God's Design for Life Science?

[Melissa in St Louis]

Anyone used this? I have a 1st grade DS who loves animals, is a voracious reader, and is eager to learn...we did the recommended 20 weeks of "pick an animal and narrate about it" thru the fall, but I'm not really sure if he learned anything new during that time. I have been looking at God's Design for Life for human body and plant studies coming up...I'm wondering if we should maybe re-do animals using GDFL so that we "learn" something? Or should we move forward and study the body?:001_huh:

Melissa in St Louis

[Julieofsardis]

I would move forward with plants and human body. I think this stage of the game is more exposure and subject matter to practice narration.

The God's Design For Life series looks really good to me. I think there are some samples on Christianbook.com.

HTH

Julie

[Linda (Australia)]

This series is excellent! Although we have already been through God's Design for Life - Animal Kingdom, we are re-doing it, beginning in January - my 10 year old loves animals, and loved doing this book!

Some people comment it can be a bit dry - not enough hands-on work, but I have found the solution! We have Dinah Zike's 'Big Book of Books', and use her ideas to put the info into 'visual aids'. We've made flip books, mobiles, etc., and it has been wonderful at bringing the info 'to life'.

As well, the God's Design books fit perfectly in with the 4-year cycle - life science, earth science, chemistry and then physical science.

AND, I'm discovering that many of the experiments are then repeated when they move onto Apologia Science in year 7/8! My older children are commenting that they 'remember this one', from doing God's Design, so it's an excellent preparation for high school science!

Can you tell I kind-of like this series?

And I say, if your child loves animals - hone in on it! Why not do the animals book, even if you've already covered animals? If they have an interest in this area, make the most of it!

[Lovedtodeath]

I love God's Design. I am using it for plants and human body next, and will use it for animals in the logic stage. If you use three of their books in one year, then you are spending too much time on science. Also, they are redoing the whole series. I think it is coming out next month.

Help me decide: Science program? (http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55356&highlight=god%27s+Design) here is more info