Review Coming Soon: Surprise Package from Drive Thru History Adventures

My daughter and I have been watching our American History videos each week produced by Drive Thru History Adventures as a supplement to her core History curriculum. Dave Stotts is an great adventure tour guide! She's always eager to see what he has on store for her in each 27-minute episode. My daughter laughs during every video and still learns relevant historical information. I love that learning History can be so much FUN!

We received a package in the mail last week from Drive Thru History Adventures. The envelope package included two stickers, two badges, and an autographed photo. This special surprise meant a lot to my daughter and was greatly appreciated. She was so happy! Alyssa decided to hang the photo up in her bedroom as a souvenir to remember her all of her American History adventures. 

I'll be posting my review about the American History course created by Drive Thru History Adventures next week if you are interested in hearing more about his hilarious yet informative adventures.  

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Q is for Quarter 3 All American History Folderbooks

My 10-year-old daughter who is in 4th grade has been using the All American History Junior Volume 1 Download Bundle in conjunction with the Student Reader this year as her core History curriculum. We are currently working through the Period of Revolution.

I wanted to share Alyssa's Quarter 3 All American History Folderbooks in case anyone was interested in using this curriculum and wanted to see this component in action. The Junior version is definitely more age-appropriate for younger elementary-aged children in Grades 3-4. There are two folderbooks completed during the third quarter: Steps to War and Fight For Independence. You can see all of the minibooks she assembled and added to her folderbooks or lapbooks below. Click on the photo to enlarge the pictures. We've covered so many relevant topics during this unit. 

We are also using the Challenge Cards, Maps, Timeline Figures, Notebooking Pages, Puzzles, and Coloring Pages. I love that the bundle also includes the answers to the notebooking pages, puzzles, and maps. It makes grading and the lesson discussion easier on days when Alyssa reads independently.  

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Putting Others First

We just finished a character training lesson that taught Deference. Deference is putting the desire of others before your own. We did a little role playing, she colored artwork, memorized the definition and a related Bible verse, and she learned the I Will's for the virtue.

I decided to use her Consider Others tattoo from the company, Armed With Truth. My daughter loves her Bible Verse Temporary Tattoos! They are a fun way to memorize Scripture. This particular tattoo is one from the Christ Like collection. I thought that it paired well with her lesson this week. I asked her to memorize it in addition to her other weekly Bible verse. These tattoos last a couple of days before they need to be scrubbed off. This is the perfect month to do random acts of kindness too. 

The scripture verse states:
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. 

Philippians 2:3-4 NIV

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