Wonder-Filled Days in Nature

The curriculum strongly emphasizes hands-on activities and outdoor observation. Activities include making hummingbird feeders, raising monarch butterflies, and tracking migrations.

Each day includes nature observation activities, and hands-on projects like 'making a hummingbird feeder, raising monarch butterflies, searching for insect larvae, and collecting seeds' are featured

The curriculum prioritizes observation and experience over systematic content knowledge. While it includes facts about natural phenomena, it lacks structured progression of scientific concepts.

Activities focus on observations like 'Sunflowers turn to face the sun' with brief explanations, but there's no indication of cumulative knowledge building or comprehensive coverage of science domains

No evidence of NGSS alignment or coverage of required science standards. The curriculum appears to focus on nature appreciation rather than standards-based learning.

The review mentions no alignment to standards, grade-level expectations, or systematic coverage of required science content areas

The curriculum follows Charlotte Mason's discovery-based approach with minimal direct instruction. Learning occurs primarily through observation and experience.

Activities involve children searching and observing independently, with brief explanations provided but no structured direct instruction methodology described

The curriculum includes journaling for recording observations but lacks systematic retrieval practice or review of previously learned concepts.

Journaling pages are provided for recording observations, but there's no mention of review activities, quizzes, or systematic recall of previous months' learning

Limited evidence of systematic vocabulary instruction. The curriculum introduces some scientific terms through observation activities but lacks explicit vocabulary development.

Terms like 'heliotropic flowers' are mentioned in context, but there's no indication of structured vocabulary instruction or cumulative terminology building

The curriculum provides Charlotte Mason-style guidance for discussing art and poetry but offers limited science content support for teachers.

Review mentions 'suggestions for discussing both the poems and artworks in a Charlotte Mason fashion' but no science content background or pedagogical guidance