The No Longer Dreaded Science

Science has never really been my thing.   Earth Science and Astronomy were probably the most fascinating to me, but most of it was b-o-r-i-n-g in school!  For our homeschool, I worried about science... and math(but that's a different post).  If I don't like science, how can I teach it to my children?  Laura wanted experiments, but they frightened me. 

When I began researching Charlotte Mason, I watched my daughter love going on nature walks.  Then, as I switched back to Heart of Dakota and gave it my full effort, I watched Laura grow interested.  She enjoyed the program.  When experiment day would come around, she would get excited.

Our experiments use things we have around the house... for the most part.  I go through the HOD guides for my daughters every week to see if there are any supplies needed that we don't have at home.  Both Science, history, and preschool (LHTH) use materials for experiments, projects, or crafts.  Usually, if an item is needed, it is just something I am out of... like food coloring or cotton balls.  It is never anything that will sit around unused after the experiment is complete.

To see my daughter enjoying science is wonderful.  To read and learn using real books is a great way to be educated.  I look forward to reading her books myself because they all look so fun and interesting.  I recently learned things about coral reefs that I didn't know... and I have lived near the ocean a couple times in my life!

My daughters aren't going to grow up thinking that science is boring or just too hard or for that special science kid that gets it.  They are going to grow up thinking science is exciting and interesting.  With Heart of Dakota's Science, Laura does her work nearly independently.  I usually help her set up.  I supervise, not because I have to, but because I want to see the experiment!  For her level, Preparing Hearts for His Glory, the science is supposed to be done independently.  Laura has gone from dreading science to completing it on her own near the beginning of the day!