Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World, by Rachel Ignotofsky This is an awesome book! My daughter got this as a gift on her 16th birthday from a family member and we are in love with it! […]
BOOK REVIEW: Lives of the Scientists
Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought), by Kathleen Krull This is an excellent children’s nonfiction book that shares short info on the lives of a selection of scientists throughout history. It is sort of a […]
Make a rain gauge out of a soda bottle
So I’m working on geography with my 6yr old, using a method that is supposed to be something Charlotte Mason would have approved of (it came out of the core book that I bought from a website that, sadly, no […]
BOOK REVIEW: Mudpies to Magnets
Mudpies to Magnets, by Robert A Williams This is a terrific preschool science book! This book is divided into topic areas…”Science Center Activities,” “Construction & Measurement,” “Circle Time…” etc…Age appropriateness is mentioned, as well as words to introduce, things you’ll […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Story of Salt
The Story of Salt, by Mark Kurlansky This book is AWESOME! Count it in the category of fabulous nonfiction picture books! Learn all about the history of salt in a fun and captivating way! The details of even the science […]
BOOK REVIEW: Growing Frogs
Growing Frogs: Read and Wonder, by Vivian French Just finished reading this book to my kids. REALLY CUTE! I like the illustrations, and that it goes through the life cycle of a frog and explains it very clearly to even […]
BOOK REVIEW: Science is: A source of fascinating facts, projects and activities
Science is: A source of fascinating facts, projects and activities, by Susan Bosak Man did this book ever come in handy! This has every possible type of science activity you can imagine in it…most are very neat! (And for those […]
BOOK REVIEW: Rain Forest: Interactive Geography Kit
Rain Forest: Interactive Geography Kit, by Robin Bernard Some of the activities in this book I had to adjust to make it more “hands-on” and less “teacher-directed, cookie-cutter art”…but there are some fantastic ideas in here if you are doing […]