1. The Complete Zoo Adventure: A Field Trip in a Book, spiral boundThis product is part of our current Homeschool Sale promotion
    Gary Parker, Mary Parker
    New Leaf Publishing / 2007 / Spiral Bound
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  1. AurieGood
    NJ
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    A Great Zoo Adventure
    June 10, 2012
    AurieGood
    NJ
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 4
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    I have always loved visiting the zoo.We make it a point to visit the zoo in every city we visit. It's been a lot of fun to see how different each zoo can be!

    We've passed on our love of animals to our girls, and we enjoy taking family trips to our local zoo and aquariums.

    I was so excited to review The Complete Zoo Adventure by Mary & Gary Parker - it's a field trip in a book! The book is laid out with wonderful pictures and facts about many different types of animals. The book starts out with 7 devotionals {one for each day before your zoo trip} designed to help you look ahead to your zoo adventure.

    The book has tabbed sections which makes it easy to find the animal{s} that you are looking for. The pictures are bright and colorful, and information included is perfect for a field trip. We were able to find facts about giraffes {Bella's favorite} and zebras {Sophie's favorite} quickly and easily.

    I personally love the Field Fact Cards {27 total} that are easy to carry around and have quick facts right on the cards. They are made of sturdy card stock, but I recommend laminating them, especially if you let your kids carry them around.

    We haven't had a chance to use the enclosed field guides, simply because my girls are a little young for them, but I can't wait to try them out in a few months! This is one of my favorite things about homeschooling - we can re-use and tweak materials to fit the stage our girls are at.
  2. mmg1143
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Beautiful, Amazing Book
    October 12, 2018
    mmg1143
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This book is a beautiful, useful, organized, knowledge-packed book that will educate & entertain any child or family with an interest in animals. My kids love and know a lot about animals and find this book useful & appealing.
  3. kbalman
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Amazing book must have for every family
    January 30, 2012
    kbalman
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    I have had the privileged of reviewing The Complete Zoo Adventure from Master Books publishing. The book is written by Mary and Gary Parker. There are several tabbed sections: Before the Zoo, At the Zoo and After the Zoo.

    Before the Zoo: This section contains a planning calendar, devotions and field trip preparations. There are 7 devotionals regarding creation. They are very well written in a manor that children even age 4 and 5 can comprehend. There is also a "looking ahead "section to go with each devotional which provides 7 creation foundation lessons with wonderful scientific facts.

    At the Zoo: This section of the book contains some great facts about 27 animals including birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Like did you know that a hummingbirds heart beats 1,000 times a minute? Or that there is a Rhinoceros that lives in Asia? Those were things I did not know.

    After the Zoo: This section contains some wonderful activities like matching, word finds, connect the dots, puzzles, projects and more.

    Attached to the back of the book is a tool kit which includes field fact cards, 7 biome cards, 3 field journals and 12 name badges. Everything in the kit is easy to photo copy if you need to produce multiple copies.

    For our zoo adventure we did the 7 days of devotions, read several of the facts and took the field journals with us to the zoo. My children are only 4 and 5 so we didn't take full advantage of the book but we will definitely be doing it again when they are a bit older.

    These are a couple of the baby animals we saw the day of our zoo adventure. The Atlanta Zoo has had quite a baby boom lately so it has been a lot of fun watching them all grow. We have visited the zoo once a month since August because my daughter was doing a Homeschool Zoo Academy class.

    We photo copied a few field journals for our friends so they could join in the fun too. All of the kids really enjoyed drawing pictures of the animals and discussing whether they were birds, mammals, reptiles or amphibians.

    Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book for review purposes only from New Leaf Publishing Group. No monetary compensation was received. Many of the links found on my my side bars and in my blog posts are affiliate links. As a result, I might get paid money and I will most likely spend the money on homeschool supplies.
  4. OhioSarah
    Ohio
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Wonderful addition to our home library
    July 19, 2011
    OhioSarah
    Ohio
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Are you planning on taking a trip to the zoo in the near future? Well then here is a perfect resource to help combat all the evolutionary 'facts' that abound at the Zoo. This is a beautifully spiral case bound book that is colorful and provides an extensive learning experience. With 150 pages and all the included extras this will easily provide a whole unit study on the zoo or, if your children are in public school, will help to refute what they are being taught in the class room.

    There are nine sections which are tab divided into before the zoo, at the zoo, birds, paws and claws, hooves, reptiles, amphibians, after the zoo and an appendix. Before the zoo includes 7 daily devotionals that parent and child will use the week before visiting to get excited about the trip and become educated. There is a guide in how to use The Complete Zoo Adventure book and a schedule for both before, at and after the zoo. The devotions each have Scripture to read and a theme, for Devotion 1 the theme/title is "Jesus, the Creator-the Presence of God, there is also a prayer that you can use to pray with your children. Each devotion is fairly long — two pages in small type — so for the younger child the parent may need to just pull the important aspects out or do it over the course of the day.

    At the zoo will help you after you arrive and begin your field assignments — everything you need is in a handy pouch in the back of the book and there are reproducibles for class/group/families. Details are given about how to proceed in getting started with field assignments, filling out field journals, rules and tips for having a great day at the zoo and a prayer. I'd suggest going over these proceeding the devotional each day before the zoo and doing a review on the trip, as most children won't remember all of the twenty-seven rules and tips.

    Each of the animal sections gives extensive information on various animals within that group. For each animal you'll find the class, order, family, genus and species listed as well as a map indicating where they are found and other pertinent information of how they fit into God's Creation and more on the animal. Again, with so much information it may be difficult to read everything while standing at the animal enclosures, so pulling out the important information before hand may go a long way in saving time, especially if you have more than one child.

