Mar. 7, 2008 - Learning history with American Girls
For Christmas this past year, my mom's gift to Ariella and Kaylah was to take them to the American Girl Store in NYC and buy them each a doll. The girls were not familiar with the stories...they only knew what they did about the dolls from the catalog that came to our mailbox. My girls chose their dolls based on their cuteness and accessories. Ariella chose Samantha and Kaylah decided to get Biddy Twins, two girls and gave one to Milana.
A few weeks before going to NYC, I happened to find a few AG books on sale at our library's donated book section and so I bought them for Milana to give to Ariella for Christmas. And since then, we have been reading all sorts of American Girl stories. We especially like the AG short stories. These tell of each girl's experience with certain things, such as Felicity's new shoes (Felicity borrows a new pair of dancing shoes and she improves her skills so well, that she soon no longer needs to rely on the shoes after some time) or Addy's Summer Trip (Addy travels from Philadelphia to Cape Island via train to visit her father). All of the short stories are set in the times of the girl and towards the end, the authors discuss what life was like in those times.
So far, we've read about Felicity who lived in colonial America, Addy who was a black girl growing up through the Civil War, Molly who is quite the patriotic girl of the 20th century, and Samantha who was born around 1900. The stories hold all our interests and when I readthem aloud, we can get through the entire story in about a half hour, perfect for while the babies are napping or while we're sitting at the table eating lunch!
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