Passage from Vertical to Horizontal

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

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