Help needed making Artistic Pursuits align with history

[WyoSylvia]

My son will be starting Kindergarten and I am seriously considering using Artistic Pursuits. In order to make use of its art history/great artists feature, does anyone have any advice regarding adapting it or supplementing it, in order to have it correspond to the four-year history cycle? :confused:

Or do those of you who use it, use a different resource altogether to teach art history/appreciation?

[Monkey Island Academy]

I think that Harmony Fine arts aligns with TWTM four year cycle...


http://www.harmonyfinearts.com/

[Kristiana]

We used Artistic Pursuits Vol. 1 this year along with SOTW 1. It's worked out nicely. Most of the art focused on was from ancient history. I just notated on my planning calendar which lessons (the last 10 or so) matched up with SOTW 1. There are about 3 I'm saving to do next year with SOTW 2.

[Trivium Academy]

I don't want to cause doubt but why are you doing SOTW 1 in K? To answer your question regardless of what you're doing...Artistic Pursuits Book 1, K-3 will work well with SOTW 1 and 2. Artistic Pursuits Book 2, K-3 will work well with SOTW 2. Artistic Pursuits Book 3, K-3 will work well with SOTW 4. We're doing Drawing With Children and history activity books which have a lot of crafts for the Early Modern period.

Have you considered Galloping the Globe for K? It'll allow you to cover world geography and stay focused on the 3 R's for K. Just a thought.

[WyoSylvia]

I won't be starting history in K, I'm just looking ahead at AP's future books and they don't seem to be in a good order for WTM. (I'm an inveterate planner.) I would really like to start with one resource and stick with it.

[WyoSylvia]

BTW, I forgot to add, thank you for the specific recommendation for how I can align the books. Your constructive criticism was just that... constructive. I have zero interest in re-inventing the wheel.