If you are looking for history timeline notebooks for your children, I have found the perfect timeline option for large families! This single, low-priced e-book can be used to print blank timeline books for all of your home-schooled students (or an entire school classroom). To purchase a blank timeline book for your children can cost between $15 - $40 per book. This option requires $4.99 for the e-book, plus materials (cost will vary), 20 minutes to read the instructions and familiarize yourself with the book layout and one hour of your time printing and assembling the book with your child. The $4.99 can be spread out between all of your students, making for a very cost effective option.

The book is laid out into three main sections: an introduction to timeline books, the assembly instructions and the printable template pages. This is such a wonderful resource for beginning timeline makers; exploring the reasons for making a notebook, the how to’s, and helpful hints. Some of us need clear step-by-step instructions in order to understand how to pull something together, and the clear instructions outlining the various options available are excellent.

This timeline notebook works very well for Christians who interpret the Bible literally, leading them to believe in a young earth. Dates range from 5000 BC to 2020 AD with the first date heading being a title of your choice: The Stone Age, The Pre-Historical Age or The Antediluvian Age. I found this to be a bit confusing (we are still relatively new Christians), and had to look up Antediluvian on the internet. Essentially Antediluvian refers to the pre-flood earth. For our family we would choose the Antediluvian label. With the other labels available, this resource would also work well for secular homeschoolers, or Christians who believe in an old earth. Indeed, this notebook is very flexible and easy to customize to your families needs.

I would have liked to see a further range of dates beyond 2020 for those of us who are just starting in our home schooling journey and having large families. If the Lord continues to bless us with children, we may well be home schooling 30 years from now! Dates up to 2050 would be greatly appreciated, but improvising your own labels is easy as well.

A link to an absolutely wonderful page including resources for timeline figures is worth the price of the book alone! Both resources for purchase and free online image links are provided.

I am delighted to be able to recommend this resource to you for your family’s history studies. The author’s website A Book in Time is also very helpful with free history reading lists for various periods in history and ages of children, craft ideas, maps and website links. Definitely worth a visit. You can purchase How to Make Your Own Blank Timeline Book here, currently 10% off - $4.49.