During the early elementary years (1st to 3rd grade) our children have naturally gravitated towards the Magic Tree House and Imagination Station series. Our children have enjoyed these books even more than the Who Was… series. [Note that Magic Tree House is a secular series; Imagination Station is written from a Christian worldview.]
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding books that your child enjoys reading. If their favorite books don’t line up with what you’re studying, that’s fine! What’s important is that they grow in their love for reading. So let them read Hank the Cowdog if that’s what they enjoy. (After all, those are great books!) If you aren’t to a point of enjoying reading yet with your children, it’s okay. Starting out, just aim to read out loud to your children 10 minutes every day. I truly believe it will grow into something much greater if you select topics and books that interest them.
Our second son taught me tons about letting go and letting God guide us instead of sticking to my plans. Four years ago, that child told me how much he hated reading. Now, he picks up unabridged classics as an 11-year-old and reads them in his spare time because he enjoys it. He is the one who asks me to read more every time I read out loud. (He can spend an hour or more listening to me read non-stop – until my voice gives out.) And he requests more and more audiobooks to listen to in the car.
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Magic Tree House & Imagination Station Related to U.S. History
Overall U.S. History (Multiple events/subjects)
For God and Country (Adventures in Odyssey) Audio CD
Magic Tree House Volumes 21-24 Boxed Set: American History Quartet
Heroes for All Times: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #23: High Time for Heroes (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker) (Includes Florence Nightingale, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, and John Muir)
Colonial America
Problems in Plymouth (AIO Imagination Station Books)
Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House #27)
Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday
American Revolution
The Redcoats Are Coming! (AIO Imagination Station Books)
Captured on the High Seas (AIO Imagination Station Books)
Surprise at Yorktown (AIO Imagination Station Books)
13-14-15: Imagination Station Books 3-Pack: The Redcoats Are Coming! / Captured on the High Seas / Surprise at Yorktown
Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House (R))
American Revolution: A Nonfiction Companion to Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House Research Guide Series)
To the Future, Ben Franklin! (Magic Tree House (R) Book 32)
Westward Expansion
Trouble on the Orphan Train (AIO Imagination Station Books)
Ghost Town at Sundown (Magic Tree House)
Buffalo Before Breakfast (Magic Tree House #18)
Twister on Tuesday (Magic Tree House, No. 23)
Twisters and Other Terrible Storms: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #23: Twister on Tuesday
Wild West: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #10: Ghost Town at Sundown (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker)
Civil War
Freedom at the Falls (AIO Imagination Station Books)
Terror in the Tunnel (AIO Imagination Station Books)
Rescue on the River (AIO Imagination Station Books Book 24)
Civil War On Sunday (Magic Tree House #21)
Abe Lincoln at Last! (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission)
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Abraham Lincoln: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last!
Early 1900s
Tonight on the Titanic (Magic Tree House, No. 17)
Titanic: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #17: Tonight on the Titanic
Earthquake in the Early Morning (Magic Tree House #24) (Magic Tree House (R))
Hurry Up, Houdini! (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission)
Hurricane Heroes in Texas (Magic Tree House (R) Book 30)
Camp Time in California (Magic Tree House (R) Book 35)
1920s
Madman in Manhattan (AIO Imagination Station Books) – Tesla & Edison 1920s
Balto of the Blue Dawn (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission)
Dogsledding and Extreme Sports: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #26: Balto of the Blue Dawn (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker)
Great Depression
Blizzard of the Blue Moon
World War II
Escape to the Hiding Place (AIO Imagination Station Books)
Refugees on the Run (AIO Imagination Station Books Book 27)
World at War, 1944 (Magic Tree House (R) Super Edition)
World War II: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Super Edition #1: World at War, 1944 (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker)
Danger in the Darkest Hour (Magic Tree House (R) Super Edition)
World War II: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Super Edition #1: World at War, 1944 (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker)
1940s
A Big Day for Baseball (Magic Tree House)
Baseball: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #29: A Big Day for Baseball (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker)
Space Race
Midnight on the Moon (Magic Tree House, No. 8)
Other
High Tide in Hawaii (Magic Tree House 28)
Heroes for All Times: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #23: High Time for Heroes (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker) (Includes Florence Nightingale, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, and John Muir)
A Good Night for Ghosts (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission) (Louis Armstrong)
Dog Heroes: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #18: Dogs in the Dead of Night
Need a printed version? A printable list is available in our Cycle 3 Planning Packet and/or American History Reading Plans.
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