{"product_id":"2940013833364","title":"HELP YOUR CHILD SUCCEED Book Six: HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN HISTORY WITH ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AGED 4 TO 11. History enables your child to understand our nation's traditions, its conflicts, and its central ideas and values, and understand other cultures.","description":"SNEAK PEAK:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHELPING YOUR CHILD LEARN HISTORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWITH ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AGED 4 TO 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy Elaine Wrisley Reed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Jacquelyn Zimmermann and Russell J. Hall\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistory Education Begins at Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Children and History\u003cbr\u003e Parents Make a Difference\u003cbr\u003e History Is a Habit\u003cbr\u003e Enjoying Your Child and History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Basics of History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Meanings of History\u003cbr\u003e A New Look at History\u003cbr\u003e Asking Questions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eActivities: History as Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What's the Story?\u003cbr\u003e Our Town\u003cbr\u003e History on the Go\u003cbr\u003e What's News?\u003cbr\u003e History Lives\u003cbr\u003e Cooking Up History\u003cbr\u003e Rub Against History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eActivities: History as Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Time Marches On\u003cbr\u003e Weave a Web\u003cbr\u003e Put Time in a Bottle\u003cbr\u003e Quill Pens \u0026amp; Berry Ink\u003cbr\u003e School Days\u003cbr\u003e Time To Celebrate\u003cbr\u003e The Past Anew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Parents and the Schools\u003cbr\u003e What We Can Do To Help Our Children Learn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImagine waking up one morning to find out that you have no \u003cbr\u003ememory! You are not able to remember who you are or what happened \u003cbr\u003ein your life, yesterday or the day before that. You are unable to \u003cbr\u003etell your children from total strangers, you cannot communicate \u003cbr\u003ewith people because you no longer know how to greet them, or \u003cbr\u003eunderstand their conversation. You don't remember what \"the \u003cbr\u003eelection,\" \"war,\" or \"the cinema\" mean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLack of historical memory is parallel to this loss of individual \u003cbr\u003ememory. The link on which we depend every day between the past \u003cbr\u003eand present would be lost if we had no memory of our history. And \u003cbr\u003ewe would miss a great source of enjoyment that comes from piecing \u003cbr\u003etogether the story of our past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday educators are working to promote the study of history in \u003cbr\u003ethe schools and at home. Knowledge of our history enables us to \u003cbr\u003eunderstand our nation's traditions, its conflicts, and its \u003cbr\u003ecentral ideas and values. Knowledge of world history enables us \u003cbr\u003eto understand other cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe hope to encourage children to love history and to enjoy \u003cbr\u003elearning about it. This booklet is a tool you can use to \u003cbr\u003estimulate your children's active involvement in the history that \u003cbr\u003esurrounds them every day. It includes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Basic information about history, and approaches to enjoying \u003cbr\u003ehistory with your children, aged 4-11;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* History activities that you and your children can do -- at \u003cbr\u003ehome, in your community, and out of town -- for no or little \u003cbr\u003ecost; and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* History resources in your community and nationally, in \u003cbr\u003ebookshops, and libraries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHISTORY EDUCATION BEGINS AT HOME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChildren and History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs parents we are in the best position to encourage our \u003cbr\u003echildren's natural interest in history. It is to us they address \u003cbr\u003etheir first historical questions: \"Where did I come from?\" and \u003cbr\u003e\"Was I always here?\" These two questions contain the two main \u003cbr\u003emeanings of \"history\": it is the story of people and events, and \u003cbr\u003eit is the record of times past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow is the time to bring out the historical evidence and to \u003cbr\u003eshare family stories with your child. Birth and adoption \u003cbr\u003ecertificates, immunisation records, first pieces of your child's \u003cbr\u003ewriting and art, as well as photographs all count as historical \u003cbr\u003esources that tell the story of your child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories you tell and read to your children, or make up with \u003cbr\u003ethem, are part of their cultural heritage and reinforce the two \u003cbr\u003ebasic parts of history: \"Once upon a time, and long ago.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParents Make a Difference\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour child is born into history. She has no memory of it, yet \u003cbr\u003eshe finds herself in the middle of a story that began before she \u003cbr\u003ebecame one of its characters. She also wants to have a place in \u003cbr\u003eit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs parents we can prepare our children to achieve the lifelong \u003cbr\u003etask of finding their place in history by helping them to learn \u003cbr\u003ewhat shaped the world into which they were born. Without \u003cbr\u003einformation about their history, children don't \"get\" a lot of \u003cbr\u003ewhat they hear and see around them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour attitude about history can also make a difference for your \u003cbr\u003echild. Showing your interest in history -- your belief that \u003cbr\u003eknowing history makes a difference for your life -- encourages \u003cbr\u003eyour child's own interest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany parents say they love history. If you are one of them you \u003cbr\u003ecan share your particular interests in history with your children \u003cbr\u003eas well as help them develop their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany other parents say they find history boring. If you are \u003cbr\u003eamong these, try one of the following: start writing your own \u003cbr\u003elife story; read the diary of Anne Frank, or the autobiography of \u003cbr\u003eWinston Churchill;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTO BE CONTINUED... Buy now and enjoy the contents in full!","brand":"S.H.W.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070315512048,"sku":"2940013833364","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013833364_p0.jpg?v=1763595319","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013833364","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}