We have been using some of Nicole’s science guides this year, and I’m really enjoying them. Science has always been a subject that just falls flat at our house, I suspect because we never did a completly CM style curriculum. I was trying to have my kids narrate from dry textbook like books, or just read living books without any further investigation (experiments) and no one ever really connected with the ideas, definitely not “living.” Last year we used scm bird guide last year and that really opened our eyes to living science, like a breath of fresh air. After “A Delectable Education” did a few podcasts on science in a CM education, and reading some of Charlotte’s original writings on the subject, I feel like I finally get what to do now. And I feel Sabbath Mood Homeschool’s science guides (and SCM’s guides for elementary) fully put together a CM science curriculum.
So that’s my long answer… my short one is that I am currently using Nicole’s guides, I really like them and would highly recommend them.
Nicole’s guides are more set up to use term by term rather than one guide for all the year. So for the form 2 guide (4-6th grades) you would do one guide for 12 weeks then move onto another topic. There are three days of lessons planned a week (33 total, 12th week being exams). One day you read from a nature lore book of your choosing, one day reading from the topical book that the guide is focusing on, and one day doing experiments or special studies. There are also lots of discussion points and links/suggestions for further reading… it’s all very well done!
For form 3 and above (7th grade and up) they continue doing the term by term topical guide (again 3 days of lessons a week for one term) but also add in biology one day a week all year. We are using her form 3 biology guide this year and it is simply wonderful!
Ive never used apologia so I cannot compare… but let me know if you have any specific questions.
Heather
