Do you know what happens when you burn a candle at both ends? Well we do now.
Dad has taken over teaching science to the kids, and Tuesday night has now become science night. The kids love it. Makenzie has been begging him to teach her science for months. She is definitely her Daddy's girl on that one. I liked science a lot in high school, but with Dad, it is more of an obsession. We bought a new microscope as one of our homeschooling supplies, and she loves looking at it.
We usually put the little guy down before science class, so we can have a little peace, but I made the mistake of telling everyone to get their pajamas on so we could start, and he began giggling like mad. He was so excited that he was going to be involved in the "big kid" activities.
I studied Elementary Education in college, and we use some great books that teach through experimentation. You can only get them used now, but the prices are great. They each have 170 experiments in them, and they are grouped into units. They work really well for our little homeschool.
Life Science Activities for Grades 2-8, by Marvin N. Tolman and James O. Morton
Physical Science Activities for Grades 2-8, by Marvin N. Tolman and James O. Morton
Earth Science Activities for Grades 2-8, by Marvin N. Tolman and James O. Morton
4 comments:
I bought all the books at amazon.com. I had to pay shipping for all three, but I don't care - it was only $16. Woo-hoo!
Yay!! I love "doing" for science instead of reading.
I just got my Earth & Life Science books...still waiting on the last one. They are so interesting, I almost don't want to wait until my kids are old enough.
Ooooh, and my favorite book is the one you still haven't recieved yet.
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