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Can anyone please recommend any history books or curricula for young and very sensitive kids? I am planning to use it for enrichment after school for my DD5, so I'm hoping to find something fun and interesting that won't cause nightmares. We would probably start by reading aloud and she has excellent comprehension.

Hands on type activities would be a huge bonus for my crafty DD.

Thanks!
Dawn

We've used Story of the World. It's designed as a read-aloud and it has a companion activity book with some really neat crafts. Vol. 1 is Ancient Times and my DS7 really enjoyed it.

For hands on we really like the "for kids" series. Your library may have them. I'll try to past the link if it doesn't work just search Amazon for "for kids". http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1248570082/ref=sr_pg_1?ie=UTF8&rs=&keywords=For%20Kids%20series&rh=n%3A!1000%2Ci%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3AFor%20Kids%20series&page=1

Story of the world has an activity guide with lots of craft ideas. We found Story of the World a bit light, but it is a fairly safe place to start as far as being age appropriate for sensitive kids.

We love the Cartoon History of the Earth series by Jacqui Bailey and the Good Times Travel Agency books by Linda Bailey. They're not "hands on," but cartoonish, easy to follow and OK for sensitive kids.

Thanks so much for all these great suggestions!

I picked up the Story Of The World from my library this afternoon (who knew they'd have that??) so I can try it with her before buying. Unfortunately, they didn't have the activity book.

I will definitely try the "for kids", Cartoon history, and Good Times Travel series too, they all look wonderful and perfect for her! I hope my library has all these since my DD goes through books like there's no tomorrow (a good problem to have, of course).

Thanks again!

I agree, it really is more of a broad overview. We used it as a starting point, researching more when DS was interested.

The other thing I forgot to mention is that it does have a pretty heavy Christian emphasis in some of the chapters. If that's something that would bother you, I was able to just skip those chapters.

We enjoyed the Cartoon history books....I do recall something I wasn't happy with my for then 8yr old....I can't recall specifics but maybe something about prostitutes...i know it was sexual in nature but we glanced over it quickly lol.

LOL, thanks for the heads up! If I'm prepared for it, I can gloss over things pretty smoothly.

I was surprised recently by the Bill Nye video on germs discussing AIDS/HIV. I didn't have a problem with her hearing about the disease per se, it's the issues around it that she is not ready to hear about. I was debating whether to fast forward to the next segment of the show when a teen aged girl popped up on screen saying she "wasn't worried about getting AIDS because she doesn't share needles or have unprotected sex." Eek! So many cans of worms there! Let's just say that I handled that less than gracefully.