Thanks again for the suggestions. We are going to try to tie science in with history of the world - as it seesm for 1st grade here the emphasis is still on the Pre-K work DS6 already the last severeal years - namely cycles of the seasons, volcanoes, etc. He's done that since Montessori. We figure we can work volcanoes in with Pompeii, and he's already aware of the Sun and it's importance from studying Egypt, which covers agriculture etc. and they are mummifying a chicken - so the biology aspect sort of comes in too. In fact, when I complained about the Sun this weekend and told it to "go away we need some rain" DS6 told me I was insulting Ra and that this was possibly not a good thing to do - and he was joking of course - as he knows Ra is not a god we actually believe in anymore - but it was just hilarious!
If anyone has details of waht's in Singapore Science I'd like to hear more about it though. Just curious.
