History is tackled as early as Year 1 in a Charlotte Mason (CM) education.
But since my dear daughter (DD) is still in Kindergarten (which isn’t actually required in a CM education), instead of diving into Philippine History head on, I decided to leisurely take our time reading about our culture instead.
I tried to look for a sort of children’s literary travel book where the journey describes different places in the Philippines, but I didn’t find one.
The best that came up from my searches was All About the Philippines, a book where three cousins, each hailing from our three biggest islands, share some interesting facts about our country and stories of their local lives and culture.
I don’t think it is completely a living book but it was good enough. My DD didn’t like it at first (the first few parts dealt with a few historical facts which are, admittedly, quite difficult for a Kindergartener to comprehend), but she eventually liked it when the three kids starring in the book started to share their stories.
Curriculum/Book list
- Kalesa. A short picture book about our local old-fashioned horse-drawn carriage.
- All About the Philippines. Described above.
Supplements
- Good Night Philippines, Good Night World. A book showcasing samples of the different languages in the Philippines and the world. This book could double as a Geography book. For each languange and place identified, we looked it up on a map/globe.
- Alpabetong Filipino. Read as a free read during Morning Time.
- Alpabeto ng Kulturang Filipino. Read as a free read during Morning Time.
Again, we read free reads leisurely without any narration.
Keeping portfolio samples
The first picture is from the book Kalesa while the rest are from All About the Philippines.
