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Story Book of Science..How Have YOU Used It?
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My 2 will be ages 10 & 12 during the next school year. I have planned on using this as our ongoing nature study read-aloud for the year. To finish it we will need to read about 3 chapters a week. I was thinking that we would just use the chapters we read to help plan what we will look for in our nature walks and what we will put in our journals.
How have you all used this book?
I just picked up a copy through interlibrary loan, and it is such an old copy that I am afraid it will burst into flames in my hands if I so much as turn a page carelessly, LOL!
I have only had a few moments to scan the table of contents and read a page or two of maybe four of the chapters. They seem, at first glance, as if they possibly could be used just by reading selected chapters as individual stories to suit your particular science studies or nature studies. However, I’d like to hear from those who have used the book throughout a school year to know if one would miss the flow of things by reading only certain chapters or even by reading them out of order.
We are almost at the end of it. I have just been reading a chapter or two a week. We frequently do our written narration on it. Sometimes when it has seemed helpful I have had the kids draw something it described like the kinds of mushrooms. It has some chapter like the ones on volcanoes that would be hard to tie into nature study.
Nebby
My dd11 is using this for her 5th grade science this year. She has a few chapters to finish yet. She reads 2-3 chapters per week and narrates by drawing and writing in the blank journal we bought to go with it. It has been very productive and she’s learned a lot. Previously, she’s used Apologia’s Botany and Astronomy, but we needed a change this year.
Christie
Nebby,
I don’t think we could do a nature walk to search for volcanoes 🙂 Good point.
I’m liking the notebook/drawing idea. That could be done when we don’t have something locally to look for, and it would be great narration practice.
I’m also thinking that I may get the kids to take turns reading the chapters aloud or have them read them for themselves quietly. I know one of my children would do well reading alone, but the other is very auditory and reading it aloud helps.
This takes me to another question. If I don’t listen to them read it aloud or read it aloud myself, how do I know what they are narrating is right? When we begin handing the books over to them, does Mom have to read them all too? With most textbooks, Mom has an answer key 🙂 With living books…..no key. LOL!
We pretty much just read it. There are parts that wouldn’t be terribly useful for doing nature study about. I do have to say–this was the “magic book” that got written narrations out of my oldest son.
Amanda, I do think it is worth the few minutes to briefly glance over the book, whether when you are planning, or that morning before school, or when the child comes to you to narrate. I read as many of the books as I can, and try to briefly scan what I don’t, to make it easier to know. Once you go through the book several times, you’ll know. 🙂
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