As my second daughter entered first grade this year, I began thinking about ways I could potentially group my children's instruction for certain subjects. For the most part, they each work in separate texts for each subjects. They listen to each other's stories and Eli comes near to listen as we read from many of their books. I would like to follow a core science curriculum, but break that up with two or three years in which I teach them altogether. Last year, I came across The Nature Connection , published by Storey Publishing which I love. I plan on using this for Autumn's 6th grade year (Sami's 4th grade and Eli's 1st grade). I love the look of the book and that it is very affordable. All I will need is a book for each child and some nature guides. Recently I found two other curriculums that looked very promising. The first was Great Science Adventures published by Common Sense Press. Common Sense Press also publishes the very...