I’m off to the curriculum fair..

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  • May 15, 2009 at 11:35 am
    richpond
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    Hey guys,

    I will be leaving for the curriculum fair after lunch today and am so excited about finding some of the resources you guys have talked about. I wanted to see if there were any last min. things you guys think are MUST HAVES. Ok I just realized I use the term “you guys” way to often. Sorry.

    I am thinking about getting The Handbook of Nature, I’m going to look at Ray’s Arithmetic and lots of other great things..I have a long list, mostly of read alouds Who needs curriculum when you have good literature? 😀

    Anyway, if anyone has some Must Haves post them here. I will check the forum before I leave.

    Shelly

    May 15, 2009 at 3:27 pm
    richpond
    Participant

    Anyone?

    May 15, 2009 at 3:36 pm
    Mamasong
    Member

    I can’t think of any Must Haves, to me every excellent book is a Must Have 😀

    I hope you have a wonderful time, let us know what treasures you come home with!

    Rachel

    May 15, 2009 at 4:15 pm
    Mamasong
    Member

    By the way, Shelly, I am thinking of getting Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study too, but I don’t know if it will be very helpful outside of the New England region. I’d love to know your impression of it if you get to have a look! Maybe I’ll begin a discussion to hear what other folks know about it.

    Rachel

    May 15, 2009 at 7:38 pm
    teachermom
    Participant

    I know it can be hard to read some things online, but the book can be found here if you’d like to preview at least parts of it….

    http://www.archive.org/details/handbookofnature002506mbp

    And I don’t know if this blog has been mentioned here recently, but

    http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com

    has listed Outdoor Hour challenges and if you go back to Challenge 1 she walks you through getting started with the Handbook. (It is one of my favorite blogs!)

    HTH,

    Kim

    May 15, 2009 at 8:20 pm
    Mamasong
    Member

    Thank you Kim, those are very helpful links!

    Rachel

    May 16, 2009 at 8:24 pm
    richpond
    Participant

    I did get a chance to browse Handbook of Nature Study but it looked a little overwhelming to me. I didn’t realize how BIG the book was and there seemed to be so much in it that I didn’t know where to begin. Of course when I am at a fair and it is crowded and I have a 4m.old in an ERGO, I am not always in the right frame of mind to really look in any depth at a resource. The other thing is I have my science planned for this coming year..so HNS was going to be just an added resource..so all of that being said I didn’t buy it.

    But I will be interested to see the links above and see if it helps.

    Shelly

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