heritagelearningacademy Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I will have an 11 year old whom I want to have do Anatomy for science. Thoughts on Apologia? Or Sonlight? Any other suggestions? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessaMae Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 :lurk5: We are deciding the same thing. I will have a 6th grader, 5th grader, and 3rd grader. I'm leaning towards Apologia right now b/c I like the looks of the notebooking. I've also picked out some games and books for the youngest to go along with it. I'd like to hear what others have to say though :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I'm using the Apologia book in a coop class this year. I'm getting great feedback from the parents and the kids seem to really like it, too. Having used Apologia with and without the notebooks, I have to say using the notebooks is a big plus. I haven't looked into this myself but one family in our coop ordered the notebook and got a "junior" edition by mistake. I didn't know it even existed or where they ordered from, but it looked great for younger siblings. My students are 4th-6th grade and they're doing well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessaMae Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I haven't looked into this myself but one family in our coop ordered the notebook and got a "junior" edition by mistake. I didn't know it even existed or where they ordered from, but it looked great for younger siblings. Yes this is one of the things I'm excited about. My two older girls can use the regular notebook and I'll get the junior one for my 3rd grader. I have only seen it at christian book distributors online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I checked and saw it at cbd, too. It's also at Rainbow Resource but I had to search harder for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Have you looked at the curriculum from Guesthollow? Otter science looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonibee Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 My middle son did the Sonlight version last year at age 11 -- he loved it. He did the SL workpages along with it. My next son did the Guest Hollow version last year at age 6-7. He says he is going to be a scientist when he grows up. This year he wanted to start off with more of the human body, so I bought him the Apologia book. He likes the book a lot and the experiments are interesting. I think the notebooking book is a little -- well, boring for a 7-year-old. Some copywork, word searches, copy a fact here and there, fold a booklet. The plastic body cut-out seemed worth the price of the notebook and that is about all he used. I am thinking of ordering the Jr. Notebook for my son to use as an end of the year review of his studies. In comparing the programs, I do not think the Apologia books are worthy of upper elementary school, but that is just me. If science has been sparse for your son so far, then maybe you would think differently! In any case, I would highly recommend the Sonlight program. It is very full and totally interesting. Apologia is just 1 book. Sonlight is 11 books if you do the 5-day program, plus a DVD. But Apologia is affordable by anyone and Sonlight, well, it's a little on the spendy side. I've had 4 kids so far do the Sonlight program for human body -- it's been a winner here. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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