How To Make A History Timeline (Plus See Inside 3 Of Ours)

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A history timeline is an awesome tool for kids to make connections of the people and events they are reading!
In this video, I encourage you to make your own, and share step by step how we made ours (including what dates go on what pages!)
At the time of this video we are using Ambleside Online with a 1st, 3rd, and 4th grader. I held off using a book of centuries for my year 4 and will have him do a timeline for a couple of years first. I just loved the visual aspect of it, and shorter page count/simpler setup.
Resist the temptation to do the work for them to get prettier, more thorough timelines. You don't even necessarily tell them what goes on it, but rather help them think of people or events they've read of in their books recently! This should be them making connections and pulling from what they find interesting or relatable.
Each child will have unique and different entries, and it’s very possible, even likely, that some of the better known events or people won’t make their timeline. That’s fine!
We aim to do this once a week or so (we've only gotten to it about every other week but it's still so valuable.)
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[@rollingwiththerouses3918]

Love this idea!

[@allisonsmith7360]

Thanks so much for these videos! I’m looking to start Y1 next year so I appreciate it!

[@valerienitz3240]

We made a history timeline very similar to yours and it holds up better with cardstock paper.

[@LizBlueandHazel]

Yes I wish we would have started with cardstock! I had extra thick printer paper but it isn’t holding up as great as cardstock would. Cool you made your own!

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[@LizBlueandHazel]

Thank you! I don’t have plans to cut my hair, but thanks for offering.

[@randrews7198]

@@LizBlueandHazel Thank you for the kind reply 🌻

[@jilliana4701]

We're jumping into AO this falwith a yr 1 and yr 3. Do they make a new timeline every year?

[@LizBlueandHazel]

We will only make one timeline per child, and add to year by year! A lot of Charlotte Mason families will switch to a book of centuries around year 4, but I’m holding off on that till around middle school. We will just add to this timeline for a few years first. It will make a very sweet keepsake and help them make connections along the way.