The major portion of this site is made up of activities that you can use with your child to strengthen his history knowledge and build strong positive attitudes toward history. And you don’t have to be a historian or have a college degree to do them. Your time and interest and the pleasure that you share with your child as part of working together are what matter most. What’s far more important than being able to give your child a detailed explanation for the concepts underlying each activity is having the willingness to do the activity with him—to read, to ask questions, to search—and to make the learning enjoyable.
In addition to activities, the website also includes:
- Some information about the basics of history;
- Practical suggestions for how to work with teachers and schools to help your child succeed in school; and
- A list of resources, such as federal sources of history, helpful Web sites and lists of books for you and for your child.
- Please note: In this website, we refer to a child as “he” in some places and “she” in others. Please understand, however, that every point that we make is the same for boys and girls.
Parenting viewpoints from parents in the trenches, because parenting doesn’t come with a manual. In addition to