Wildwood Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hello, I am seriously contemplating purchasing this along with the Junior notebook and experiment kit as well. I'm wondering, if you've gone through this book along with the experiments and/or journal, what did you think of it? Were the experiments well done? Did your child enjoy/learn from this course? I would do this with my soon-to-be 8 year old dd. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 We are only a short way through Zoo. 1, and my dc are loving it. I bought everything-kit, notebooks, etc... (because that's what I do:D), but now, I am thinking we shouldn't have gotten the notebooks. My ds just turned 8, and hates to write, and my dd doesn't mind it, but we have been doing a lot of the things in her MLB (sketch book). She will draw pics & write the information. They both have bird logs, and we are reading The Burgess Bird Book & doing the activities from www.satorismiles.com . All of those things, plus the experiments are plenty. Oh-I have printed off some quizes from the Yahoo group, also. I think if I had them do all of the stuff in the notebook, they would have been burnt out. This way they enjoy it. But, every child is different; yours might like the notebooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 After two years of searching for a science that I liked, we finally found this book (series) and LOVE it! Science is actually getting done, much to my daugher's delight. I have the book and bought this lapbook from Currclick. http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?products_id=41836 We follow the schedule and book list that 3Blessings4Me posted in this thread: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=299584&highlight=zoology+1 (The links are showing X'd out when I open the thread, but when I click on the X it still opens up correctly.) I her schedule she breaks the lessons down into smaller chunks which makes it easier to use with younger children. It will take a little longer to finish the book (40 weeks), than a "normal" school year. When we first started the book, the Jr. Notebook wasn't out yet, but if it had been I would have gotten it as well. I've looked at the samples and it looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildwood Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Great replies, thanks very much : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I'm actually planning to do this this year too! :D I was suppose to do it last year but our books got lost in transit. ;) So, I'm KINDA hoping I can do this AND Biology this year, but I dunno.. ANYWAY.. I saw that at CBD someone sells a lesson plan all laid out for what to do each day. :D Planning, at this point, to do it that way. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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