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Apologia Astronomy: Some Facts About Astronomy

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By Amanda Pelser

Astronomy Facts

These are just a few of the things that we have talked about in our first two sessions of Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Astronomy. Do you like the telescopes on the bottom drawing?  {You knew those were telescopes, right?}  The Jr. Notebook is perfect for Jonathan.  He can do some writing in it without being…

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Apologia Astronomy Supplements: Netflix Movies

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By Amanda Pelser

We started Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Astronomy yesterday.  We don’t “officially” start our school year until Monday, but Jonathan and I were so excited about our science that we just couldn’t wait any longer.  We had so much fun learning about what the universe is, why the planets are important to Earth, and that ancient…

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2011-2012 Curriculum – Kindergarten

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By Amanda Pelser

I’m so excited about this coming school year.  I’m probably more excited than Jonathan.  I know I have an obsession with books and school supplies.  I’ve been like this all my life.  I have no rehab plans.  🙂 Here are our plans for 2011-2012, which will be Kindergarten for Jonathan: Sonlight Core A – This…

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How do you lift a lion?

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By Amanda Pelser

Wednesdays have turned into our science day.  Today, we read: This was a cute and engaging book about levers, wheels, and pulleys.  We already knew about simple machines from reading The Berenstain Bears’ Big Book of Science and Nature earlier in Sonlight Core P 4/5.  After reading, we decided to go on a scavenger hunt…

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Which Science?

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By Amanda Pelser

I gave Jonathan two Apologia science choices for his Kindergarten science curriculum: Astronomy or Zoology 1. He and I have been talking about Astronomy for a while, but I really thought once he saw the Zoology 1 book about birds and insects that he’d choose that.  We have been watching birds in our backyard while…

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