Summer Fit Activity Books Review

I was on the hunt for something that Funny Bunny could work on over the summer between 6th and 7th grade. We don't stop school completely because I like for her to keep her mind sharp but I don't want to overwhelm her with work.

That's when I stumbled across Summer Fit.  Summer Fit Workbooks were written by teachers to help prepare students academically, physically, and socially for the next grade level.

Summer Fit Activities engage children in the following areas:

Academics: reading, writing, math, language arts, science, geography, & tech
Fitness: exercise, active play, healthy eating, and nutrition
Core Values: honesty, self-discipline, and friendship

The Summer Fit is a series of nine workbooks:  P-K, 1st-2nd, 2nd-3rd, 3rd-4th, 4th-5th, 5th-6th, 6th-7th, and 7th-8th

Each book contains:

* A parent introduction
* 10 weekly units that start with an overview and cover the subjects above
* 10 pages for each unit so only 2 pages per day need to be completed
* A weekly role model, like Jackie Robinson, and core values in each unit
* Extension activities

I received two workbooks to review - Summer Fit 2-3 and 6-7.

My Thoughts:  As I mentioned above, both are laid out in the exact same format, the only difference is the material. The material is different each day, which is nice and will hopefully keep the child from getting bored. In flipping through the 6-7 grade book, there are things that will be review for Funny Bunny but there are definitely new concepts.

Below you can see a few samples from both books.

2nd-3rd

2nd-3rd

6th-7th

6th-7th

Find Out More:  You can find out more online at Summer Fit Learning and on their Facebook Page. Workbooks can be purchased on Amazon for between just $9 and $12.

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Moving Beyond the Page Review

If you are looking for a complete literature-based homeschool curriculum that encourages critical and creative thinking, provides challenging and engaging projects, and supports different learning styles, then look no further!!

Moving Beyond the Page may be that complete literature-based curriculum that is perfect for your family!

Moving Beyond the Page has a lot to offer.  I received the Language Arts Package - The Wanderer and the Science Package - Weather and Climate.

Once you arrive at their website, you can shop for complete packages or individual units by age or by subject {science, social studies, language arts, or math}.  Funny Bunny and I chose her review selection by age.  If you need help with choosing the appropriate age range, you can read more at Choosing the Right Age Level.

Funny Bunny is 11 years old, so she and I browsed the titles available in her age range.  In the 10-12 age range, she selected the Language Arts Package - The Wanderer and the Science Package - Weather and Climate to go along with it.

There are 12 literature units included in the 10-12 age range. They are made to go along with one of the 6 science or 6 social studies units that make up the complete curriculum package.

All units are broken down into daily lesson plans. When you begin lesson 1 of a science or social studies unit, you will also begin the first day of the corresponding literature unit. 

You can read more here at the 10-12 overview {there is an overview for each age range}.  Scroll down and you will see the corresponding units. 

Here is how we used it:

We received the Weather and Climate Science Package in the mail, along with the The Wanderer chapter book.  The Language Arts Curriculum was provided to us as an e-book.  Included in the Weather and Climate Science Package was

* Weather and Climate Curriculum
* Weather by Brian Cosgrove
* Weather and Climate Science Kit

Each day after we began a lesson in the literature unit, we began the corresponding lesson in the science unit.  Everything was well laid out and all the instructions were very clear.

Below are a few samples from the literature unit.  Since Language Arts Curriculum was an e-book, we had to print the worksheets.  I think that's a great idea if you have multiple children working in the same unit, but I would have liked the physical workbook so I didn't have as much printing.  It's nice to have both options though.

We LOVED the Weather book and Weather and Climate Science Kit!! The Weather and Climate Curriculum was well laid out and easy to follow. All of the worksheets were in the booklet and everything needed for the experiments were in the Weather and Climate Science Kit.

Below you can see Funny Bunny made an anemometer to measure the wind speed.

Thoughts of an 11-Year Old:  For Moving Beyond the Page, I chose the book The Wanderer which went with the Weather and Climate science book. 

The Wanderer is a book about a girl named Sophie who boards a ship bound for England called The Wanderer and sets sail with her three uncles and two cousins, Cody and Brian. Along the way, each cousin learns about friendship and each other. The three are constantly having to learn and try new things, such as sailing terms, radio code, and working together. But when a rough storm hits The Wanderer hard, they start to wonder if they'll ever make it to England. 

