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Becky Parker
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Posted: Feb 03 2007 at 7:56am | IP Logged Quote Becky Parker
I was over at the Simply Charlotte Mason site and read about this. Has anyone seen this or used it? Any comments?
http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/creationstudies/

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Posted: Feb 03 2007 at 11:38am | IP Logged Quote Paula in MN
Becky, I have this book. We made it up to lesson 7 and then we stopped. NOT because it isn't good. I don't even remember now why we stopped, but I'm glad you reminded me of it!

I think it is a good way of tying in the 7 days of Creation with science.

She has a list in the beginning of the book of all the supplies you will need for all 106 days, and then there is also a list before each lesson. She also has reminders on the sides of the pages -- i.e. a book you might need in 7 days from the library. So it is pretty organized. She states you could do 3 lessons a week and finish in one year -- I think it depends on the age of the kids.

That is another concern -- for older children she recommends buying "Considering God's Creation". I did buy it but we haven't used it yet.

The Creation days are split like this:

Day One - Light, Shadows, Reflections & Refractions, Color (5 lessons)
Day Two - Atmosphere, Air Pressure, Wind, Clouds, Water, Weather (10 lessons)
Day Three - Land, Soil, Plants, Trees (14 lessons)
Day Four - Universe, Moon, Stars, Solar System (7 lessons)
Day Five - Insects, Classifications, Birds, Fish (18 lessons)
Day Six - Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Man (45 lessons)
Day Seven - Rest, Stewardship of Earth (4 lessons)

Wow, typing this up for you is getting my excitement level back up!

I would recommend it, BUT like I said we have only done a few lessons so far!

Hope this helps -- PM me if you want any more details...

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