Originally Posted by Jenafur
I highly recommend Gravitas Publications Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry Pre Level 1! My son loved it! There's the text book, work book where they do the experiments, as well as a teachers guide manual. You can view the entire text online and view the entire books here as well as their other books in the series Physics and Biology! They are really awesome!
http://store.gravitaspublications.com/pl1_chem_print/C00PST.html


I wanted to just warn you because when I looked into this series recently - thinking it looked really good - I found this:

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Can the �-isms� be taught without prejudice?

Yes! Real science doesn�t choose sides. So when teaching science, it�s important that the lessons let kids explore all sides. Otherwise, choosing one side can get in the way of understanding the real science. Darwinism, creationism, intelligent design theory, and all the other �isms� are simply paradigms (or �lenses�) through which science is viewed. The �-isms� are philosophies based on perceptions for how science is interpreted. Students need to learn how �-isms� play a role in science.
From here: http://www.gravitaspublications.com/

As a secular family that set off alarm bells for me! If you are happy with that viewpoint, it does look very good. It's probably more of an issue in the biology books, rather than chemistry. (An aware parent could probably taylor it too, I suppose. I just hate it when someone tried to sneak one past me, so I wouldn't pay for it!)

Last edited by GeoMamma; 04/27/11 04:33 PM.