For those of you who really know me. The title of this may seem like an oxymoron. I do not like science, I never have. I think it dates back to the BORING science classes I had in PS. My older children, have somehow made it through their younger schooling days without much science (and they even did well on the standardized tests) I believe that came from their dad who loves scientific things and has a scientific mind and is always reading up on things and analyzing things, ect..
I have always searched for the right science program that would be able to help my non-scientific mind (and my bad attitude) but be educating for my kids (I really love the Magic School Bus) I started using Apologia for my older kids (after they could read and do experiments on their own) and my husband was really impressed by it, so when Jeannie Fulbright put out her science books with them I very hestitantly approached them. I looked at them at book stores, saw my friends be interested in them, read her article in the Old Schoolhouse Magazine last summer, ect... So I finally bought Exporing Creation with Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day. It took me awhile to get going with it (it was always the LAST subject we did for the day so often got skipped) but now we are into it and I LOVE it, my younger kids are LOVING it.  It has now become the first subject we do everyday. We are working on birds. We have learned our bird parts and we are making bird feeders so we can watch and identify the birds in our yards (along with our 3 cats who pay more attention to the feeders than we do! disclaimer: they are for the most part indoor cats the birds are safe) It is great. I'm loving it. I'm really excited to continue to work on the book and do the experiments. (I'm even taking pictures and will post them soon.)