Chemistry 1 (Grades 1-3)

I'm 3/4 of the way through Chemistry 1 with my seven year old second grader, and really love this curriculum. I think the lay out is perfect for kids this age. Instead of a boring text book, it uses fun living books and lots of hands on activities and experiments, all without being too burdensome. The reason I'm not giving this 5 stars is because a number of the Young Scientist kits didn't work, and also because I think they're still working out the kinks with the guide books. The oobleck flopped and the fizzy tablet didn't fizz. The spring scale we built, while it did sort of work, was long and tedious and not really worth it. I hope to see in the future the combination of the instructors guide and the experiment guide. I really don't see why those need to be separate. As a homeschool mom, consolidation is always easier, as long as it doesn't lose clarity. All in all, I still recommend, we've learned a ton and my son is loving it.

My kids absolutely love this curricula. They beg me to do science every day! It takes us 30 minutes or less with my 3rd and 1st grader. The content is perfect for their age. However we were progressing onto week 8 and we were supposed to read from the book "the elements" but we received the wrong book in our book pack. It's a beautiful copy of actual pictures of the elements with information about each element, but it doesn't have the information we are supposed to study in it, so I'll have to buy a separate copy from amazon. So we have to put science on hold for 2 weeks while we wait for a copy of the correct book to arrive. I'm checking my library for the book, but I'll still have to purchase it separately for future use with my younger kids, which is kind of a bummer. Other than the mixed up book, I love this curricula. I wish they had high school levels for my oldest!

I love that the kit came with everything we need and that each lesson is simple, straight forward and easy to complete. I like to read the week ahead just so I know what is to come, but it is very open and go so far! Doing it with my kindergartener and 2nd grader together with ease.

Chemistry 1 (Grades 1-3)

The content is very basic and not very engaging for my kids. The content was not at all open and go as described and the materials are not all provided as it says. I’m disappointed in the high price for the low value.