Giveaway: $140 K-5 science package from Be Naturally Curious
Note: This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!
Welcome to a spring science giveaway–sponsored by Be Naturally Curious.
From Valerie at Be Naturally Curious:
“I am a mom to two energetic and inquisitive young girls and also happen to be a former college Biology professor.
One of my greatest passions in life is to help all kids experience the joy of learning science and exploring nature!
I believe this is best done by focusing on concepts and reinforcing learning with multiple, non-traditional teaching techniques, which is why I started Be Naturally Curious, creating science and nature mini-courses for kids grades K-5.
I love to share and discuss ideas about science and learning on our Facebook page —please connect with us!”
“I’ve enlisted the help of several other scientists, many of whom are also moms, to make mini-courses on really important and fascinating scientific concepts (these are the real thing—nothing watered down!).
Current mini-courses include:
- Take Off with Airplane Science
- A Wide World of Vertebrates
- A Butterfly’s Evening Adventure
- Freddie and His Ocean Friends
- Molecules are Everywhere
- The Adventures of Carbon
- Discovering DNA
- Mighty Magnets
- Life in the Desert
- See with your Ears!
- Our Neighbor, the Moon!
- Amazing Animal Migrations
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Plate Tectonics: The Changing Continents
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The Scoop on Sharks
They are designed to give parents the tools to teach higher-level scientific concepts to all styles of learners. Whether you have a kinesthetic learner or a visual one, your child can master everything from molecules and DNA to ecosystems and the carbon cycle.”
“As moms ourselves, we specifically designed the courses so they can be done easily at home or on a trip with minimal supplies—most materials can be cut directly from the course print out. We believe science can be done anywhere!
Each mini-course focuses on a different scientific concept, whether it be how airplanes fly or how dolphins echolocate.
Every mini-course is designed to appeal to all kinds of learners and a wide range of ages (grades K-5), and includes a beautifully illustrated story, a board or card game, a movement-based activity, a craft or modeling activity, and an experiment or outdoor exploration activity.
Try them with all the kids in your family—each person has his or her own best way to learn.
Each mini-course also includes additional resources to allow kids to follow their curiosity (the most important thing we can develop!) and concept badges kids can add to their Science Tool Kits (print out included in each mini-course.)”
The prize
One Simple Homeschool reader will win a complete set of Be Naturally Curious mini-courses (worth $140), in PDF format!
PDFs can be printed in their entirety or in part for the activity materials.
How to Win
Note: This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!
To be entered for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post answering this question: How old are your kids, and which Be Naturally Curious course would interest them most right now? (see list above!)
This giveaway IS open to international readers–hooray!
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Special Offer
Be Naturally Curious is offering Simple Homeschool readers 50% OFF all purchases of mini-courses through the end of May!
That makes each course just $5, so go ahead and stock up for next year. Use the discount code SHSPRING2017 at check out.
This giveaway has ended and the winner has been contacted via email; thanks for your interest!
We are blessed with an 11 year old, a 9 year old and a 1 year old. The eldest would enjoy the butterfly course, and my 9 year old would choose airplane science. The baby would find any and all delicious.
Mine are 6,4, and 2 and I bet the older girls would love the scoop on sharks!
Ages 5, 2, and 3 months. They are crazy about butterflies right now!
I have an 11 year old who would love “Take off with Airplane Science,” a 9 year old who would be really interested in “Life in the Desert,” a 7 year old who’d enjoy “A Butterfly’s Evening Adventure,” a 5 year old who’d be very interested in “Our Neighbor, the Moon,” and a 3 year old who would really like “Freddie and His Ocean Friends.”
My kids are 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and they would love sharks and magnets and airplanes.
My kids are 5 and 3 and would be into the airplane and moon studies.
I would love to try the Butterfly’s Evening Adventure with my nature-loving 4 and 9 year olds (although I know my 11 and 14 year olds would be listening ????)
This would be perfect timing to share the Butterfly’s Evening Adventure with my 6 year old. Our ‘Cup of Caterpillars’ arrived yesterday.
The Butterfly’s Evening Adventure sounds perfect for my 4, 8, and 9 year olds.
I’m a mom of 6, so this sounds great for my littles…the younger generation. They are all boys ages 11, 9 and 6. They would love Mighty Magnets and Plate Tectonics.
My kids are 7, 6, 4, and 2. I immediately thought of my oldest with the shark unit, because he’s obsessed with them. But all of my kids like animals, so there are several there that they’d like.
My 4 are 9, 7, 4, and 9 months. The oldest would love plate tectonics, my 7 year old would love sharks, and my 4 (almost 5) year old would live butterflies!
My kids are 6 & 4. They love to explore and learn and would like anything. Butterflies are a recent interest, so that would probably be the unit we would start with.
My kids are 18, 14, 12, 10, 7, 5 and 3. My five year old son would be especially excited about the desert unit.
My son is 7 and I’d love the moon unit!
My girls are 4 and 1.5 and would love either the butterfly evening adventure or the ocean friends! Thanks!
This looks great! My kids are 12, 9 and 7. My 9 year old would love Freddie and His Ocean Friends and my 7 year old would love The Scoop on Sharks. 🙂
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I have a 7,5 and 3 year old and they would enjoy the airplane science!
My kids are 6, 4, 2, and 9months. Taking off with airplane science would probably be a favorite here. 🙂
My kids are 10, 7, 4, and 2, and right now they would be most interested in Discovering DNA.
How fun! My kids are 2 and almost 7. We just got back from a big trip and I think they’d both really enjoy the airplane lesson.
My children are ages 13, 11, 10, 6, and 6 (with a 4 year-old on the way). My boys would love to learn more about sharks!
I have three kiddos- 5, 2, and infant. We’ve had lots of curiousness about magnets lately but with a special needs infant and living between continents I could really use some help planning anything beyond the bare necessities ????
My kiddos are 4 & 6, they’d love the butterfly course! 🙂