Homeschool Social StudiesWhen deciding on homeschool Social Studies for preschool, Kindergarten and elementary students, parents need not get a curriculum or textbook. There are so many great picture books that you can use that will help your child love Social Studies. I recommend using the list below to teach your children about the world around them. You might not need anything else. You and your children will LOVE this method. It is so enjoyable to sit and read picture books together and still learn a ton.Here is a list of our favorite homeschool Social Studies books: Ancient History The Trojan Horse How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little Castle Times A Year in a Castle by Rachel Coombs Early Explorers Columbus by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Leif the Lucky by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire The Columbus Story by Alice Dalgliesh America Begins by Alice Dalgliesh Ferndinand Magellan by Lynn Groh Columbus by Ann McGovern Early America Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla Squanto, Friend of the White Men by Clyde Robert Bulla The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh Pocahontas by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Pilgrim Children on the Mayflower by Ida DeLage Squanto and the First Thanksgiving by Joyce Kessel If You Sailed on the Mayflower by Ann McGovern The Pilgrims First Thanksgiving by Ann McGovern The Pilgrims of Plimoth by Marcia Sewall Sarah Morton's Day A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters The Plymouth Thanksgiving by Leonard Weisgard George Washington by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Young George Washington by Andrew Woods George Washington and the General's Dog by Frank Murphy Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares by Frank Murphy Thomas Jefferson's Feast by Frank Murphy The Hatmaker's Sign by Candace Fleming Any of the If You Grew Up With... books Benjamin Franklin by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Westward Expansion Lewis and Clark a Prairie Dog for the President by Shirley Redmond Winter Days in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Dance at Grandpa's by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Deer in the Wood by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Josefina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr Johnny Appleseed My Story by David L. Harrison Paul Bunyan My Story by David L. Harrison Slavery Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman by Monica Kulling Immigration How Many Days to America? by Eve Bunting The World Around Us A Day at the Zoo by Sarah Harrison A Day at an Airport by Sarah Harrison A Day in a City by Nicholas Harris A Year at a Construction Site by Nicholas Harris A Year at a Farm by Nicholas Harris A Year in a Castle by Rachel Coombs Famous People Listen Up! Alexander Graham Bell's Talking Machine by Monica Kulling The Great Houdini World-Famous Magician and Escape Artist by Monica Kulling The Glorious Flight by Alice and Martin Provensen The First Air Voyage in the United States by Alexandra Wallner John Henry by Julius Lester The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr There are so many more books that you can use to teach homeschool Social Studies. I will add more as I have time. Do you have any favorite picture books that you think would work well for teaching homeschool Social Studies and History to your child? Have A Great Recommendation for a Picture Book to Use for History or Social Studies?Please list the name of the book, the author's name, what period of History the book covers, and what you liked and didn't like about the book. Did you use it with a unit study or just read it on it's own? Any information you give will be a BIG help to the future readers of this website. Thanks for giving back! Home school books and subjectsHow to Get Started with Homeschooling More ideas on how to teach homeschool History Return from Homeschool Social Studies to Homeschool How To home page |
