Katja saw the Our Island Story on my desk. “The Britons!” she cried (She always called it "the Britons", even after they were "Anglo-Saxons" ).
“I laughed and asked her, “Do you miss the Britons?”
“Oh, man! I do!” And she packed it off under her arm.
Our Island Story is probably Katja’s favourite school book. We finished the reading we had scheduled for the first year a while ago, and she has really missed it. We usually took two days to read through each chapter, and she narrated each reading. Then, on a third day, she made a page for her “Book of Time.” I use this instead of a timeline on the wall, due to lack of wallspace in the kitchen. She made one page per ‘character’ or major event. The book is divided into two sections : B.C. and A.D. She draws a picture about the chapter, and then writes on the back what the picture represents. We also included our Bible readings in the Book of Time. Every once in a while, we would look through it together, and she would tell me what the pictures were. Each page is the size of a large index card. Here are a few sample pages, with links to the appropriate chapters: (clicking on the pictures will take you to a larger view)
Jacob and Esau - Genesis 25:27-34.
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