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Unsure what the Lending Library has to offer? Have you given up trying to get logged in and reserve books? Join me as I interview the Head of Library Services, Chris Hermann. We take an audio tour of the immense store of resources available to you and your family. Don't miss this informative episode that tells what is there and how to get it!

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Longing for summer to be a time of learning, without it feeling like “school”?

Have you wondered how you can help your children achieve their educational goals during the summertime AND create a memorable and enriching learning experience - while you have FUN?

Summertime is upon us, and I couldn't wait to share 3 ways to make this summer a time of boundless learning and unforgettable memories for YOU and ALSO your children! This works for kids with special needs, gifted children, and everyone in-between.

Today I'll be spilling the beans on some fantastic strategies to maximize your child's love of literature, just the way Charlotte Mason taught, and create magical moments together as a family.

Picture this: age-appropriate books, fascinating resources, and engaging materials that will capture your child's imagination while imparting real-world knowledge. And guess what? Libraries (aka IT’S FREE….. lol) will become your family's best friend as you borrow and discover new treasures!

Good literature is the best kept secret to nurturing your child's comprehension and critical thinking skills through regular reading time. Imagine captivating discussions with your little ones, exploring the depths of their curiosity and expanding their minds.

And hey, if you've ever thought about homeschooling, I have a fantastic resource guide packed with valuable advice to get you started on this incredible journey. http://herhomeandheart.net/free

So, are you ready to make this summer the most enriching and joyful one yet? Let's embark on this adventure together and give our children the best chance for success and happiness.

Stay tuned for an episode filled with insights, tips, and a sprinkle of magic for an unforgettable summer of learning and bonding for you, your special needs child, and the rest of the family too.

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Wondering how the Sassafras Science series came about? And how this modern living book will work for science in your home? In this Season 10 bonus episode, we're answering these questions and more!

Episode's Topics

• 00:00 – Intro 
• 00:32 – The story of how the Sassafras twins came into existence
• 03:29 – The Novel 
• 05:24 – How you can use the Sassafras Science Adventures Novels
• 05:37 – What the support materials are meant to do
• 06:00 – The Activity Guide
• 06:39 – The SCIDAT Logbook
• 07:10 – The Lapbooking Guide
• 08:00 – The Coloring Pages
• 08:40 – What does a week with Sassafras Science look like?
• 09:20 – What do you need for Sassafras Science?
• 09:44 – Will Sassafras Science work for your family?
• 11:14 – How can Elemental Science help you with living books and science?

Episode Links

• Article - Are you wondering how the Sassafras Science series works?
• The Sassafras Science Adventures

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Are living books superior? In this episode, we'll be discussing whether or not living books are superior and if they are the only tools you should use in your homeschool.

Key Takeaways

1. Living books are really wonderful resources to have in our homeschooling toolbox. 
2. Living books help create interest pegs and these interest pegs can help boost retention of the material.
3. Living books aren't necessarily superior or the only way to teach science, but rather a tool that we have in our homeschooling toolbox.

Episode's Topics

• 00:00 – Intro 
• 00:42 – Are living books superior?
• 02:48 – Yes, living books are superior.
• 04:20 – No, living books are not superior.
• 05:17 – How to choose if you should use a living book
• 06:14 – If you listen to nothing else, this is the part to hear
• 07:53 – How Elemental Science can help with living books and science

Episode Links

• Full Transcript
• The Sassafras Science Adventures Volume 7: Chemistry

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One of the options for the DO part of science is nature study. And the wonderful thing about nature study is that it partners well with living books! In this episode, the empress of nature study, Cindy West, is coming on to share about this homeschooling game-changer.

Key Takeaways

1. Nature study is science! It's experiential and hands-on, almost as if it's a science lab for your kids. 
2. Nature study can be ever-changing based on the needs of your homeschool. Maybe that's the most important thing to say about nature study - it can look like whatever you want it to look like in your homeschool.
3. It's exercise. It's sunshine. It's getting oxygen to muscles. It's getting the wiggles out. 

