Science Input Please

[my2beauties]

My son is using LHFHG (age 6) and I am looking ahead to next year. Right now, we are using The World God Made for K. For next year, the recommended resource for Science is God's Wonderful Works. From the catalog, they seem to be VERY similar. And if so, what else would you suggest? My son needs lots of hands on science to balance all of the sitting for reading, writing and math. Thank you so much!!!

-Lisa

[edsnyder]

We are currently using both, I have one in lhfhg and one in blhfhg and yes the text is real similar, however the actives planned are different and a lot of times my boys will both do the discovery/experiment part however I will admit that there are a couple experiments in the blhfhg that have completely flopped on us - lol - may have been my error. It is simple and my older could probably use something a little deeper but he was borderline on going into bigger.
There are hands on discoveries to do that are different in each one.

[my3sons]

The experiments in Beyond are all different from the experiments in LHFHG. I've not found any hands-on science done as well as HOD does it. My oldest ds is in RevtoRev doing physical science with labwork as scheduled by HOD using "Exploration Education". He does it all independently and is doing amazingly well with it thanks to the experiments he did every single week starting with LHFHG in HOD. If an experiment doesn't turn out exactly right, we view this as a teaching moment. It actually parallels a science lab perfectly if things don't always go just so. The key idea sums it up for us nicely. Many other science programs "look" good, but in the day to day the experiments just don't get done, and suddenly the hands-on is dropped, turning science into just one more subject to be read. That has been our experience with other science at least. With HOD, hands-on science is doable, well-matched, and enjoyable. HTH!

In Christ,
Julie

[creativemommy]

We have used LHFHG & Beyond. At first I thought it wasn't enough as my ds LOVES science & hands-on experiments, but looking back (and hearing my son talk about experiments we did 2 years ago now) I know it was enough and I'm thankful we didn't have experiments planned everyday in the guide. Now if he wants more science, I'll let him do his own extra experiments based on other science books we have or from our library outside of our school time. It's also something my husband enjoys doing with him on the weekends.