I reviewed Christian Kids Explore Biology (CKEB) not too long ago and Bright Ideas Press sent me Christian Kids Explore Chemistry (CKEC) to review, too! I'm so excited about this series. To be honest, I never found the "perfect" Biology, Chemistry or Physics curriculum until this year, too late to use with my daughter unfortunately. However, she is a smart girl and I'm sure the Apologia series will be just fine for her. I feel very blessed to have been sent CKEB, CKEC and the Noeo Physics curriculum to review because I now have my son's 5th-7th grade years all lined up!

If you have used or like CKEB, then you'll also like Christian Kids Explore Chemistry because it's set up in a similar manner. First, there is the Teaching Time (text w/vocabulary words defined in the sidebar) followed by a hands-on simple experiment. Lessons also include Review It and Think About It sections which include thinking questions for the child to answer. Sidebar areas include space for additional notes as well as Scriptures to read and/or memorize and special little notes of interest in the Discovery Zones spaces. At the end of each unit, there are Show What You Know! questions for the child to answer. I would use these as a unit test.

At the beginning of each unit, the parent is given a list of items that are needed for the experiments in that unit as well as a list of goals for the student to accomplish by the time they reach the end of the unit. In the back of the text, after all of the lessons, is a complete Glossary and reproducible coloring pages for keeping those hands busy while Mom is reading! Appendix A contains the Element Tables as well as a Periodic Table. Appendix B is a Resource List which contains recommended books to read and/or videos to watch during each lesson. Appendix C contains a nice list of biographies to consider reading about and notable scientists to research. The final section of the book is the Answer Key for the Unit tests. All in all, there are 30 lessons in the text of CKEC.

Maggie Hogan, the owner of Bright Ideas Press, has told me there is a 3rd book in the series coming out this summer about Earth and Space. You can get a sneak peek at the Table of Contents here. If it is as good as these first 2 books, then it's bound to be a winner, too! Maybe I'll be lucky enough to get a copy of Earth and Space to review ... hey, Maggie!!! LOL! 

... Kris ...