Recent school favorites

Recently due to hearing what his friends are talking about in co-op class Issac has decided to revisit the Rush Revere History Series.  I've written about this series a few times, but it really seems to have sparked Issac's interest in history. He's been on a love of geography for well over a year, but now it seems history in general is becoming the favorite. I've mentioned before that Issac isn't one to read on his own, but he's totally picked this series up and has been reading them on his own as well as I've been reading to him at bed. 

We also went through our shelf and found a few great books to go along with his current interest in history. Many of these are topics he's read about in the Rush Revere series.  These books have helped him to get a little more information.  He became very interested in Paul Revere so we read Paul Revere by Jan Gleiter and Kethleen Thompson.  He then chose to read The Declaration of Independency by Michael Burgan.  We've also been reading Heroes of History George Washington. He's been really fascinated by some of the things we read. He was shocked to read that George Washington had once been so sick he had to ride on pillows on his horse and could barely stay on without being strapped onto the horse! That book as well as the Rush Revere series lead us into the following other books:

George Washington's Breakfast

The Winter At Valley Forge

The Bill of Rights

Shh! We're Writing the Constitution

...If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution

Young Thomas Jefferson 

The Story of the Declaration of Independence

Where was Patrick Henry On the 29th of May?

He's also been watching Drive Thru History-American History at SchoolhouseTeachers.com I believe they currently have hundreds of classes that are free with your monthly or yearly membership.  

Last and certainly not least is his interest in Mad Libs Junior thanks to a dear friend.  He's been working on Summer Camp Mad Libs Junior as well as Super Silly Mad Libs Junior.  He's been a busy kid the last few weeks learning history and helping his dad :)