Monday, July 6, 2009

Homeschool Using American Girl Products

One year over a decade ago, we used American Girl products as part of our curriculum. Our girls were about 7, 9, 11 at that time. The birthdays were in April, July and November. Each girl received a doll for her birthday. We did each doll separately so we could all learn about that time period. We would read The American Girl book, do the craft and art projects, cooking, and we would sew some of the clothes(I did most of this but they were able to do simple things). We had Kirsten, Molly and Addy. When we finished with the dolls we had, we continued through the rest of the series including Samantha, Felicity and some of the others so we could continue learning about the different time periods. I think the girls really enjoyed the lessons since everything was so interactive.
This worked well because I had three girls who were all interested in dolls, books and the crafts.
Annabelle is the last girl at home and even though she is eleven she is more interested in stuffed animals so this would not suit her.

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