Timeline for Beyond

[pbt1294]

Does anyone have a picture of what this timeline is supposed to look like? I was just going to use the timeline I had bought for the girls from Sonlight, but now I think I'm gonna save it. It sounds like I might need it in Bigger from what I have read in other posts.

Thanks,
Kyle Thomas (homeschooling mom of 5)

[Carrie]

Kyle,

If you scroll down on this link, you can see a picture of my3son's Wyatt's timeline for Bigger Hearts:
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Beyond's timeline is a single sheet of paper with columns spanning 100 years of history. This grid-type timeline comes from Charlotte Mason, as it what she recommended prior to a Book of Centuries (in order for kiddos to be able to see the flow of time).

Blessings,
Carrie

[zookeeperof3monkeys]

Kyle,
I use a different timeline. I'm using Beyond with my 10 yr old and he needs to do a little more work. I added notebooking pages that he works on daily, my son's timeline came from the pack. I like what Carrie's son did for the timeline, it's nice and easy but I notice you have a 9 yr old and she might be like my son and want to do something a little more formal.
Blessings,
Kim

[pbt1294]

Yeah, I need to change my signature. My 9 year old is 10 now. She will actually be doing the Ancients program this fall and will be using her timeline we bought from Sonlight 2 years ago I guess. I was gonna use the same timeline for my kiddos doing Beyond, but I can't afford the sticky figures right now that go with it, and I am ashamed to say that I don't want them to draw in it until they are a little older and more careful . I think I'm just being a control freak, but those timelines were expensive I thought that this year I could do the timeline that Carrie suggested for the two doing Beyond who are 6 and 8, and maybe use the costly timelines next year when they are doing Bigger. Maybe by then I can buy the packet of timeline figures.

Blessings,
Kyle

[zookeeperof3monkeys]

Kyle,
That sounds like a good plan. Younger kids aren't as neat. I don't have timeline figures, I let my son draw them. I'm drooling over homeschool in the woods, but my dh would flip if I said that I wanted them...at $75. I'm jealous...iIwanted to do Ancients this year and I was outvoted! Living in a house full of guys, Ii am usually outvoted
Blessings,
Kim

[pbt1294]

Yeah, I can't wait to start the Ancients program. Hannah looked over it at the convention and started drooling over the books. I would have bought it right then and started it if it were available. Hannah just sighs when I am doing Beyond with her sisters and says, "I can't wait for my HOD to get here!"

My timelines are from homeschool in the woods, but they are the older spiral bound ones. The newer ones are beautiful, but even more expensive. With as many kids as I have it almost makes more sense for me to just buy the CDrom from them to print my own timeline figures.

Blessings,
Kyle

[mrsrandolph]

Am I dreaming this? I KNOW I read *somewhere* a way to make an expandable timeline using manilla folders placed together somehow. Has anyone else seen that or know how that is done?

[mrsrandolph]

Another thing..has anyone just used a wall for their timeline?

[my3sons]

Another thing..has anyone just used a wall for their timeline?

That's what is suggested in PHFHG, and it was fun! We've loved doing the timelines first in the folders in Beyond and Bigger, and then doing PHFHG's on the wall though - a little variety is fun, and they were more able to do the wall by PHFHG. In all of the guides - Making their own pictures and writing their own labels was neat - investing the time and energy in making it their "own" really helped them retain the information better. Just think whether you take more from carefully drawing and labeling your own creation, as opposed to coloring someone else's preprinted pictures or just putting a finished card up on the wall - creating our own makes ours different from another person's, and thus more special, original, and memorable.

In Christ,
Julie

[Carrie]

We did find with our oldest son that he remembered the figures he drew on his own better than the ones we used through his previous years of schooling (through our Sonlight years and later with our Homeschool in the Woods figures).

I honestly own the Homeschool in the Woods figures, and they are beautifully done, but I have to admit that my sons do all of their own drawing and labeling of their figures now instead, as they retain much more of the information that way and are much prouder of it being "their" work. Just some food for thought.

On another thread, I mentioned that discussing other timeline alternatives on the HOD board gets confusing to those who are looking at HOD as they begin to think that a timeline is not included in our plans. The timeline is one area of HOD that is harder to replace with something else beside what is written in the guide. Math, grammar, and spelling are easily subbed in and out within our guides, but the history-related parts of our guides are usually very necessary to the plans and are specifically written to match our history spines.

Blessings,
Carrie

[my3sons]

We've found this to be true as well - I think I mentioned this on another thread. The timeline is also inexpensive - so those trying to decide where to spend their money are much better served using books or other resources suggested by HOD since the timeline is already done very well and is free.

In Christ,
Julie

[mrsrandolph]

Someone mentioned the file folder time line. I am looking for those instructions. Can anyone point me to the right place?

[moedertje]

I am so glad to read your posts on the Time-line issue. I was beginning to wonder if I did not need fancy time-line figures and invest in the "Homeschool in the Woods" one. I have to remember that it's not about how beautiful something looks and how neat it is. If your child can retain it better through doing it themselves, it's a much better advantage.
So, thank you once again Carrie and Julie for sharing your wisdom and keeping us focused on what is best for our children. We can't draw that well, but we will learn!

[Carrie]

Shannon,

We use a file folder for the timeline in Bigger Hearts for His Glory. The instructions are on the first week of plans in the guide.

Blessings,
Carrie

[mrsrandolph]

Thanks Carrie. I have that book, so I guess *that's* where I saw it!