This is very helpful! Quick question- if I have a middler who uses a science text as the spine, but I want to incorporate living books, at what point would he switch to his living books? After the chapter, at the end of the week, etc? Such a simple concept, but for some reason I'm struggling with the exact time to read them.
How often is he reading from the textbook? When I write lesson plans, I try to alternate, so maybe 3 days a week you read from the text, then two days you read from a living book. Another option would be to alternate weeks, so maybe for two weeks you read from the text, then for a week you just read a living book that would enhance what they just learned from the text.
Thank you so much! Right now reading science from the textbook 2x/week and history text 3xweek. Those are both good ideas, thank you! @@ARRRGHSchooling
Why not use a textbook as a spine instead of an encyclopedia? Wouldn't it be easier to read chapters in a textbook and answer the questions at the end of each chapter and have that be a spine?
You could use a textbook as a spine - I'd probably skip the questions at the end though and just ask for a narration instead. I'll be getting to narration once I finish the living books series.
Thank you so much for taking the time to do these videos!
Another great video in this series! I admit to feeling sad to hear I need to read less, lol, not that it is a surprise; now I can't ignore it:)
This is very helpful! Quick question- if I have a middler who uses a science text as the spine, but I want to incorporate living books, at what point would he switch to his living books? After the chapter, at the end of the week, etc? Such a simple concept, but for some reason I'm struggling with the exact time to read them.
How often is he reading from the textbook? When I write lesson plans, I try to alternate, so maybe 3 days a week you read from the text, then two days you read from a living book. Another option would be to alternate weeks, so maybe for two weeks you read from the text, then for a week you just read a living book that would enhance what they just learned from the text.
Thank you so much! Right now reading science from the textbook 2x/week and history text 3xweek. Those are both good ideas, thank you! @@ARRRGHSchooling
Why not use a textbook as a spine instead of an encyclopedia? Wouldn't it be easier to read chapters in a textbook and answer the questions at the end of each chapter and have that be a spine?
You could use a textbook as a spine - I'd probably skip the questions at the end though and just ask for a narration instead. I'll be getting to narration once I finish the living books series.