Nature Study - Taking advantage of TV Programs

Nature Study and TV don't usually go together in the same sentence, nor in the same paragraph. But in the winter months it really is difficult to go outside and get a good first hand experience with nature. The weather is harsh, or muddy and mucky during a thaw, and most live things are dormant or in hibernation.

So I will use more TV shows, and online programming to help my kids learn a little bit more about nature. One of the program sites I frequent often is PBS.org.

Nova had a past episode on Monarch Butterflies, and we watched it today. My daughter loves reading about butterflies and learning about them so this program was right up her alley. Did you realize that the year long migration cycle is made by four generations of monarchs? Three generations only live just over a month and then die, but the fourth generation lives about 9 months. It is the fourth generation that makes the several thousand mile migration from North-Eastern USA and Canada south to Mexico, in two months.

Most of the programming on PBS is great and educational. But a note of caution. As expected, PBS programming usually includes something that is pro evolution or extreme enviromentalism. Watch these programs first. Then watch them with their kids. Then discuss with your kids what was good and not so good about the program.

And don't ever let your kids roam the internet unsupervised.

Creation Science vs. Evolution..

Don't you love it when God meets your needs when you don't even think to ask Him??

Recently we've started with a mostly classical style of education. In Classical Education, History starts at the beginning, during ancient history. One thing I've wrestled with is how to teach ancient history using the recomended books and still be in line with what the bible teaches.

All of the books I've found on TWWM "recommended" list are heavily indoctrinated with Evolution and teach evolution as a fact, not a theory. Although I know evolution is not true, I just wasn't sure how to explain to my daughters why, and what evidence backs up that fact.

Well.. Yesterday help basically fell into my email in box. Cindy Rushton, in her Talk a Latte Chats, is hosting a series of online seminars directed at kids to teach creation science.

The first one in the series is Learn 5 Things Evolutionists Don’t Want Your Kids to Know with Felice Gerwitz. This was given yesterday afternoon and was for free!
We all sat around on the couch: Me with a good book to catch up on, Jordan with paper and pencil ready to copy notes, and Joelle with her paper and Crayons.

Felice was great at explaining things at the kids level. Something I just don't know how to do yet. And we all learned so much.

There is another free class today. Learn 5 Things Evolutionists Don’t Want Your Kids to Know with Felice Gerwitz is again today at 1:00pm CST. The link to get into the chat is here:
http://talk-a-latte.com/busy-week-ahead/

I would highly encourage anyone who happens to stop by here to stop by Cindy's website. She packs all of her websites with tons of freebies!