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I am trying to find a copy of the Kingfisher History Encyclopedia to purchase...it looks like it may have gone out of print!? Does anyone know for sure? The only copies available from amazon are from used book sellers. I can't seem to find out any more information about this! Thank you!
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We recently did this same lesson. In Lesson 16, the directions for both the oral drill and written practice tell you to supply the commas where needed. I think you must have missed that. ;)
Hope this goes through to the correct thread, it's my first time posting here! I read a lot, though.
Amy in Colorado
Noeo Science reviews, please
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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This is our third year using Noeo. We started with Chem I, then Physics I, this year we are in Bio II. Last year, with Physics I my children were in 4th and 2nd grade and I thought it was just right. There was a good balance between the experiments and reading/notebooking. If your children are 4th grade and younger, I'd recommend Physics I, given there are some pretty abstract concepts taught (friction, protons, etc) and this is a gentle introduction.
This year in Bio II (my children are in grades 5 and 3) the reading is mostly from two or three books, especially the Usborne Science Encyclopedia. So far there haven't been any assigned experiments using the kits. Although I did pick up a dead wasp outside and have them look at it...ugh...nice to be able to ID the body parts on an insect! Again, it seems to be a good fit for them difficulty-wise.
What I like most about Noeo is that it is easy to implement, and you can put as much or as little effort into it as you want. You can do all the suggested experiements or none, you can require notebook pages for every single reading or just a few, etc. They read it independently now but in the past we've read it together. I require more writing for my 5th grader and my 3rd grader writes less and draws more. I think Noeo is definitely a good value. It's the only science program we've used and I'm not about to switch--I just wonder what I'm going to do when we've run through all the subjects!