flobee76 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I have been eyeing this for next year nature/science. Has anyone used this yet? I know it's fairly new, but was hoping that someone could give me a review. Here's a link. It's the top one on that page. http://www.queenhomeschool.com/productpages/Discovering%20Nature%20Series/discoveringnatureseries.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsy Type Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Oh man. Now I want to do that Science, in addition to the one I have. :glare: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeyNewt Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Oh man. Now I want to do that Science, in addition to the one I have. :glare: :D Me too! I've been spying on that book for the last few days. I found out yesterday that RainbowResource will carry this title when they update their catalog in a few weeks. Anyone here used this before? It seems very gentle, so it could be possible to do it with another curriculum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flobee76 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Oh man. Now I want to do that Science, in addition to the one I have. :glare: :D Me too! I've been spying on that book for the last few days. I found out yesterday that RainbowResource will carry this title when they update their catalog in a few weeks. Anyone here used this before? It seems very gentle, so it could be possible to do it with another curriculum? in ADDITION to... interesting. I never thought of that... but... what to add it to? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadsandLilysMom Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I have it on the shelf to use next year. It does seem to talk about the cycle of life quite a bit (death), but such is nature. We will use it as a jumping off point for our nature studies. Both my girls love science and we plan to combine this with Elemental Science for more hands on experiments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeyNewt Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 My DH wants to do Chemistry with my DD next year, but I really want to do a nature study... I asked her which she preferred and she said both! I'm not really sure what will happen, but I will probably focus on the nature study aspect as I follow closer to CM style and also because my DD has really been interested in bugs/nature related sciences since we've finished up on Space study. She is done with Space for now :c). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2two Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 bumping this up to see if anyone else has any opinions. I am looking at this for nature study in addition to our weekly science. It would be for a 2nd grader who loves science. I was thinking of doing it as a family just one day a week. any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 bumping this up to see if anyone else has any opinions. I am looking at this for nature study in addition to our weekly science. It would be for a 2nd grader who loves science. I was thinking of doing it as a family just one day a week. any thoughts? We have this book and love it. I think your plan for a once a week family nature study is great. And since my oldest dd illustrated the cover, you can't go wrong! :D OK. Shameless brag. It really is a wonderful book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flobee76 Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 We have this book and love it. I think your plan for a once a week family nature study is great. And since my oldest dd illustrated the cover, you can't go wrong! :D OK. Shameless brag. It really is a wonderful book. Okay... so... Do you think it would be too much to do this book and Apologia's Astronomy?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Are you planning to do the Astronomy over a semester or the whole year? I have done something similar in years past, when we did a text (like the Apologia) twice a week...say Monday and Wednesday...for the whole year, and then we did nature study/journaling on Fridays as a completely different subject. I don't think it would feel like an overload that way, if you kept it lighthearted and just plain fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flobee76 Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 Are you planning to do the Astronomy over a semester or the whole year? I have done something similar in years past, when we did a text (like the Apologia) twice a week...say Monday and Wednesday...for the whole year, and then we did nature study/journaling on Fridays as a completely different subject. I don't think it would feel like an overload that way, if you kept it lighthearted and just plain fun. This is what I was thinking of doing. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2two Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 This is what I was thinking of doing. :D That is also what I was thinking, just adding it as a one day a week nature specific science. thanks for the input, I'm bumping it up to see if anyone else has used it and has any thoughts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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