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I have found some really neat Science books called Among the Farmyard, Among the Pond People, ect. Have any of you used these for Science, if so what did you think of them? Are they good for 8, 11 dd? ANy suggestion for good living books for Science? My dd 11 want to learn about the human body but all the books I find are way over her head.
I have personally not read those … but I’ve heard great things about them!
This site is my new favorite treasure trove of living science books
http://sabbathmoodhomeschool.com/charlotte-mason-living-science/
I am jealous. I hope to use those for the early elementary years as I did download them, but love book in hand.
We have grown to love any books by Thornton W. Burgess! We did his Burgess Bird Book for Children this year, and my kids and I loved it. We then followed up with the shorter storybooks about two of the characters we loved in the story. I have read through one of those Among the… People books, Meadow maybe?? Anyway, they are just a wealth of great life science information. You could read through them and dig deeper into any animal or science idea you or your kids like.
As far as Anatomy, I don’t know what your budget is, but Apologia has what I think is a good Anatomy book for kids around your daughter’s age. You can usually find used copies on eBay for about $20. We used their Astronomy book this year. I enjoyed it but really want to go back to more nature study-type lessons. The Apologia “Exploring Creation” series claims to use the Charlotte Mason method more than a typical textbook would. Its probably not truly a “living book,” but it’s better than some!
I just love Clara Dillingham Pierson’s “Among the People” books. We have read Farmyard and Meadow and just started Forest. I don’t know that they would be great science books for the older children, as they are pretty simple with not a whole lot of actual info about the animals. They are definitely much simpler with less actual animal info than the Burgess Bird or Burgess Animal Book. They seem to me to teach more…moral…stories. More along the lines of a much simpler Parables from Nature. Each story has a gentle moral, not crammed down your throat, but one you have to sort of pull from the text on your own. For example, tonight we read “Mr Red Squirrel Comes to Live in the Forest” and the moral was that it is better to observe for yourself to get answers to your questions than to ask endless questions of others. I read them as bedtime stories to my children, usually ages 4-7/8.
lettucepatchkids – Thanks for mentioning ‘sabbathschool’ for lists of living science books. This is the one area I cannot decide for my dyslexic/right-brained 13yo daughter. This website may come in handy.
I just looked at sabbathmoodhomeschool , wow! I love what I see. How do you read her schedule? It looks like 30×2 ect. I would love to use a schedule like that! What books have you used from her site? I am looking for all ages.
Psreitmom- you are very welcome! I have a 10 year old dyslexic daughter. There are also a fair amount of science books that are on librivox, we use that heavily for her more independent science and history readings.
jrs5kids- I’ve been gleaning a ton from her site and from the “A Delectable Education” Podcast (specifically the science episodes) and feel confident to put together my own science curriculum for my kids next year.
I’m not exactly sure what you mean about her schedule being 30×2?
I believe it is how she schedules her days and amount of times for the week.
I love her planner, I think its so complicated, at least for me.
oh ok. yeah I get really confused when I look over how SHE plans things. From what I gather she has based all of her plans on the PNEU schedules and how much they allotted for each subject for each term. Its personally super helpful for me to look over that and see if I’m hitting the mark… but I believe (and I’d dare say that most CM enthusiasts would agree) that it is most important to follow CM’s principles.
I will say the podcasts have really clarified things for me with scheduling science! I’m planing to use Sabbath Mood Homeschooling’s Middle School Biology curriculum one day a week next year (along with some other science topics on the other days) and it is very well laid out, I’m super excited about it!
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