I really enjoyed reading The Wanderer, and it's one of my favorite books now. 

The Weather and Climate Science Kit was pretty cool!  The Weather Book has a lot of neat pictures, and there were some interesting things in it!  I think the best part was that I had read something strange in The Wanderer, and I thought, What is that?  Then I read about it in the Weather Book two minutes later, thinking, Oh, yeah! I just saw that! So that's what it means! 

The experiments in the Science Kit were really easy to do, and they were fun. You know, sometimes you do an experiment, and it either doesn't work, or you think afterwords, Huh. What did that do? But not only were these easy and fun, they worked in real life and I can use them! 

I think when I picked The Wanderer and the Weather and Science Kit I made a great choice!    

Find Out More:  You can find out more online at Moving Beyond the Page.

The Language Arts Package - The Wanderer is $19.92 and includes the physical chapter book and curriculum e-workbook.  The Science Package - Weather and Climate is $50.28 and includes the Weather and Climate Curriculum, Weather by Brian Cosgrove, and a Weather and Climate Science Kit.  

The entire 10-12 Full Year Package is $842.58 and includes hard copy curriculum, literature, and manipulatives for science, social studies, and language arts.  Make sure to check out the curriculum samples and these helpful Getting Started and FAQ pages.

Shop for complete packages or individual units by age or by subject.  Available for ages 4-14. 

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Go Science DVD Review

If you have never visited Library & Educational Services you just have to!  LES is a wholesale supplier of wholesome educational materials, which serves educators, librarians, and church leaders of children's ministries.  It's free to register for an account, and once you do, you can save from 30% to 70% of regular prices.  

One of the many products they carry is the creation based Go Science DVDs Series 2 set.


There are 7 DVDs in the complete set, which include:

Volume 1: Sound, Gravity, Space
Volume 2: Life Science, Weather
Volume 3: Air
Volume 4: Motion, Friction, Electricity, Light
Volume 5: States of Matter, Water
Volume 6: Chemistry
Volume 7: Engineering, Design, Flight

All seven of the DVDs are taught by Ben Roy.  Ben teaches at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and has formally directed News Channel 9 Science Theatre.  He has also produced science lessons for the Weather Channel, About.com, and a Christian satellite broadcasting network.

We were able to receive and review two of the DVDs: Volume 2: Life Science, Weather and Volume 6: Chemistry.

Volume 2: Life Science, Weather {running time 1:02} includes 12 experiments.

Life Science
* Flashlight Animal Eyes
* Animal Skulls
* Bobby Pins
* What Are You Looking At?
* How Much Do Your Lungs Hold?
* Eating Nails for Breakfast
* Naked Egg

Weather
* Fire and Tornado
* Ping Pong Cannon
* Liquid Nitrogen Cloud
* Cloud in a Bottle
* Garbage Can Vortex

Volume 6: Chemistry {running time 59:31} includes 11 experiments.

* Milk and Food Coloring
* Elephant Toothpaste
* Stains
* Staying Dry - Diapers
* Lava Lamp
* Instant Snow
* Silly Slime
* Hydrogen Bubbles
* Grain Elevator
* HHO Generator
* Mentos Fountain

Thoughts of an 11-year old:  We first watched Volume 2: Life Science and Weather.  Some of the lessons included smoke rings, animal skulls, clouds, and soda can-breaking ping pong balls - all of them homemade!  My mom and I were familiar with only a few of the experiments and we liked watching Ben Roy's enthusiastic approach to them all!  My favorite was when they made a huge nitrogen cloud.  They were all very fascinating!

The second DVD we popped in was Volume 6: Chemistry.  This was my first choice to review.  Just like the first one, it had a few tricks we already knew, but it really was cool!  My favorite was the homemade lava lamps ("can we make one?"), which were surprisingly easy to make.  I'm sure this one would be as tough as the last for favorites - even for me, who hands-down thought Chemistry would win.  It's too tough to decide though.

Science has outdone itself again, all while pointing to our Creator - God!

