Bird's Nests!!

Exploring Creation with Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day

    

We've been using Apologia this year for science and we've all enjoyed it and learned from it immensely, especially me.. With the textbook we also used the notebook (workbook), which contained full lesson plans, puzzles, writing, and some minibooks, it is mostly geared for 3rd grade and up.  But now Fulbright http://www.jeanniefulbright.com/, has published  a Juniors Explorers Series geared to lower elementary.  To take full advantage of Apologia science & the Young Explorers Series I would recommend gathering all materials needed for experiments before starting,(something I did not do & regret). You'll definitely get more out of it.  The website also has "book extras", but cannot be entered without the password that is given in the textbook. There you will find links to different videos, coloring pages & many other things to enhance your lesson.  If you want a little bit of everything in science than any science curriculum will do but if you really want your child to learn about a certain creature or types of creatures or unit than Apologia is definitely for you.  My kids learned everything there is to know about butterflies, moths, birds.  We are now learning about bats, and I know that God made them with a very important role for our environment but this chapter is hardest for me not to get sick on.  Some of those creatures are seriously ugly!!!!   There is an article in the "Home Educating Family Issue 4" called "No Blurps Please"; which explains how teaching Immersion Science helps the student to truly learn more and soak up the material than jumping around from topic to topic just for the sake of covering the material.  "If you immerse your child in one field of science for an entire year, they will develop a love for that subject and a love for learning in general."- Fulbright      I look forward to doing another year of Apologia.
Hope you enjoyed this post and that it is useful to you.  Be Blessed!!!