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Schoolrmacres
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 9:17am | IP Logged Quote Schoolrmacres
What do you use for science? Do you suggest a text that worked for you or do you do your own thing? I am trying to find out where to go...my dd is in third grade and I am not a science smart person. any help would be great.

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Darlene,

I do my own thing until about 7th/8th grade (and occasionally even beyond). What do you think your dd should learn? There are so many wonderful resources for that age! Have you looked at MacBeth's website?

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The Hands On Science kits from Stratton House are absolutely fabulous! I finally discovered them in time for my youngest and I do with I'd had them for my eighteen-year-old. We're just finishing the Light Unit and *I* learned so much.
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Lauri B wrote:
The Hands On Science kits from Stratton House are absolutely fabulous! I finally discovered them in time for my youngest and I do with I'd had them for my eighteen-year-old. We're just finishing the Light Unit and *I* learned so much.


Love these too!

We do most of our science through reading living books and nature study. I supplement with rabbit trails on varying topics. The friends of the library used book store or any good used book store are great assets for finding these. Get a good experiment book - there are tons out there - and just enjoy nature walks while they're young!

If you're really worried about what you're covering, you can sit down and plan your year, focusing 6 weeks on botany, another 6 on zoology, another 6 on astronomy and so on...but my kids tend to focus on something they're really interested in at the time and we run with it.

I second Macbeth's site - an excellent resource!

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Just wanted to come back and link to the Homeschool Science kits from Stratton House   

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Posted: March 12 2008 at 1:37pm | IP Logged Quote Lauri B
Thanks for the link, Jennifer! I was never one for buying "kits" but these are so terrific. The lessons themselves are super and they could not be any easier to do. Having all the materials ready-to-go has enabled us to do science even during those times when you just can't get your act together. They're so fab, I began looking around for other, similar kits for other subjects!
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