    There are several activities for completion after the zoo such as the "Around the Campfire", personal discussion, having a trivia game using the enclosed field fact cards, if you have older children they can use the "For Deeper Discussion" and do a research paper,completing a scrapbook,while tests and activity sheets are also included in the book and may be copied. Some of the activity sheets are matching the correct nose to the animal God created for it, connect the dots with writing practice in both upper and lower case and print and cursive, find and color animals with certain attributes, word finds, how is it named (class, genus, species), and more!

    If you're not sure how to use the biome cards there is complete instructions in the back along with Scripture memory suggestions for each animal, educator notes for parents/teachers (unless you're both!), a zoo glossary, and extra field journal should you need to make copies. In your tool kit you'll find:

    27 field fact cards — full color and on heavy duty paper (these could be laminated for extra durability especially if you take them along to the zoo)

    7 biome cards — beautiful and full colored with illustrations these to are printed on heavy paper and could be laminated as well.

    3 field journals — these are double folded cards for the children to record their notes, printed on heavy paper and are reproducible.

    12 name badges — I will be putting my children's name on these as well as a cell phone number on the back should we become separated and laminate them for extended use. The holes are already punched to easy hanging with some yarn.

    I like the feeling of not having to do everything, my 4 year old won't sit through all of this but my 9 year would. The activity sheets I will be copying so that mine will stay busy on the way to the zoo. If you are a parent who tires of reading and trying to make excuses on the spot at the zoo of the evolutionary nature of the information this book will be a wonderful resource to have a long.

    **I was provided a copy of this book from New Leaf Publishing in exchange for my honest review, no other compensation was given.
  5. Lisa K
    Ctrl, FL
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    God's Creation by the Creator
    July 4, 2011
    Lisa K
    Ctrl, FL
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    I have to admit that we've grown tired of the zoo.

    Looking at one animal after another...cage after cage just wasn't exciting anymore.

    Since I have a toddler in the mix, I knew that sooner or later I would have to start visiting the zoo. That thought did not thrill me until I got my hands on The Complete Zoo Adventure.

    More than just a guide to animals in your local zoo - this complete curriculum contrasts humanistic evolution with biblical creation.

    "Based on repeatable observation, science is a fantastic way to learn about animal life in the present. But scientists can't see into the past beyond scientific records. The Bible, on the other hand, takes us all the way back to the very beginning of life, and it gives us a record of earth history from God's perfect creation, ruined by man's greed and selfishness, almost destroyed by Noah's flood, to be restored to new life in Jesus Christ. Working together, science and Scripture can help us better explain some of our zoo observations, such as why some animals with sharp teeth and claws eat meat (a change in behavior after man's rebellion) while others with teeth and claws just as sharp and strong eat only plants (the original diet God created)."

    This kit includes:

    Planning Calendar

    Devotionals

    Encounters with God's Creation

    Field Fact Cards

    Biome Cards

    Field Journals

    Hooty's Smart Rules

    Discussion Questions

    Activity Sheets

    Teacher Aids

    Besides learning general information about birds, mammals with paws and claws, mammals with hooves, reptiles and amphibians you'll also learn evolution defying facts about these creatures PLUS how to relate evidence in God's world to the 4 C's in God's Word.

    "Designs in God's perfect world -Creation, ruined by struggle and death following man's sin -Corruption, nearly destroyed in a global flood -Catastrophe, restored to peace and new life in Jesus Christ."

    One of many examples of evolution defying creatures that you will learn about in this book is the Peacock. Evolutionists say they evolved to have brightly colored feathers so they could win 'the mating wars'. But albino peacocks with no color are successful in mating. So Darwin thought their feathers would scare away predators - but they tuck in their tails and run to avoid predators.

    As you prepare for your trip to the zoo, you are encourage and strengthened by 7 Devotionals/Looking Ahead readings which include:

    1. Jesus, The Creator - Presence of God / The 4 C's - God's love vs. Darwin's war.

    2. Holy Spirit Moved - The Power of God / Adaptations - God Came First

    3. Measuring Time - The orderliness of God / Who Eats What and Why

    4. A Garden Zoo Called Eden - Wisdom and Perfection of God / Ecology and Geography Before and After the Flood

    5. Fall of Man, Satan and the Whole Creation - The Justice of God / Who's in What Group and Why

    6. The Ark, A floating Zoo & The Lost World - The Protection of God / What's in a Name and Who's in Danger?

    7. God's Gift to a Lost World - The Love of God / Stewardship - Till & Keep, Heal & Restore

    Chose the animals you wish to explore. On the day of your trip, hand out field assignments, badges and field journals to your students.

    Your group leader can take turns reading data and concepts on a given animal from "Encounters with God's Creatures" or from the "Field Fact" cards. Each 'researcher' can draw the special features of the animal in the grid squares of the "Field Journal".

    After zoo activities include:

    Fabulous activity sheets with REAL pictures, connect the dots, copywork for the younger crowd. Intermediate to advanced activities include using information from the 'Field Fact" cards to rank animals' on the basis of length, weight, life-span, diet, ecological area, grouping, day created, etc, etc. There's also a section for Creative Arts activities, Journalism and Advertising. Advanced students will enjoy the activities on Patterns in Creation, Biomes with Map work and Life Science Projects.

    Since using this kit provides 'meat' for all levels of learning, I can honestly say we are all very excited to start visiting the zoo again and viewing creation with new eyes, information and activities.

    One suggestion to extend learning time would be to buy a zoo pass, and only do 1 of the 5 'At the Zoo' sections per visit. This way, you can take your time in learning all about God's wonderful creation from the point of view of God as Creator!!

    I received this book for free in exchange for a honest review.
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