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  • August 22, 2010 at 9:43 pm
    mommix3
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    I’ve been using apologia elementary science with my girls. They really don’t like it and aren’t retaining any of it, so I see it as a waste of time.. BUT I don’t have $$ to purchase a new curriculum. I like the layout of the books and what they cover. Is it possible to rework the books to fit the kids? If so, I would I go about doing it. Science is NOT my thing.

    Second question, I have a 6/7th grader who absolutely HATES to read. I want to use apologia general science for him. We haven’t purchased it yet, but I have read reviews that state  there is a lot of reading required by the student. How can I make this curriculum work for a reluctant reader??? I’m sure I could read it to him,but I would like for him to be more independant with some of his studies.  So I was wondering about the cd-rom or dvd course they have. Anyone use this? Can it be used without the book or is it best to have a text?

    Thanks for your help,

    Angela

    August 23, 2010 at 2:11 pm
    quietwatersmommy
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    Angela- Can you use the Apologia as a “spine” to guide you to get books on the topics? Then you can still be covering all the topics…doing narrations or notebooks or whatever you like to do. Do they enjoy the projects? We actually did not do the projects for the younger series but that may be a way to spark their interest.

    That’s what comes to mind.

    If that doesn’t work, you could always re-sell them on http://www.homeschoolclassifieds.com and buy something else. Those Apologia books are always in high demand there and sell quickly.

     

    Nanci

     

     

     

    August 25, 2010 at 9:17 pm
    anniepeter
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    I have had similar issues…I’m considering buying the audio cds I just discovered on Apologia’s website for $15 and using that and Nanci’s idea of the book/cd as a spine or reference.  If any of you have done this at the middle/high school level and have advice or good books to suggest, please share!!

    Julie

     

    August 25, 2010 at 9:40 pm
    Hope
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    We are having a similar problem.  My son is only 6 but usually loves science type stuff, so I thought he would love going through Apologia Creation series.  I love it, but he spaces out and whines if he even sees me get the book out.  So, I am using it as a “spine” or guideline.  We have the Astronomy one and so I read through it, making notes, and then I use pictures, other library books (Magic Tree House has a very interesting Astronomy book), and such to talk about the info.  Then, we do the hands-on experiments, which he loves as well as his younger brothers.

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