Customer Reviews

Nature Friend Magazine

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

The magazine has improved over the years, now with color photos and a more convenient smaller format.

Yes, it is creationist and anti-evolutionary.

There is a hidden pictures page (not as involved as in Highlights), a drawing lesson with last month's drawing submissions from kids (many different age groups represented), a nature story (usually with character lessons as well), and other features.

It's a nice, peaceful, safe, and instructional nature magazine for kids (and some teens) that also promotes good character qualities and honors God as having created everything and everyone with wisdom and love.

We first got this magazine when our son was 5 years old. He could not read, so we would read it together, and it delighted him. With lots to do from the object search (find the objects hidden in pictures), to the questions, quizzes, to the "how-to-draw" lesson featured in each issue, there was plenty to attract all ages of readers from K to , well, my son is now 19 and still reads it!

It all started with our youngest daughter becoming 5 this past winter. Our 19 year old son found her pawing around in his hidden stash of NATURE FRIEND MAGAZINES which we had stopped getting over a decade ago. He kept carrying on about how he wished we could get it again "for her sake".

I looked all over the internet, through every directory and in old editions of the magazine, but NATURE FRIEND seemed to have disappeared.

Then we found it here on AMAZON.COM a couple of months ago. We got our first issue a few weeks ago and there is always someone reading it somewhere in the house- ME INCLUDED!

The quality of the magazine is greatly improved. There is plenty to do for all ages, recipes, studies of interesting things (like where do dandelions come from and how did they get here and what do you do with them....) and interactive projects for all ages.

One of our favorite features is the HOW TO DRAW series that they still have. Very nice lessons on drawing some kind of animal or natural thing are given. Readers send in their best shot at it and many photos of their contributions are featured in future issues. There is a lot packed in to this 25 page magazine- and NO ADS!

I can not rate this magazine highly enough. We stopped getting BIG BACKYARD because this magazine offers so much more and we could only get one magazine for this year. We are so glad to have found it again- and it has even improved!

Nature Friend is an incredible magazine! It is difficult for fundamental Christians to find periodical materials for children that uphold our beliefs. Nature Friend does just that. It is a Creationist magazine with plenty of scientific information about nature, written for a child's level of understanding. My daughter especially loves all the input from children her age, such as letters to the editor, drawings that children have submitted, and articles and poems written by children. There are plenty of activities in each issue as well. Both my daughter and I love the "how to draw ____" page!

It is very difficult to find magazines that teach a Creation view. This is an excellently done magazine. My kids love it! Ages 3-12

I really like this magazine. I just received our first copy yesterday and am looking forward to future issues. This magazine was recommended to me through my Catholic homeschool curriculum provider as a supplement to the science lessons. What I really appreciate about it is that there are no advertisements included in it. I find it interesting to note that the readers of this 'zine seem to be as young as 7 or 8 and go up to age 14 or so. So, I know that I can use it with my sons for many years to come.

This magazine is wonderfully family friendly! Geared toward younger
children with a curiosity toward things natural. My older tween children
also enjoy the beautiful,first class photography.
I saw some reviews in this space that seemed to think that if one believes that God created the world that this belief precludes a love for science. This is simply not the case. Our family is very science centered with grandparents retired from NASA and Nature Friend is a friend to the genuine lover of science.
A wonderful magazine that is of the highest quality and standard scientifically as well as artistically. We can't say enough positive about it!

After reading an online review that highly rated this magazine, I decided to get a subscription for my 4.5 year old niece who loves Big Backyard. I was shocked when my sister told me that the magazine was imbedded with religious ideas and stories. I did not realize this from any of the information I had read about the magazine. Apparently, my niece loves the puzzles, games and activities in Nature Friend so I will not cancel her subsciption, but the content of the magazine is from a Creationist viewpoint. So if this is not the message that you want your child to receive about science, I would not recommend this magazine. It is fine for those who adhere to these beliefs, but I think it is important that these views be evident before someone purchases this magazine so they are aware of how it is going to teach their child.

We have found this magazine to be extremely interesting with many fun facts and activities. It is well written and well laid-out in terms of wonderful pictures and good articles. We would heartily recommend it to any home!

All 6 of my children love this magazine. The pages are thicker than the usual magazine. The pictures and articles, as well as the info on experiments that you can do with your children are wonderful. I cannot say enough about this magazine!

I do not have to pre-read it before I give it to my children. It is very well written and points you to God as the one who created our world. As the magazine is titled "Nature Friend~Helping Children Explore The Wonders of God's Creation".

We have used, in years past, Big Back Yard and Ranger Rick but Nature Friend far exceeds them in quality and because it points you to God. You won't have your 8 year old reading it and then coming to you saying "Mom, we know that the dinosaurs didn't live millions of years ago..."

Homeschooling Mom of one little lady and five men in the making =O)

My kids love Nature Friend Magazine. It has came along way since when I Mother use to get it. It is now full of great pictures and fun things for the kids to do. These are more for the older child, 7 on up I would imagine but my 4 year old loves looking at the pictures. I am continuously fishing them out from underneath his bed. The stories target animals that are found in the US so a child can relate more with this, I think this is why my husband and children find it so fascinating. As soon as we receive an issue, he sits down with the kids and reads it from cover to cover. They are very kid friendly meaning they welcome kids ideas, stories, and opinions and will publish them. I guess this would make it a readers magazine. We love the magazine and I believe it would make a great addition to any home.