they are awesome, and the workbook has fantastic extra reading recommendations, and lots of other hands on projects. But because we are "just not that into history" it was a chore for us. For a family of history buffs, it would be great. I switched to the CD's because we can just pop them in during car rides.