My Thoughts:  Overall I thought the videos are well done.  They are recommended for ages 4 to 12, but I think they would work best for the younger to middle of that range.  Ben does a good job of engaging the children on the video and explaining the experiments.  It is also nice that at the end of each demonstration, he points to God.

Here is a sample from one of the videos

Find Out More:  You can find out more about Library & Educational Services and the Go Science DVDs online.  Each DVD is just $8.97 and the whole series is $59.82.  The recommended age for the Go Science DVDs is 4 to 12 years old.

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Moving Beyond the Page Review

Does your child enjoy reading?  Would you love to find a complete literature-based homeschool curriculum?  If so, you need to check out Moving Beyond the Page. 

Moving Beyond the Page is a complete literature-based homeschool curriculum that:

*  Encourages critical and creative thinking
*  Provides challenging and engaging projects
*  Supports different learning styles

Once you arrive at their website, you can shop for complete packages or individual units by age or by subject {science, social studies, language arts, or math}.

Funny Bunny and I chose her review selection by age.  If you need help with choosing the appropriate age range, you can read more at Choosing the Right Age Level.

She is in the 8-10 age range so she selected the Little House in the Big Woods Language Arts Package to go along with the Dirt and Plants Science Package. 

Here's how it works: {I'm going to use the 8-10 age level as an example}

There are 12 literature units included in the 8-10 age level. They are made to go along with one of the 12 science or social studies units that make up the complete curriculum package.

All units are broken down into daily lesson plans. When you begin lesson 1 of a science or social studies unit, you will also begin the first day of the corresponding literature unit.

I just LOVE how everything works together!!  You can read more here at the 8-10 overview {there is an overview for each age range}.  Scroll down and you will see the corresponding units.

Here's how we used it:

As I mentioned earlier, Funny Bunny selected the Little House in the Big Woods Language Arts Package to go along with the Dirt and Plants Science Package. We received the Dirt and Plants Science Package in the mail, along with the Little House in the Big Woods chapter book.  The Language Arts Curriculum was provided to us as an ebook.

Then each day after we began a lesson in the literature unit, we began the corresponding lesson in the science unit.  Everything was well laid out and all the instructions were very clear.

Below are a few samples from the literature unit.  Since it was an ebook, we had to print the worksheets.  I think that's a great idea if you have multiple children working in the same unit, but I would have liked the physical workbook so I didn't have as much printing.  It's nice to have both options though.

Below are a few samples from the science unit.  There were less worksheets and more projects, which we liked.  You can see how in the literature unit above we learned about plants and natural resources and in the science unit she made a mobile of the parts of a plant.  Other projects included experimenting with soil and a growth experiment. 

Thoughts of a 10-Year Old:  Moving Beyond the Page was a really good way for me to learn more about plants and soil.  For instance, I had no idea that depending on how light or dark the soil is, it's actually saying what kind of dirt it is.  I guess I had just never really thought about it before.  When you think of what's in the dirt, you typically think of worms, armadillos, moles - but there's so much more!  Just one square foot of soil can be home to as many as 300,000 different living things!  Also, the book Little House in the Big Woods was good.  I learned about how they did the things we do but simpler.  I even compared their life to ours and made a plant mobile!  I loved this science program and enjoyed it a lot!

Find Out More:  You can find out more online at Moving Beyond the Page.  Shop for complete packages or individual units by age or by subject.  Available for ages 4-14.

The Little House in the Big Woods Language Arts Package is $23.98 and includes the chapter book and curriculum workbook.  The Dirt and Plants Science Package is $30.89 and includes Dirt: Jump into Science, Experiments with Plants, and curriculum workbook.  The entire 8-10 Full Year Package is $772.53 and includes hard copy curriculum, literature, and manipulatives for science, social studies, and language arts.  What is great about this program is you can pick and choose what you want!

Make sure to check out the curriculum samples and these helpful Getting Started and FAQ pages.

My Crewmates are also reviewing Moving Beyond the Page, so you can check out what they think HERE.

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Supercharged Science Review

Confession time:  When we do science...I skip most of the experiments!!  I know I shouldn't, but I do.

And the times I do gather all of the supplies, we usually end up doing a 30-second experiment that doesn't work like it should.  Does this happen to you?  Please tell me I'm not the only one!

