Still, I know quite well that next fall needs to look more official than this year and that is one of the reasons why I wanted to check out Explore Flight!
I'm a personal fan of thematic units. I think that's because unit studies manage to hold my own attention span. I like learning about things in spurts and then moving on to new things. I like Story of the World for history and I'm looking for something suitable for science. Explore Flight!
Explore Flight!
History and science are explored simultaneously with discussions of technology and the flight of the Hindenburg. (Of course, anything that adds the historical perspective is going to catch my attention and hold my interest.) The experiments increase in difficulty and complexity as you go along and you'll find yourself building a mini hot air balloon and/or learn things like Morse Code. It looks like tons of fun and the information is laid out in a way that is easily comprehendible. I think this book is a good fit. Especially for young boys who believe they can fly, regardless of the evidence.
If you are interested, Nomad Press has thematic units for all sorts of subjects. I've reviewed a few of their books before including the following:
* Explore the Wild West
* Great Pioneer Projects
* Great Colonial America Projects
Many thanks to Nomad Press for sending the above title my direction in exchange for my honest thoughts!
3 comments:
I'm loving that Bookworm 3 is a year ahead of Grasshopper. I can make better use of your recommendations! :)
This looks PERFECT! Thanks for sharing!!
(And I, too, love the unit studies. They were so much fun with my big kids and I'm enjoying revisiting them with my little ones.)
Isn't teaching kids fun? This book does look like one mine would enjoy.
Also, for what it's worth, we have been using the Apologia science curriculum, although I modify and tinker like I do with everything. It's a bit above your kids' level, but I just have my younger ones skip the longer words and harder concepts.
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