Alicia64 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Thanks, everyone. Science was never my subject so it feels daunting to me. My husband is a big science guy but isn't doing much w/ the kids. Example: He'll explain inertia and they'll use it in their daily vocab. but I need more to show than that to my Education Specialist w/ our charter. Any ideas would be great, Alicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyAberlin Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 We really liked Living Learning books Level 1 science. This yr for K I will be ordering a whole bunch of science kits and do things informally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioM Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I like to use the Let's Read and Find Out Science picture books, covering a wide variety of topics for kids this age. I don't enjoy experiments, but if there are easy ideas in the back of a lot of these books. Rainbow Resource carries all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 What about looking at homeschoolshare.com to see what lapbooks and unit studies are available and do one of those? Some of them are very detailed and have booklists attached to them. We just did one on Desert Animals following Donal Silver's One Small Square: Desert Cactus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I am using the Singapore Child's Play Science with my youngest. It is not terribly in depth, but it is a good core for us in that he learns a lot of basic science across the board and if we find something he is interested in, we get books from the library and go more in depth. It is the perfect amount for him right now. My oldest is doing NOEO Physics I and I love it too if you are looking for something more in depth and more "ready to go." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I have a book called "The Little Scientist, An Activity Lab". It is designed for K age and has 40 experiments covering temperature, weather, colors, ecology, air, energy, etc. These include the tips for the parent, scientific principle, purpose and explanation of the experiment, how to do it, and follow up information. I also try to get library books that cover topics of interest to him. We just got through studying animals because he was so fascinated. I found Planet Earth workbooks at the Dollar Tree covering land, air, and water animals. We are about to study the solar system and space travel because we're head to the Space Center in Huntsville this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding - we love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Next year I'm going to use The Usborne First Encyclopedia of Science for science-specific topics. I think we'll do one page spread per week. For nature/world science, we're going to use Usborne First Encyclopedia of Our World and DK Nature Encyclopedia. They cover the same topics (rainforest, desert, etc) so we'll read an usborne section at the beginning of the week, then later read the corresponding DK section, color a picture, do a project, watch a video, whatever I chose for that section:) I'm thinking about getting Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out Big Book of Science Projects, or some similar experiment book. I'm excited about what we're going to do:) I love the books and they will be really easy to just pick up and read, with just enough information for the grade level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Janice VanCleave has a several Play and Find Out experiment books that would be great for Kinder's. Each one has experiments with explanations on a variety of topics. I think you can get them all in one volume for less than $30 from Amazon. That might give you more focus to your science time that would satisfy the Education Specialist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 We use Five in a Row as our main science and have covered lots of different topics in the 8 months since we started. Ariel also really likes the "Lets Read and Find Out" science books. We recently checked out books on digestion, wind (not the kind that comes after digestion, though :tongue_smilie:), and hearing. We also started doing nature study in January and it's been a nice life science study (Spring is already here where we live.) If nothing else, pick a science topic and check some books out from the library, a lot of them include simple experiments and crafts. Another thing is to get some kind of "my first science" kit - we have one that was a Christmas gift and was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricaB Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Williamson Kids Can Science Play - Lots of hands on stuff. They also have a 365 Days of Science book too that I have and play on using soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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