So I was willing to try something new.  A product where someone else does all the experiments for me...right in my home!  I found it and it's called Supercharged Science!

Supercharged Science offers an e-Science Online Learning Program.  This is like no other science program we have done.  And  I want to make it crystal clear that Funny Bunny is LOVING it!!  I cannot be happier!  I have never seen her react this way to science.  And I'm not talking about plants and animals.  She's learned about Force, Gravity, and Friction...and was excited about it! 

Here is how it works:

Step 1: Watch the Getting Started Video.  
Step 2: Pick the topic you want to start with.  
Step 3: Watch the videos and dive right into the activities.  
Step 4: Download the Conversion Charts to help coordinate with another science program if you have one. 
Step 5: Get help when you need it through email. 

The e-Science Learning Program is a complete K-12 hands-on science curriculum.  It incorporates over 1,000 videos that guide kids step-by-step through hands-on activities, projects, and experiments. 

Aurora and her husband Al started about 10 years ago with the ambition of improving the way kids learn science.  They both knew from experience that when kids are genuinely excited about a subject, teaching it is easy.  

Aurora, by the way, is a real rocket scientist who has worked for NASA, designed rockets, and has 3 patents for her inventions!  How cool is that?!

During the first month you will get access to the first 7 units, plus additional sections like “The Scientific Method”.  If there is a later unit that you want to access early, you can email and they will approve it immediately.  This way, if someone is working on a certain topic, they are never made to wait months to have access to it.  The each month you will get access to the next 2 units in order {60-80 experiments}. 

Here is how we used it:

We started with Unit 1: Mechanics {Force, Gravity, and Friction}.  I was tempted to start with something that Funny Bunny is more familiar with, like Biology, but I wanted to try something new.  Each lesson contains:

*  Lesson Highlights
*  An Introduction with a Video
*  Reading
*  Experiments and Videos
*  Exercises

We read the Highlights together and watched the Introduction Video.  Aurora then gives the option to continue to the Reading section to learn more about the topic or dive right into the Experiments and Videos, which is what we did.

Aurora is a great teacher and I love how excited and she gets in her videos!  You can tell she is passionate about Science!

Below you can see a couple of Funny Bunny's experiments.  We actually did many others but I didn't get any pictures.

Force: Flying Paper Clip

Force: Building Bridges

I thought one of the neatest experiments was one on Gravity.  If you pitch a ball toward the sunset at the same instant you drop another from your other hand, which one reaches the ground first?  What if a bullet is fired parallel to the ground from a gun and a bullet dropped from the same height at the same time?  Will both hit the ground at the same time?  What do you think will happen?  We were pretty surprised by what we found!

Thoughts of a 9-Year Old:  The experiments were cool {especially the hovercraft} and were fun to do. 

Find Out More:  You can find out more online at Supercharged Science.  The e-Science Online Learning Program is $37/mo for the K-8 Level Plan and $57/mo for the K-12 Level Plan.  You can cancel anytime.  Go to the Membership FAQs for any questions you may have.  Check out this page for Homeschool Parents and this one for Teachers and Educators.  If you'd like to try it out first, sign up for their FREE Samples!

My Crewmates are also reviewing Supercharged Science, so you can check out what they think HERE.

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Janet's Planet DVD Giveaway!

Janet's Planet “Exploring Microgravity” is a 37-minute exploration of gravity and microgravity geared towards elementary school age kids.

By focusing on science, technology, engineering, art and math, Janet's Planet travels at the "speed of thought" and is designed to fuel S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics).

Viewers get to meet Galileo, Newton and Cavendish and find out how they built on the ideas of scientists before them and formed a shared picture of how the universe works!  You’ll also get a chance to see Janet onboard the Zero G plane experiencing microgravity!

Also, for any teachers out there, Exploring Microgravity is supported with integrated curriculum and teachers are provided with a lesson plan designed to integrate with Common Core standards, based on a curriculum endorsed by NASA and Space Florida.

Find Out More:  You can find out more online at Janet's Planet.  Exploring Microgravity is available on DVD for just $9.99.  You can also explore more on Janet's Space Log. 
 

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Apologia: Exploring Creation with Zoology 3 ~ Review

Funny Bunny LOVES animals!!  I'm sure that if she isn't working directly with animals when she grows up, they will somehow be in her life. 

