Earthmerlin Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 (edited) Hi there. I'm starting to think about this fall's after-schooling line-up for my rising 2nd grade daughter. She said she likes dinosaurs & science (i.e., weather) & so we'll learn more about these 2 topics. I am looking for additional ideas though....fun & high-interest stuff that's educational but keeps it light-hearted. Any ideas? Edited April 3, 2016 by Earthmerlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthmerlin Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Perhaps some geography thrown in by way of cultural studies? Any ideas for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 We like the allowance game, no stress chess, checkers, battleship, sleeping queens, and robot turtle. We play other math games from the following books: right start math, books from natural math, and math for smarty pants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 (edited) nm Edited May 5, 2016 by Susan Wise Bauer Please do not promote products that benefit you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthmerlin Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 Any ideas for science topics? She really is taken by all things science..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 I have brainpop and thinking aboug getting either the happy scientist or mystery science. My children love to make "solutions". So, i get a portable baby tub, vinegar, baking soda, color tablets, flour, salt, and corn meal and let them mix stuff. They also have graduated cylinders, squirt bottles, droppers, and test tubes. Hth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthmerlin Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 I have brainpop and thinking aboug getting either the happy scientist or mystery science. My children love to make "solutions". So, i get a portable baby tub, vinegar, baking soda, color tablets, flour, salt, and corn meal and let them mix stuff. They also have graduated cylinders, squirt bottles, droppers, and test tubes. Hth. Yes, we have BrainPopJr & she totally LOVES it! Good idea as a starting point--I can look at their extension activities to go into more depth. What is 'Happy Scientist' & 'Mystery Science'? Are they DVDs, apps, subscription boxes? You've piqued my interest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 They are online subscriptions. Happy Scientist has been out longer than Mystery Science and is cheaper. As far as I'm concern, MS can be a curriculum and that's why I'm thinking of getting it. Low prep. Science is not getting done over here. Here are the links: http://thehappyscientist.com/ and https://mysteryscience.com/ HS is about $30/year (I'm liking this price!) and MS is about $129/year. You can get a subscription for cheaper from homeschool buyers coop. (Although they may not have one for HS at this moment). I'm sorry, but I can't give much of a review because I don't have either yet. I like both because one seems like it would be a good fit for one child and the other seems like it would be a good fit for another child. lol Btw, there is a free trial going on at MS until June 30. As far as other science oriented enrichment ideas, my kids attend a homeschool class at the local nature center. Hth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthmerlin Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 They are online subscriptions. Happy Scientist has been out longer than Mystery Science and is cheaper. As far as I'm concern, MS can be a curriculum and that's why I'm thinking of getting it. Low prep. Science is not getting done over here. Here are the links: http://thehappyscientist.com/ and https://mysteryscience.com/ HS is about $30/year (I'm liking this price!) and MS is about $129/year. You can get a subscription for cheaper from homeschool buyers coop. (Although they may not have one for HS at this moment). I'm sorry, but I can't give much of a review because I don't have either yet. I like both because one seems like it would be a good fit for one child and the other seems like it would be a good fit for another child. lol Btw, there is a free trial going on at MS until June 30. As far as other science oriented enrichment ideas, my kids attend a homeschool class at the local nature center. Hth. Thanks so much for the additional information--I'm checking these sites out right now. I shall also look more into depth at our local nature centers--we're going there this Sunday for a waterwheel workshop! Summer will afford us a lot more leisurely time to explore interest-lead & local topics. It's the upcoming school year with its tight schedules for which I need more of a 'prescribed' set of resources (so the science fun actually will take place)--know what I mean? I'm planning on scaling back my daughter's extracurriculars a bit this fall so we have more free time at home to explore her interests. I'm an overachiever by default but am realizing that at age 6, sometimes less is more....thanks again for your post! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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