Passage from Vertical to Horizontal

Age
6-9.

Presentation

 * 1) Take the picture cards again.
 * 2) By now, she knows the names and stories.
 * 3) Now give a time sequence to these images.
 * 4) Order them with the child from left to right - oldest to youngest.
 * 5) Observe with the child that if we connect these, we have a time line of dwellings.
 * 6) Remove the reading levels and put arrows there.
 * 7) The arrows say the same on the front as the reading labels.
 * 8) See what is written on the back side.
 * 9) Turn each arrow over.
 * 10) Note that the dates go first by 1000's, then by 100's.
 * 11) This ordering will tell us if we have placed the picture cards in accurate order.
 * 12) 3000 BCE, 2000 BCE, 700 BCE, 300 BCE, 9th Century CE, 16th century, 19th century CE, etc.
 * 13) Through this transition process, the child is entering the understanding of history.