We have the magic school bus kits which didn't come in the bus - not sure if the change matters or not. And yes some parental involvement is necessary but not for all the experiments - like when DS went into a closet with several pieces of colored plastic and a flashlight to check out different light wavelengths. And some require much patience like watching mold develop on bread in test tubes. But DS didn't need me to record daily with his science notebook. He LOVED having his own lab notebook. We do all sciencey recordings in that book.
I have trouble with the age appropriate question - DS has such a huge vocab and reading level that he advanced pretty quickly - he started hs and mm in kindergarten. He now loves snarky British humor and there is no issue of too in depth in terms of reproduction or things like that. The issue is that it's about killer mold and plagues and other death things but in a humorous way - DS loves it and yet will not read Harry potter so I'm a little stumped about what is appropriate for others. At 4 is when he started with the brainwaves and I can't recommend those enough - they are silly yet chock full of science.
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