Book of centuries

Here's this week's practical tip ~ A Charlotte Mason education includes a Book of Centuries. Following Ms Mason's approach, children enter records, illustrate and write brief notes and mark dates of famous people, events, wars, eras, inventions and significant breakthroughs in their Book of Centuries as they study. For a young child, a visual timeline …

One of Charlotte Mason's principles is the Book of Centuries. She encourages each child to add important information to their Book of Centuries (BoC) as they learn. This year I decided to start my own Book of Centuries and as I noted in important dates and details as we learnt, I thought, "This will make an…

A "Book Of Centuries" is the fancy Charlotte Mason way of saying "Timeline In A Book". The main idea of a book of centuries is that for each 2 page spread you open your book

Tutorial for creating an accordion timeline that folds flat. Video and written instructions.

We make a Book of Years to help us keep track of the big story of the history of the world. It has independently turning timeline pages and entries.

Learn how to set up a Charlotte Mason book of centuries and what a book of centuries vs. a timeline is and how to use them.

Examples of Charlotte Mason notebooks including photos of the big three: commonplace, book of centuries, and nature journal.

A review of the classical four year history curriculum written by Susan Wise Bauer, author of the Well-Trained Mind.

Timelines and timeline figures are a great way to add dimension to history and even enrich other subjects. These gorgeous timeline figures are perfect!

I used to think history was names and dates and wars, but it’s the story of humanity. WE are in that story. What came before and what comes after us is all interconnected in some way. Keeping a history timeline (or book of centuries) over time helps us SEE those historical events layered. The History Timeline Notebook pictured can be found at theschoolnest.com/history-notebooks