I’m trying to fit in all the ancient civilizations that I can without rushing, but I still want to cover some of the ancient African civilizations too, like Ghana, Mali and Timbuktu. For now, we are trying to quickly get in and out of Greece and Rome, (there’s so much shirk, I have to be creative).

My daughter says the best part about covering civilizations is the geography lesson. She loves tracing, coloring and labeling the maps: