The Story of the World Volume 2

I love this book. Not only does my daughter learn a lot, but I actually learn some things too. I took a medieval history class in college, so it's not like I don't know anything about medieval history. This book has given me ideas of subjects to write articles about too.

There are plenty of ways that you can use this book. You can read this book to younger students; older students can read this book on their own. I usually read this book on the couch with my daughter.

You may or may not want to get the activity book that goes along with The Story of the World Volume 2. For my daughter, the activity book makes the book. It has coloring pages, questions to ask your child about the chapters, additional activities, and reading suggestions.

While I read the book to her, she usually colors some of the pages from the activity book. If your child is not into coloring, then you might not get as much out of the book, but there are plenty of activities that you can try. There are even cooking activities. I don't have the time to try all of the activities, but I might try some of them this summer.

Part of this book is consumable (the coloring pages and map work), and part of this book is reusable. If you have more than one child, you can photocopy the pages. You can also buy refills of the consumable pages from Peace Hill Press. That is what I plan on doing when my son is old enough for these books.

Now that my daughter is getting better at reading (she loves to read), I like to check out some of the reading suggestions out of my library. So far, she has liked their reading suggestions.