By now, you all know that my son is into history… the beginning of times. I’m thinking of feeding this current interest and I find myself introducing topics which are unplanned.
I’m so thankful that I purchased The Universe Series (Trilogy) by Jennifer Morgan. This book series tells the story of time, starting from the big bang theory (cosmology)... followed by the first animals and dinosaurs and the last book is about how the mammals that survived morphed into human beings. The book is engaging (my son is only 6!) yet he reads this book on his own. Amazing book series. All those science concepts were explained in such a way that little fellows can understand as well.
The books that we used are:
- Born with a Bang (Amazon) (Book Depository)
- From Lava to Life (Amazon) (Book Depository)
- Mammals Who Morph (Amazon) (Book Depository)
So we used these books to study the geological times. We read them over and over, noted the important events and arranged them according to the period in time that they happened.
Information about the pictures:
HADEAN, ARCHEAN, PROTOZOIC--I used my felt planets to represent the events of the formation of the solar system (moon, planets, stars)
PALEOZOIC (early life) –- we placed Dimetrodon, appearance of first insects, amphibians, rocks
MESOZOIC –- time of the dinosaurs
CENOZOIC – evolution of humans
How I wish I have the Safari Toob Cambria Life (Amazon US) (Amazon UK) and Safari Toob Prehistoric Life (Amazon US) (Amazon UK) to make our time line much more interesting. Maybe in a future activity, if I have the budget :)
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Very cool and interesting topic to learn about!
ReplyDeleteThis thing is new to me either. But the little guy was so eager to learn about the beginning of times so I just have to give in.
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