That's one of the many reasons I was excited to receive Apologia's Exploring Creation with Zoology 3: Land Animals of the Sixth Day!

If you've never heard of Apologia, they are a family-owned corporation whose mission is to help homeschooling families learn, live, and defend the Christian faith. 

We are no strangers to Apologia's products.   Their Elementary Science curriculum is wonderful!  A few years back we purchased Exploring Creation with Astronomy along with the Notebooking Journal and enjoyed learning so many new things.  Their Worldview Curriculum with the What We Believe series is also outstanding!  I encourage anyone reading this to take some time and check out their website.

This year we were already studying Biology so extending our studies to specifically include land animals was perfect!

As you can see in the above picture, Exploring Creation with Zoology 3 is a beautifully illustrated hard cover book.  It is broken down into 14 lessons covering the different kinds of land animals.  Each lesson is packed full of information, so they suggest a two-week schedule for each one.  We work on science 3-4 days a week so that allows plenty of time to read the lesson and complete the notebooking activities and experiments.

Each lesson begins with a reading of the text and includes vocabulary words in bold along the way.  Periodically students are asked to retell or narrate the information they just learned.  At the end of the lesson, students are given the opportunity to Map It, Track It, Experiment, and complete a Notebooking Activity.

The Notebooking Journal is wonderful and includes a detailed suggested schedule.  Of course, the great thing about homeschooling is you decide whether you want to follow it, but I found it very helpful.  Throughout the journal are countless number of activity pages, review pages, assignments, projects, copywork, and more.  The journal is optional but using it in conjunction with the textbook helps retention and adds some fun to the lessons!  Below you can see two worksheets Funny Bunny completed for Lessons 1 and 2.

My Thoughts:  Since we work on science 3-4 days a week we used the schedule in the Notebooking Journal as a guide and just spread the reading assignments and journal activities out a couple more days.  I would read aloud and Funny Bunny would do the assignments and/or activities and that worked well for us.  The text is really engaging and she was always ready to hear more, sometimes making it hard to stop.  It stimulated some wonderful discussions between us, which is what a great curriculum should!

Edited on 3-11-14 -  Heart of Dakota schedules Apologia's Exploring Creation with Zoology 3: Land Animals of the Sixth Day in their Creation to Christ curriculum, which is what we used this year for 5th grade.  Funny Bunny read it on her own throughout the year and really enjoyed it.  She was sad when she finished it.  Definitely recommend it!

Thoughts of a 9-Year Old:  Apologia: Exploring Creation with Zoology 3 is super awesome!  From silly and pretty pictures to Bible verses, it has really taught me a lot!  For instance, there are general jobs like Veterinarians and very specific jobs like Horse Farriers (people who specialize in taking care of horses' hooves).  Also, something we may not think about, but dogs and cats are canines and felines, therefore making them carnivores.  There is so much to learn in this book.  I like it!

Find Out More:  You can find out more online at Apologia.  Exploring Creation with Zoology 3 is $39.  Also available are the Notebooking Journal or Junior Notebooking Journal for younger students.  Both are $24.  The elementary series is designed for grades K-6.

To help with purchasing decisions, Apologia has made available on their site the Table of Contents, lab list, all of Chapter 1, and samples from both Notebooking Journals.  You can find those at the links above.

My Crewmates are also talking about Apologia and you can check out what they think about it HERE.

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Box of I.D.E.As. Review

Box of IDEAs is designed to get kids off the computer and around the table.  It is great to supplement your current curriculum but can also be used for homeschool group activities, summertime learning and as a break from the normal routine. 

I love their acronym: Ideally Dynamic Enrichment Activities.  We really don't have enough of that around here at our home, and I suspect many other families don't as well.  We are always trying to get the reading, writing, and arithmetic completed, it leaves not much time for anything else, so I was excited to try this out!

Each Box of IDEAs includes 10 or more modules with exercises, is easily portable, and is packed with interesting topics and activities.  Topics available for purchase include:  Salt, World War II, Eleven, Quilting, and Laundry.  Topics coming soon include:  Mystery, WWII Kitchen, WWII Pearl Harbor, WWII Innovations, Olives, Pine, Cemeteries, and Pigs.

