I've been plagued with the question, "Should I start homeschooling Simone at 1st grade or at 2nd grade, which is when we move to a new Coast Guard station?" I brought up the dilemma to Michael and said that we could follow the well-trained mind curriculum if I afterschooled Simone the history part, Ancient Civilizations to Middle Ages.
Maybe it's the philosopher in Michael that he brought up more questions to my question, but he pointed out, "I don't know if it's the best thing to teach Simone in the conventional chronological order." I welcomed his opinion and elaborated that the beginning of known history is so far removed from what Simone knows now that it may not be interesting at all to her. He thinks that going backwards might be best to teach history backwards.
I'm now researching how I would go about it. I'm not fully on board, but I'm very intrigued because I know I didn't retain very much history when I learned it the conventional, mostly chronological method. But then again, maybe history was taught poorly to me. But then again, maybe if it were tailored to what I was experiencing around me, maybe I would have been more interested. Who knows, but I'm definitely going to consider teaching history from the present to the past.
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