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Jay Wile's Science Binder Builders
Excited at the opportunity to utilize Dr. Wile's new elementary Science curricula, but have you felt like something is missing without the premade notebooking worksheets? If this describes you, take a look at these Journey Through Learning Binder Builders. Binder Builders are notebooks: made easy. Reproducible templates of activities for the "older" and "oldest" are listed in the textbook, including key person report sheets and experiment records; vocabulary worksheets; book records and scripture memory copywork. Your children will be able to create a personal journal of their Science adventures through notebooking journal pages and mini-booklets. You will need to provide colorful cardstock, a 3”, 3-ring binder, scissors, glue, hole puncher, brads, stapler, crayons/colored pencils and divider tabs. While designed for grade 4 and up, younger children may also enjoy some of the activities with assistance. Worth mentioning are a couple of concerns I had with the inconsistency within the product. First, while I did not find any typos or errors on the student sheets, there are misspellings in the bookmarks of both PDF files. In addition, the Science in the Beginning file clearly marks Days 1 & 2 on a title page but the other days are excluded (although the textbook includes all the days of creation. Textbooks are required to use the Binder Builders. The CD-ROM contains printable pdf files. Families may print/reproduce pages for their individual children. Co-op and Classroom licenses are available from the publisher. ~ Deanne
