RAR #31: Reading Aloud for History, Rea Berg
This may be one of the most delightful conversations we’ve had yet on the Read-Aloud Revival. If you haven’t met Rea Berg yet… you’re going to love me for introducing you to her. :) And if you know who she is, you don’t need me to blab on here -you just want to cut right to the interview!
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- reading aloud for history
- nurturing the soul of your child
- and how books have changed Rea’s life (and how they very well may change the world)
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Books from this episode:
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Links from this episode:
- Rea’s business Beautiful Feet Books
- Laura Berquist’s site Mother of Divine Grace School
- History is Not Chronological from Memoria Press
- Hope for the Overwhelmed Homeschool Mama
Thank you so much for this inspirational podcast. – it brought me to tears. I also get choked up when I read to my kids, but I try to conceal it from my kids so that I don’t distract them from the beautiful story. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was the most recent book that had this effect on me. I love finding books that move the soul.
The other tear-jerking point in the podcast was about the young man who goes away and finds himself in a tough situation. In a conversation with his mother, who always read good books to him as a child, he says to her, “I read good books.” This is so Powerful.
Rea, please keep up the good work. :-) I am looking forward to becoming a patron of yours!
I really enjoyed this podcast. We really enjoyed Beautiful feet Early American History this past year my son was in K. We loved it I was hoping to use more resources from BF, but am not finding what I would do next as it seems the rest of the things offered are for older children. I need practical suggestions of what to use for a first grader after using Early American History Guide? I was hoping they had something from moving west to current history with living books.
Can you tell me more about the timeline book you have as a background image for this podcast?
Sarah, this is one of my favorite podcasts. I just love what you both had to say. It so is about how much they care. I wonder if we focused more on that, if it would fix the issue within the schools with all the violence and shootings. This one really resonated with me. I am going to have to check out Rea’s site for more books. My son is an Am. History nut. We studied it last year in 2nd grade. It was neat seeing The Courage of Sarah Noble linked as we read that last year. I have three Shel Silverstein books from when my oldest was little. Fun seeing those as well. Made me feel good about my choices. I can relate a little to the age span like what Rea has. 😊 I have three kids that go from 27 yrs old down to 8, only with almost a decade between each. LOL
Wow, Thank you Sarah for having Rea Berg on your podcast! Such a blessing. As you stated in the interview, superbly “affirming” for us homeschool mama’s! Thank you Rea for sharing your heart on the podcast and affirming so many great truths to the heart of homeschooling!
This was fantastic! Thanks so much for having Rea on.
This was beautiful and refreshing! My heart needed this in so many ways!
I am fascinated with the non-chronological approach to history with our smaller ones. Any other curriculum suggestions that go along with this? Most homeschoolers in my circles do chronological history studies which I have done but didn’t really seem to interest or resonate with my daughter in K5 through second grade. But I just thought it was us! So helpful to hear this! Curriculum suggestions?
Thank you for these podcasts!!
We are doing BF Early American History this year. This is our first experience with Beautiful Feet and I’m already a huge fan.
Which timeline book is that in the picture?
Many blessings!
So, now you have me rethinking our history plan!!! We just started SOTW ancient history this year (2nd grade & kinder) and I had planned to continue with the repeating 4-year plan, but I wasn’t sure where American history would come in. I’ve definitely noticed the lack of decent literature for young kids for the ancients time period, so the idea of studying American history with good literature sounds appealing. Why not?! I’m not going to interrupt this year (the kids are enjoying it) but maybe we will put world history on hold next year and do American. Does that sound like a decent plan?? I definitely need to read the Memoria Press article.
Thanks, Sarah, for all of the great guests and discussions on your podcast!
This was wonderful! Wow. This and Sarah Clarksons podcast are for sure my favorites. Well, I have loved so many, but these were so inspirational and just what I seek as I teach my children. Thank you!!
Loved this episode! Thank you so much! I am a little confused though how history is not chronological. Since history obviously happens chronological. I understand you can not teach it that way but was just a little confused. Thanks so much for your help!
This article at Memoria is where that wording of “history is not chronological” came from:
http://www.memoriapress.com/articles/history-not-chronological
It’s not how much they learn, but how much they care! I lived that Rea said that. We are raising souls for Christ and trying to get them into Heaven, not Harvard! So refreshing for someone to articulate so well what homeschool mothers go through! This is the best episode yet! Practical, inspiring and truthful!
Oh my goodness, Sarah! THAT was one of the best episodes EVER! Thank you so much for having Rea Berg as a guest. I left feeling informed, inspired, and invigorated! Her “we read a lot of good books” anecdote really warmed my heart (and encouraged me to keep doing what we’re doing). Blessings to you!
I really enjoyed this episode! It ranks right up there with my very favorite, Sarah Clarkson’s podcast; they are both inspirational, talking about the big picture, as well as practical, giving book titles and ideas. Thank you!
I’m still listening to this and sooo encouraged! Thanks to Rea for really articulating an understanding of the homeschool mom. Wow. I just needed to hear that today! A good reminder too of what homeschooling is all about.