Year Two

The entire second year of our study is spent looking at all the wonderful creatures that God made on days five and six of the creation week.  We start with the life that lives in the vast oceans, rivers and lakes of the world, both salt water and fresh water.

God also created flying creatures on the fifth day, so we transition from marine sea life to a study of birds by first examining water birds and continuing on to song birds and other birds. 

We end the study of the fifth day of creation by examining other animals that can fly, for example, bats, and flying reptiles.  A look at these now extinct reptiles transitions easily into one of my favorite topics - dinosaurs.  Dinosaurs were created on the sixth day of creation, along with other land dwelling creatures, sorted roughly into the categories of reptiles, amphibians, insects, and mammals (wild and domestic).

This year's topic, is obviously a huge subject.  But don't despair! It is a very fun study. The subject can be broken down in a number of different ways.  It can be sorted by "kind" of animal, as I have already mentioned. Or, another method for covering all of God's vast creatures systematically is to study habitats.  Spend a few weeks on each of these - desert, mountains, woodland, prairie, urban, pets, farm animals, wetland, rain forest, savanna, tundra, etc.  A teen will study biology this year (combine botany from year one).

Libraries are full of books on different animals, and it never takes too long for children to find a book that catches their fancy. However, I encourage you to try to include books that emphasize the incredible design in these animals that points to a Great Designer.  Most library books point, instead, to a great lie called evolution.   Beware of this problem and diligent in continuing emphasis on God's creative ways.

Year One
Year Two
Year Three