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   eawerner
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   Has anyone ever seen a handbook or guide to go along with this book similar to what SCM has for Outdoor Secrets? Or maybe an example of what someone has done on a blog somewhere?

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   suzukimom
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   We've just read them....

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   crazy4boys
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   I haven't seen a guide or a blog.  I started putting one together myself and then we switched what we were doing and moved and I never got back to it.  What I would do is once a week or so, look ahead at the topics we would cover.  I did an internet search looking for coloring pages, video clips, sound clips, full color images to view, etc.  We'd read a section then look at whatever I found on the internet, do our own drawing or color a page and move to the next thing.  Sometimes we'd do all of that in one day, sometimes we'd spread it out over a few days, it depended on what I was able to find.  Some insects/animals have a lot of information, some do not.

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   Rachel
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   My children just read the section, or part of a section depending on how long it was, and narrated it to me. Come book 4, there are questions after the chapters. They've learned a lot from these and it showed in our time out-of-doors from a Creationist perspective.

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   gcbsmommy
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   I just saw some on the CBD website tonight!

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   MamaSnow
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   So, I was looking at some of the samples for these and wondering at what ages you had your kids start reading these independently? My dd is 6 and reads well (probably a 2nd-3rd grade level, she reads the Pathway Grade 2 Readers very easily as well as just about everything else she gets her hands on...). Would she be able to read the first or second books in this series on her own? I had looked at these before and decided not to use them..but now that she is reading more independently, I'm thinking it might be a good option for us to supplement our nature study....

   Thanks for any insights, all...
   Jen

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   jeaninpa
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   They are wonderful!!  I almost hate to have my kids read them independently because then I miss them!  However they are perfect for new readers and work great for oral narration.  I would say that if your dd can read them and give a good narration, let her go with it.  Just start with #1 since the reading levels do progress.

   Jean

    

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   botanicalbecky
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   Jen, I think she could. My son, who is 7 and also a good reader, read #1 by himself pretty quickly and just finished #2, which took him quite a bit longer. I think your daughter would have no problem! :)

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   swineygirl
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   There is a Level K book. Just FYI...

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    MamaSnow
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    Thanks ladies! We may give them a go then. She has just hit that spot where she is starting to read by her own choice ALL OF THE TIME so I can hardly keep her in books, and I also find that when we are busy it is our nature-study-reading that tends to get dropped. Hopefully this will help - both with giving her more reading material as well as getting that science/nature stuff in there even when it gets dropped from our family work.

    Thanks!
    Jen

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