Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day Review

I was thrilled to discover we would be reviewing one of the Elementary Science Texts from Apologia Educational Ministries.

First of all, Jeannie K. Fulbright did an excellent job writing to children. She doesn't talk down to them, and has a conversational style. My son was completely engaged in the text. In fact, the first day he picked up Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day, he read the entire book. He took it in the car when we ran a few errands. I never thought he would read a Science book like a novel.

This is a Science text with a Christian perspective. Apologia does a wonderful job of sharing God's awesome creation with children. All information is given is such a way to glorify God, and support Creationism.

Apologia uses an immersion approach, not a spiral-approach like the public school system. There are a total of 14 lessons, which can be broken down into daily requirements based on the student. Some may choose to use 2 weeks to cover each lesson since because of the wealth of information given in each lesson.


Unlike much of the Science curriculum I have seen, Apologia does not use worksheets. Instead they suggest notebooking and narration. Each chapter ends with a project or experiment to further the child's understanding of the subject. Most of these projects can be completed with common household items. I was thrilled to find a complete supplies list in the front of the text showing every single item needed for each week. This helps if there are any items I need to buy. I can take a quick glance or copy the page to keep in my purse.

The pictures are beautiful. They are in full color. We loved the hummingbird pictures, the picture of the hatching bird, and my son loved the bats.

Apologia offers a course website that holds links to information on many of the subjects in Zoology 1. The student can log in with the password given in the text and learn even more about Zoology. This is an awesome bonus. It saves me the time of looking up websites when Roo wants to know more, which is often the case.

I look forward to formally using Apologia for our Science Curriculum in the years to come. I wholly endorse the Elementary series by Jeannie K. Fulbright. It works with my eclectic/Charlotte Mason style. And my son loves it, what mom could ask for more?