Each of the 42 lessons contains:
- One short chapter reading from the Burgess Flower Book
- A picture book that ties into the lesson (with QR codes when available to online read alouds if the book is not available at your library)
- An additional short reading in Trees, Leaves, Flowers & Seeds that helps children learn more about the flowers and botany information they encountered in the Burgess Flower Book
- A short video (with a QR code so you can easily pull it up) diving deeper into learning about the plants and features of nature you discover in the Burgess Flower Book and Trees, Leaves, Flowers & Seeds book
- Many lessons include notebooking prompt for children to complete in their student notebook (that also comes with the curriculum)
- Many lessons include a vocabulary card to discuss
- About every other lesson contains an activity in the Activity Book that helps deepen their learning
21 Hands-On Activities
- Bring the learning to life through hands-on activities!
- Children will dissect a flower, compare seeds, watch oxygen come out of a leaf, see water travel through the veins of a leaf and SO much more!
- Interact with nature in fun ways such as through painting with nature, creating a flower bookmark, and making perfume with flower petals.
On top of all that, it also includes:
While not every lesson lends itself to notebooking, many lessons include a notebooking page where children will diagram, draw, and write about what they learned in their readings and activities.
The Power of Living Books
This is no dry, dull science curriculum! Science comes to life through not only the core Flower Book but also 42 living picture books! Some of the picture books feature real botanists who discovered interesting facts about plants while others tell stories of features of botany in fun, interesting ways that will bring the learning to life.
Two Schedules are Included:
- Summer Scholé Schedule: This schedule splits the 42 lessons into 10.5 weeks with 4 lessons a week. You can easily use this as a main curriculum over a summer break!
- Half-Year Schedule: This schedule splits the 42 lessons into 21 weeks with 2 lessons a week. This can be used as a science curriculum your family does twice a week for half a school year as your main science curriculum.
- If neither of those work, no problem! The open-and-go nature of the Teacher Guide makes fitting in a lesson incredibly easy whenever you are able to get back into it.
This curriculum is a digital downloadonly and includes:
- 62-Page Teacher Guide
- 17-Page Student Book
- 26-Page Activity Book
- 17 Vocabulary Cards on 3 pages
You can print for personal use only or use the teacher guide on a phone or tablet. It includes both clickable links (for using digitally) and QR codes (for using a paper copy) so you can easily access all video read alouds and videos included in each lesson.
