Sometimes things don’t goes as planned, and that was definitely the case with our homeschool science plans for this past school year.
My original plan was to do the Apologia Botany course. Well, we ended up moving right at the beginning of our school year, so science got put on the back burner. Plus I didn’t think things through clearly enough, and starting a botany course at the beginning of the fall season in upstate New York just wasn’t ideal. I decided it would be best to start the course in the spring. Then we added a new family member a few months later and science was the farthest thing from my mind.
At the beginning of the year, we were given the opportunity to review the Apologia Zoology 1 curriculum. This was perfect timing since I wanted to hit the books again with the kids and I wasn’t ready to start up Botany yet. Even though it was winter in upstate New York and there aren’t many birds or insects to explore, we were still able to get our feet wet and do the first couple chapters of the curriculum. We then put it on hold again for a few months (as we were planning another move – but that’s a whole other post!), and started it back up when spring arrived.
We started back in with the last chapter in the book about “leps” (butterflies, skippers, and moths). We are currently in the middle of the bird part of the course and then we will move onto insect.
Here is a little peak at our year:
These last three pictures are actually from a few years ago. Our local children’s museum has a Butterfly Garden and these pictures were taken at a visit there. We plan on heading back there now that we have finished up our lesson on “leps.”
So we will be spending our summer finishing up our bird studies and having fun hunting down insects.
I’m not sure what next year holds for science (and even if I did have a plan, it’s not guaranteed that it would pan out, as I’ve learned), but I do know that it will most likely be a course from Apologia!
I love the metamorphosis snack. Cute idea.
What a great compilation! I’ll have to pin this for later 🙂
This sounds a lot like the way our school goes most years, you never know what life will bring. In those cases we are able to finish up in the summer, like you, and it all ends up working out in the end. Thanks for the post, love your pics!
We will be starting Apologia’s Zoology 1 in July! I love the butterfly snack, so I will pin it from you so I remember it when we get to that lesson 🙂
My sons are getting a butterfly garden for their birthdays this month! We’ll definitely do your edible project with it! You most definitely have had a busy year! Two moves and a baby! Sheesh! You’re incredible.
I’m going to have to try this out this Summer, great photos!!!! Love the Yummy Project!!