Making History Fun In The Early Years!
The girls loved learning about castles this last year, and Sophia’s favourite book on the subject was a large one, with lots of intriguing flaps. She could not read the detailed explanations on each page but she found the book fascinating and she picked up a great deal of knowledge from the pictures and scenes. I would often find her sitting in a corner browsing through the pages, and staring intently at a particular detail. I brought a range of book resources to aid them in this topic which they really appreciated, including a specific colouring book, a reading book and a couple of factual books. They learnt and retained a reasonable amount of knowledge on the subject and loved to revisit it throughout the year. They recognised initially the material used for a castle was wood and then later the materials changed to stone and brick. A castle has big walls, with a flag flying from the top of the wall, and the front door could be lowered and raised by the soldiers who kept guard. T...