Episode's Topics

• 00:00 – Intro 
• 01:30 – What is nature study?
• 02:47 – How Cindy discovered nature study
• 03:36 – What has nature study looked like in Cindy's house?
• 05:44 – How do nature study and living books work together?
• 09:02 – How Cindy can help you with nature study
• 14:14 –  How Elemental Science can help with living books and science

Episode Links

• Full Transcript
• Our Journey Westward Website

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What does it look like to use living books for middle school science? In this episode, we'll be chatting about what you need for middle school science and what it looks like when you use a living book as your main source of information.

Key Takeaways

1. The three keys remain the same - do, read, and write - but they mature with your students.
2. Discussion time is still just as important, but the questions you ask will be more thought-provoking and less information-parroting.
3. Don't forget to add in a science fair project!

Episode's Topics

• 00:00 – Intro 
• 00:55 – Your goals for middle school science
• 01:54 – What you need to do during the week
• 05:49 – Day 1 (Read and Write)
• 08:26 – Day 2 (Rinse and Repeat)
• 10:12 – Day 3 (Hands-on Science)
• 11:42 – Day 4 (Additional Information)
• 12:28 – Day 5 (Additional Projects)
• 13:21 – If you listen to nothing else, this is the part to hear
• 15:16 – How Elemental Science can help with living books and science

Episode Links

• Full Transcript
• Three Keys to Teaching Science 
• The Sassafras Science Adventures Volume 3: Botany
• Writing in Science: Part 1 - The Elementary Years and Part 2 - Middle School and Beyond
• Science Fair Project Resources

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At this point in the season, you know how amazing living books are . . . but how can you fit them into your plans? Enter morning time! In this episode, the queen of morning time, Pam Barnhill, is coming on to share about this homeschooling game-changer.

Key Takeaways

1. Morning time is the best time of the day! It's about connections, efficiency, and quick wins. 
2. Morning time is a great time to add in living books on science. 
3. Morning time is also a good time to look at nature.

Episode's Topics

• 00:00 – Intro 
• 01:27 – What is morning time?
• 02:57 – How did Pam find morning time?
• 03:56 – What does morning time look like in Pam's house?
• 05:37 – How does morning time help us with science?
• 08:16 – How Pam helps with morning time
• 10:00 –  How Elemental Science can help with living books and science

Episode Links

• Full Transcript
• Your Morning Basket Website

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What does it look like to use living books for elementary science? In this episode, we'll be chatting about what you need for elementary science and what it looks like when you use a living book as your main source of information.

Key Takeaways

1. Living books are definitely excellent tools we can use to accomplish the goals for elementary science. 
2. Remember, with living books, we're creating a relationship with the knowledge. So we want these narrations and these written and notebook pages to be a personal record of what the student has learned. For the first three days you're reading and writing and you're doing, you're getting those three keys done. Then if you want to add in extra projects, you can do those on the next two days.

Episode's Topics

• 00:00 – Intro 
• 00:56 – Your goals for elementary science
• 01:49 – What you need to do during the week
• 03:31 – Day 1 (Read and Write)
• 06:22 – Day 2 (Rinse and Repeat)
• 07:22 – Day 3 (Hands-on Science)
• 09:07 – Day 4 & 5 (Optional Extras)
• 10:17 – If you listen to nothing else, this is the part to hear
• 11:10 –  How Elemental Science can help with living books and science

Episode Links

• Full Transcript
• Three Keys to Teaching Science 
• The Sassafras Science Adventures Volume 1: Zoology

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Let's chat about living books and science! In this episode of the Tips for Homeschool Science podcast, we'll be discussing what to look for in a living book for science, how you can use these books, and a few suggestions for you to check out! 

Key Takeaways

1. You want a living book to pull the reader in such a way that they don't even realize that they're learning about science.
2. We can use living books as a resource that we add on to our current science program to add a little bit more interest. Or we can use living books as our main spine or main source of information for science.
3. However you choose to use living books for science, you can't go wrong! You are creating an interest and a passion in this subject within your students by using these resources. 