When our Box of IDEAs arrived, we were ready to get started!  We received the Salt Box, and it was overflowing with activity modules which included:

The History Of Salt
The Science Of Salt
The Salt March
The Salt Of The Earth
Need For Salt
Preserving With Salt
Too Much Salt
The Wall That Salt Built
Where Salt Lives
The Language of Salt

The modules can be used in any order and all the activities are complete and ready to use, so we looked through all the contents and decided the first thing we would work on would be the Preserving With Salt module {because it includes a board game}!!

The contents of the Preserving With Salt module include:

An Introduction, Extensions, and Websites
Food Safety Math Worksheet
24 SALT Cards
Preserving by Salt Game Board
Die
Game Markers

It was a fun game and we all really learned a lot, even hubby and myself!!  We got more than one wrong for sure!

Things I love about Box of IDEAs:

*  All modules stand alone and most need no additional supplies.
*  Each module is in its own bag with a label with its contents.
*  Many of the modules have fact cards which are part of an activity but can be used in many other ways. 

My Thoughts:  I think Box of IDEAs: Salt is well worth the money and would definitely prefer the physical box over the PDF because there is no additional work and everything is included.  Each bag comes with an information sheet and instructions and they were all very easy to understand and complete.  I think this would be a great supplement to any curriculum.

Find Out More:  You can find out more online at Box of IDEAs or on Facebook.  The Salt {Physical Box} is $79 and you can also get the Salt PDF Download for just $49.  Extra Student Modules are just $4.  This kit is geared for ages 9-16. 

My Crewmates are also talking about Box of IDEAs, so you can check out what they think about it HERE.

Disclaimer:  This product was given to Our Homeschool Reviews for free for review purposes, and I do not have to return the product to the vendor.  I have received no compensation from it and all opinions and experiences within this review are my own.

Creation Illustrated Review

There are so many magazines available for children today.  Many have great educational value and I know my daughter has a few favorites.  Creation Illustrated is different though, and is a magazine that I have been wanting to take a look at for a while now.

Creation Illustrated is published quarterly (beginning in Fall 1993) as a private, nonprofit, non-denominationally owned ministry dedicated to the eternal impact of sharing Biblical truth through the blessings of God's creation. 

The editors and publishers are a Christian couple, Tom and Jennifer Ish, who homeschooled their daughter, Melissa, and have dedicated their lives to serving God by providing positive choices in reading material for the whole family. 

Tom and Jennifer's story is really wonderful and you can read more about it here.  

Creation Illustrated is published quarterly and each edition is divided into three sections:  Creation Illustrated in Nature, in Scripture, and in Living.  

We received the following four magazines:  Summer 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, and Winter 2012. 

My Thoughts:  I just can't say enough about Creation Illustrated!  The pictures are beautiful, stories meaningful, and it is all for the glorification of God.  And what is wonderful is that both adults and children alike will enjoy it. 

Thoughts of a 9-Year Old:  I think Creation Illustrated magazines are wonderful.  My favorite story is Alert and Agile [found in fall 2011] which is about pronghorn goats.  The pics are fab and there are cool facts about them.  There's even a photo shoot contest and every issue has that season's winner[s]!  The best part though is that the whole entire magazine is based on God!  Every article has a phrase, for instance [the phrase in the pronghorn goat article]: "Like the pronghorn, Christians need to be alert and watchful for dangers.  The apostle Peter tells us to keep watch for the devil so we will not be deceived [1 Peter 5:8] in order to avoid his many forms of deception..."  This magazine has not only wonderful stories, but beautiful pictures as well.  An enchanting magazine! 

Find Out More:  You can find out more online at Creation Illustrated.  A one year subscription is $19.99, two years are $37.95, and you can get three years for $53.95.  Even better, if you pay with a credit card, you can get $5 off per year, making a three year subscription only $38.95 (which is just $12.98 per year).  Want to try before you buy?  You can get a Free Issue as part of a subscription offer. 

My Crewmates are also talking about Creation Illustrated, so you can check out what they think about it HERE.

Disclaimer:  This product was given to Our Homeschool Reviews for free for review purposes, and I do not have to return the product to the vendor.  I have received no compensation from it and all opinions and experiences within this review are my own.