Cycle 1 Science: Nature Projects

STAR Homeschool Cycle 1 Science and Nature

Nature Projects Form 1+ Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots by Sharon Lovejoy This book is scheduled for Terms 3 and 4 and is spread over all four cycles. I chose Terms 3 and 4 because, if you begin school in late Summer or early Fall (with Term 1), the gardening activities in this book will make … Read more

Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Nature Form 3+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

Family Read Aloud Books or Independent Reading: Nature, Form 3+ The Story Book of Science by Jean Henri Fabre whole year This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two chapters per week for all twenty-eight weeks. You can download the pdf here: Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 4 second edition  This is scheduled at … Read more

Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Nature Form 2+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 2 second edition This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two lessons per week for twenty-eight weeks. You can download the pdf here: Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 3 second edition This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two lessons per week for twenty-eight … Read more

Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Animals Form 2+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

Form 2+ (or, whole family read aloud books) Tommy Smith’s Animals by Edmund Selous This book is scheduled at a pace of one chapter every-other-week from Week 1 through Week 23. You can download the pdf here: Tommy Smith at the Zoo by Edmund Selous This book is scheduled at a pace of one chapter every-other-week from … Read more

Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Forests and Trees Picture Books Form 1+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

Picture Books, Form 1+ (or, whole family read aloud) The following books are not included on any of the PDF schedules here. You may want to look for these books at a public or church library or purchase used or new copies. If you like to keep careful schedules, you could schedule one picture book per week or … Read more

Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Animals Form 3+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

Form 3+ (or, whole family read aloud) The Handbook of Nature Study: Mammals by Anna Botsford Comstock  You may choose to purchase the full Handbook of Nature Study book. If you purchase the full book, you will use it over the four cycles for Forms 3, 4 and 5, but you will only make use of the “Mammals” … Read more

Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Animals Form 1+

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

Family Read Aloud Books or Independent Reading: Animals, Form 1+ The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Burgess The Burgess books are wonderful! There are multiple scheduled in each cycle. This book is scheduled at a pace of one to two chapters per week for all twenty-eight weeks. You can download the pdf here: The … Read more

Cycle 4 Science & Nature: Forests and Trees, Projects

STAR Homeschool Cycle 4 Science and Nature

The Good and the Beautiful Drawing 100 Fun & Easy Trees This book is scheduled at a pace of three to four trees per week. Alternatively, draw one tree per week and use this over multiple years. You can download the pdf here: Grow a Little Fruit Tree: Simple Pruning Techniques for Small-Space, Easy-Harvest Fruit Trees by Ann … Read more