Question about Considering God's Creation

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  • March 9, 2012 at 3:14 am
    Sue
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    I was wondering if there is a big difference from one publishing year to another for this book. I have seen some good prices on used copies, but some are 2001, others 2002 or 2004. I’m wondering if anyone has used differening years between teacher’s manual and student books without much difficulty.

    Also, what is the student book like? The SCM Bookfinder describes CGC as being suitable for grades 3-6, but I want to be sure it won’t seem too babyish for my 6th grader. It’s funny….even though, being autistic, he often acts younger than a typical 12yo, he does often recognize and resent things that are a bit young for his age group.

    March 9, 2012 at 4:36 pm
    sheraz
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    Sue – I have the 2006 edition.  I like it.  It gives much more detail than the 106 Days, so I think that it is appropriate for his age.  I don’t feel that it is babyish for my 11 (almost 12) year old.

    I wanted to remind you that the student workbooks are pretty much simply cut and paste type activities.  A few months ago we thought that it would frustrate him.  It is a lot of black and white stuff crammed on one page but the end projects are fun. My girls enjoy cutting, pasting, and coloring.

    In my opinion however, you could just really enjoy the teacher’s manual together.  That is where all the info is.

    March 9, 2012 at 5:07 pm
    Michele Barmore
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    It is alot of cut and paste. My 4yo and 7 yo like it.

    My 9th and 11yo would laugh if I offered it to them. If they are science minded at all, they will find it boring.

    I was personally very disappointed with it after hearing so much about it.

    I just wanted you to know in case your child is really into science or might be offended by the cut and paste type stuff.

    And very basic science material.

    March 9, 2012 at 5:42 pm
    sheraz
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    Well, that’s true…but most science books through sixth grade are quite basic. 

    Sooo, I should have mentioned that we use this like we do most of our subjects – as we are going through we add to it with things that are appropriate and of interest to us – field trips and addtional time in the rock section was a lot of fun.  We have several rock museums here, as well as a nationally recognized University for mining and engineering.  We have a retired geologist professor at church who spent several once a week sessions with us teaching, showing us her samples, conducting experiements and letting us have neat experiences with all types of rocks and minerals.  

    I would seriously recommend that you use the Digging Deeper suggestions to make the lessons more meaningful -and add resources available around you.  

    I use most of our resources as a guide to help me move forward, b/c everything I have bought could be added to in ways that help my kids have more hands-on experiences with the subject be it history, math, science, or something else.

    March 9, 2012 at 5:50 pm
    Sue
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    This information is very helpful to me. I think I will just get the teacher’s manual and start off with that. My son is not too big on cutting and pasting (has a hand tremor and difficulty with fine motor skills), but maybe after we get going, I’ll get the student book and have the two of them work on it together. His sister would be okay with that….she’s pretty sensitive to his needs.

    March 9, 2012 at 7:23 pm
    4myboys
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    I’m not overly impressed with it — but then I’m not a huge fan of science to begin with.  We are only part way through.  We didn’t do science at all this past term other than watch science-type shows like Wild Krats, Finding Stuff Out and Bill Nye the Science Guy.  My boys can take or leave the cut and paste.  I am planning to continue with Weather, Rocks and Plants this coming term. Not sure if we’ll get to Insects or not.  We’re going to drag it out a little longer by adding extra resources for the various topics over the spring term.  My original plan was to use the remainder of the book next year, but that will probably depend on how we feel in another month about it in another month or so.  I’m hoping that it gets more interesting as we get into life sciences.  I am also considering enlarging some of the animal cut and paste things because they are just SOOOO tiny.  It would be very tedious for me to cut them out, so I can’t imagine a 6 or 7 year old doing it. 

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