RS4K: How to plan the year?

[bookmomma]

If you have used RS4K, how do you plan? I would like to fit the lessons into Tues/Thursday schedule for about an hour, but there seems to be so much to do. This will be my 1st year using real science 4 kids, chemistry, level I. I plan to also incorporate the language and history kogs and spread the lessons over an entire year of schooling (about 1 chapter per 2 weeks?) so they can really get a grip on the info and vocab. Boys will be grades 3 and 5.

 

Any hints and ideas will be greatly appreciated. Maybe it's not as hard as I'm thinking?

[zaichiki]

There are 10 chapters... so you could possibly do one for three or four weeks.

 

 

1. My kids do their own reading around here (except the little one-I read the text to him) and space it out over a week or so.
   
2. I add library books or videos on the topic.
   
3. Then we get together to do the experiment. Oldest will do a lab report independently.
   

 

(I tend to add a bunch to RS4K, but I don't use all the Kogs. Maybe it's the Kogs that take the most time?)

[LaissezFaire]

:bigear:

 

I am teaching the same course this year. I am also curious as I haven't begun to plan it out yet. I do know I am doing the Philosophy cog and possible one other.

[NavyWifeandMommy]

After our Apologia Botany I will be using Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry the pre level and level 1. My game plan is to use it twice a week like with the Apologia. Day 1 is reading/narriation of lessons and Day 2 is the experiments/projects. If I am able to find library books related to the subject yippie skippie but it's slim pickins here and we just been going thru our books without adding much outside books. I am also using MFW's but we like science so Real Science 4 Kids is our extra science.