Ooh that’s a good idea. I’m not even sure if we have a local newspaper anymore, or at least not one worthy of the name…! I’ll investigate. The animals book is so good! Plenty to keep a wide range of ages interested. Including someone of my great age!
Totally unrelated to your post but I'm reading Lost Cities of the Ancient World by Philip Matyszak and it's absolutely fascinating. It's aimed at adults but there are photos and you could extract some relevant info for your kids (e.g. if you've covered the Iliad at all, then the chapter on Troy would make interesting reading).
My kids have had success with writing letters to the editor of our local newspaper. A great civic exercise. Maybe your daughter would, too!
That animals book looks great!
Ooh that’s a good idea. I’m not even sure if we have a local newspaper anymore, or at least not one worthy of the name…! I’ll investigate. The animals book is so good! Plenty to keep a wide range of ages interested. Including someone of my great age!
Send it to the Times!
Totally unrelated to your post but I'm reading Lost Cities of the Ancient World by Philip Matyszak and it's absolutely fascinating. It's aimed at adults but there are photos and you could extract some relevant info for your kids (e.g. if you've covered the Iliad at all, then the chapter on Troy would make interesting reading).
Oh amazing, I’ll take a look. Thank you!
Just saw that he also wrote a book on Forgotten Peoples so I'll be grabbing that from the library too!
I'm also loving Usborne lift-the-flap books after randomly finding one at a thrift store and realizing how many different ones are out there!