Episode's Topics

• 00:00 – Intro 
• 00:34 – What to look for in a living book for science
• 02:06 – How to use a living book for science
• 05:27 – Recommendations for the preschool years
• 06:20 – Recommendations for the elementary years
• 07:13 – Recommendations for the middle school years
• 08:18 – Recommendations for the high school years
• 09:08 – If you listen to nothing else, this is the part to hear
• 09:56 –  How Elemental Science can help with living books and science

Episode Links

• Full Transcript
• Living Books for Science List 
• Sassafras Science

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Season 10 of the Tips for Homeschool Science podcast is here! This season will be all about living books and science. In this episode, we'll be discussing what living books are with Charlotte Mason education expert, Leah Boden, the Modern Miss Mason.

Key Takeaways

1. A traditional education spoon-feeds. A Charlotte Mason education ask of the child, "Why don't you contribute?"
2. Living books help our kids to form relationships with knowledge.
3. If a book is full of facts and pictures, it's not a living book.

Episode's Topics

• 00:00 – Intro 
• 01:23 – Who was Charlotte Mason?
• 04:05 – The single most important idea from her education philosophy
• 06:35 – What is a living book? 
• 10:57 – Tips for picking living books
• 12:40 – How you discuss living books with our kids.
• 19:33 – Leah's living books for science, plus a glimpse at how they handled science
• 24:52 – Leah's new book - The Modern Miss Mason.
• 31:20 –  How Elemental Science can help with living books and science

Episode Links

• Full Transcript
• The Modern Miss Mason Website
• Leah Boden's Instagram

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Meet Anthony from Living Book Press, a small family publishing company that republishes books that are out of print! Join us as we discuss how “some of the stories that we tell are not the ones that we tell actively... that we put in a book... that we put on a screen… that we put in a video game. They are the stories that we live!”

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Are you longing to homeschool, but terrified that it might be too hard? You are overwhelmed because you don't know how homeschooling even works? How do you know if you or your child will enjoy it?

Today Daphne Boyd and I are opening up our lives and homes, and inviting you into our kitchens, family rooms, and school rooms. We want you to see the potential treasure that lies within any homeschool and family on the homeschooling journey.

Homeschooling is so much more than your average classroom education.

Homeschooling is an amazing opportunity to give our children the individualized learning experience they need, and to teach real-life skills, while incorporating our family values and beliefs into their lessons too! Homeschooling from a Christian perspective also allows our children to grow in the knowledge of the Lord! If you like the Charlotte Mason philosophy you will LOVE this episode!

With homeschooling comes loads of opportunities to discover and chase a child's true interests and passions, and to ignite a love of learning in them that will stay with them lifelong, just like we read about in Charlotte Masons writings.

There are SO many resources to use today too, like online programs, science kits, field trips and travel, and many extracurricular activities that put a bright spark of deep learning into homeschool education, unlike what is available outside of the home.

If you have special needs children or exceptionally gifted learners in your home, this is the key to giving them the eduction you dream of!

Grab a notebook and pen, because we don't hold back any secrets that we have learned on our journey to becoming homeschooling veterans.

Let's get ready to unpack this exciting journey full of possibilities!

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We have looked at what living books are, how to choose one, and what it looks like to use living books for science with our younger students.

In this episode, we are going to wrap up the "Inspiring your students to love science through living books" session with a chat about what it looks like to use living books for science during the middle school years.

Welcome to season 2 of the Tips for Homeschool Science Show where we are breaking down the lofty ideals of teaching science into building blocks you can use in your homeschool.
 
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Now that we understand what living books are and how to choose one to use for science, it's time to look at how to use living books to teach science.

In the second part of the "Inspiring your students to love science through living books" session, we are going to chat about what it looks like to use living books for science during the elementary years.

Welcome to season 2 of the Tips for Homeschool Science Show where we are breaking down the lofty ideals of teaching science into building blocks you can use in your homeschool.
 
 For show notes visit: https://elementalscience.com/blogs/podcast/39
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We all want to inspire our students - my guess is that this is one of the main reasons we have chosen to homeschool. One of my main goals is to help you all inspire your students to love science.

And because of that, I am super excited to share with you all the first part of our next session - Inspiring your students to love science through living books. In this first section, we are going to chat about what exactly a living book is and how to choose one for science.

Welcome to season 2 of the Tips for Homeschool Science Show where we are breaking down the lofty ideals of teaching science into building blocks you can use in your homeschool.
 
 For show notes visit: https://elementalscience.com/blogs/podcast/38
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