Science

[MissSJ]

Does anyone here use Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding for their science spine?  If so, what do you like/what don't you like about it?  Santa, who strongly supports homeschooling ;) , brought the book for our family and we are excited to get started.  For those of you that use a different spine for lower elementary - what do you use? what is it like? 

SJ

[AAK]

I use it.  We just started it a couple months ago.  

I love that the book is really for me.  I take it and plan my thoughts and itenerary (which I love) and then approach it as if we were unschooling (which the kids love).  I will strike up the discussion part while in the car or while doing something that kinda connects.  Then, if it is a topic that the kids seem to want to explore deeper, we do activities/experiments/etc.  Sometimes we just do the minimums from the book, sometimes we go further.  

My kids are 2nd and 5th grade though so we breeze through some of the topics--or at the very least take it a step further.  When we get done with this one, I will be ordering the next volume.  I do think my 5th grader is benefitting from it all.  She would love to just have experiments that explode.

We have used different spines in the past.  But, they have all seemed to make science tedious.  My 5th grader specifically requested to unschool.  I can't completely do that (my own issues ) but by using BFSU and then encouraging her to explore whatever catches her fancy--we are both happy.  

Amy

[Greenmama2]

I ordered it the other day, shipping being what it is to Aus it might not arrive until the start of Feb. I have volume two on Kindle though so I already know I love the book :)

Really looking forward to using it.