Day By Day - Science 2006/2007

Jun. 21, 2006

Science 2006/2007

I'm deep into planning next year's curriculum. I'm waiting on planning Math and Language arts I want to talk to our special education consultant first. But I am working on science and history now. I thought we'd do Astronomy this year (and DH is a huge astronomy fan) but J2 really wanted to study animals/plants. And, that fits in with the loose Classical approach I'm taking right now.

So, I've created our own curriculum of sorts with some books we have around the house. I plan to hit the library and print out some coloring/activity pages online (Enchanted Learning) . I want him to create his own notebook and maybe make some lapbooks for individuals species or animals. Still a work in progress.

Here is the tentative schedule I've worked out using a Kid's encyclopedia we have as a source book:

Week	Topic
1	Animal Life - vocabulary
2	Animals w/Skeletons - 5 groups: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds & mammals
3	Insects
4	Soft, Slimy Animals
5	Arachnids
6	Fish
7	Amphibians
8	Reptiles
9	Birds
10	Birds
11	Mammals - Placental
12	Mammals - Marsupial
13	Mammals - Monotremes
14	Ocean Life
15	Seashore Life
16	River Life
17	Pond Life
18	Grasslands
19	Woods
20	Rain Forest
21	Mountains
22	Deserts
23	Ice
24	Seasons
25	What is a plant?
26	Flowering Plants
27	Woody Plants
28	How Plants Live
29	Food & Decorative Plants
30	Seeds
31	Fruit
32	Unusual Plants
33	Fungus
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Posted by Jn1512

We are doing the same thing! Using real books and a spine text and making our own custom plans. It's been fun, but it is tedious. I'm done with our science and starting on history and geography. I like your science line up. Looks similiar to ours. Our kids are in 1st and 2nd and we love the Let's Read and Find out science books for great science reading. What books do you enjoy??
Michelle

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Day by Day....we strive to learn together, love each other and have some fun. Day By Day.... we strive to raise our boys to be knights and warriors for the Lord. Some days it's a struggle...

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Me - I like to read and knit. I've been a Christian for many years and loving learning about God and seeing the Lord work in our lives! I also post on my other blog, "Journaling Back To Joy"
DH - Is a theologically trained teacher of 4th graders at a Christian school. He loves astronomy, LOTR and playing with the kids! He is the funniest man I know.
J1 - 12 - our oldest. He came to live with us when he was 16 mos old and completely turned our lives inside out! While he is struggling with self-control right now - he is the one who can brighten the room just by smiling! He loves creating things from our recycling and anything that allows him to move (trampoline, skateboards, inline skates, etc)
J2 - 11 - our middle son. He is the one who I am currently homeschooling. He loves to create things from Legos and he loves movies. He would watch movies all day if I let him :( He has just had a major breakthrough in reading - for which we are praising the Lord!
J3 - 6 - my joy. He has a very tender heart for me and really works hard to make me happy. He loves to cuddle and is just learning about Legos. He wants to be with his big brothers so much, but the age difference is a big hurdle right now.
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