Guest Eachar Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I'll be a brand new homeschooler, with a 1st grade daughter and a 4th grade son (and a toddler). I'd like to study the human body for 10-12 weeks, and I already have many usborne books, so it would be ideal to be able to use them. It makes me nervous as a newbie to not have a lesson plan, and I don't feel confident or have time to make my own. Any advice? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 If you have a copy of the Well Trained Mind (WTM), SWB has outlined a plan in the science chapter. Look in the section about 1st grade science. Basically you would pick a topic for each week, read from your Usborne book, have your children narrate to you what they learned, then supplement with additional books on the same topic. You could do a project, play a game, or watch a video too where appropriate. Having said that, I haven't actually used this process yet, but I do intend to teach science the way it's laid out in the WTM to my 1st grader this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommytoFour Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 You might look at Guest Hollow's Little Otter's Science http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/science/little_otters_science/little_otters_science.html It uses the Usborne book (and many others) in the human body section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco_Clark Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I basically read from a science encyclopedia or from a picture book or two, narrate, and do some combo of notebooking/project/experiment. We did animals that way last yr and are moving onto anatomy next year. PM me your email and I'd be happy to share my (15 wk) lesson plans. I picked the books based mostly off my library's availability, and the plans are geared toward my 1st and Ker but still, might be a reference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAtoVA Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I'm using the My Body book for my 1st grader for more "hands-on" when we get to human anatomy this year. http://www.amazon.com/Body-Science-Books-Patty-Carratello/dp/1557342113/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405721723&sr=8-1&keywords=my+body Even your 4th grader could do it. Or do this one instead: http://www.amazon.com/Body-Book-Easy-Make-Hands/dp/0545048737/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3TJVJMBQL014A My 5th grader is using Sonlight Science F 4 Day for boys (5th) and Apologia Anatomy but I am considering having him also "build" a large human body. I will have him use The Body Book for smaller models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curlymom Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Elemental Science has a unit on the human body in Biology for the grammar stage: http://www.elementalscience.com/biology-for-the-grammar-stage We started this and got through a few lessons then my kids decided they wanted to study chemistry for a while. We actually used the Usborne Complete Book of the Human Body book rather than the one listed and it worked out fine. The Usborne books are lovely. I do think that you can also just read the book on its own and notebook about it without lesson plans, as previous posters suggested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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