Your growing, and, yes, maturing child has added an assortment of beginning question words to his/her vocabulary. The repetitious “whys” have been replaced with thought-provoking “how”, “what” “when” “which”, “where” etc.
I perused some “best books” recommendations & websites for primary grade – leveled content in Science, Social Studies & Geography and found a lot of fun, engaging & informative reads for both you & yours.
Here’s a VERY short list:
SCIENCES
Authors
Diane Hutt Aston & Sylvia Long / Grade Level: PK-3 / 40pgs
Yuval Zommer / Grade Level: PK-2 / 64pgs
Books
- Magic School Bus Series / Grade Level: K-4/ varied # of pgs
- The Nature Treasury: A First Look at the Natural World /Lizann Flatt / 48pgs
- Ada Twist, Scientist / Andrea Beaty & David Roberts / GL: K-2 / 32pgs
- 11 Experiments That Failed / Jenny Offill & Nancy Carpenter / GL: PK-3 / 40pgs
- Mad Margaret Experiments with the Scientific Method (In the Science Lab) / Eric Braun & Robyn Boyden / GL:2-3 / 24pgs
What is Science? / Rebecca Kai Dotlich & Sachiko Yoshikawa /GL: 1-2 / 32pgs - Water Boy / David McPhail / GL: PK-3 / 32pgs
- Rainbow Weaver / Linda Elovitz / GL:1-2 / 40pgs
- Atlas of Animal Adventures / Emily Hawkins & Rachel Williams / GL:1-4 / 96pgs
- rediscoveredfamilies.com/11magicalscienceexperiments
- mysteryscience.com
- packetofpreschool.com/thesciencecenter
- igamemom.com/scienceactivitiesforeverymonthoftheyear
- readscience.com/drseussinspiredscienceactivities
- discovertheforest.org/nature
- thingstoshareandremember.com/learningaboutscience
- littlebinsforlittlehands.com/bestscienceexperimentsforkids
- krokotak.com/category/experiments
- lemonlimeadventures.com/bestscienceexperimentsforkids
SOCIAL STUDIES
Authors
Marjorie Priceman / GL: PK-3 / 40pgs
Kate Waters / GL: K-3 / 32pgs
Books
- If You Were A Kid Series / GL: 1-4 / 32pgs
- I’m Like You, You’re Like Me / Cindy Garner / GL: PK-3 / 48pgs
- Look Where We Live! / Scot Ritchie / GL: PK-3 / 32pgs
- Same, Same But Different / Jenny Sue Kostecki / GL: K-2 / 40pgs
- Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do / Kathryn Heling / GL: PK-2 / 40pgs
- Good People Everywhere / Lynea Gillen / GL: K-3 / 32pgs
- The Lost Grilled Cheese / Nick E Naro / GL: 1-3 / 38pgs
- This Is How We Do It / Matt Lamothe / GL: K-3 / 52pgs
- The Great Big Book of Families / Mary Hoffman & Ros Asquith / GL: K-3 / 40pgs
- Whoever You Are / Mem Fox / GL: PK-3 / 32pgs
Websites
- communities: pbskids.org/rogers/buildbuild
- US government: bensguide.gpo.gov
- Smithsonian: historyexplorer.si.edu
GEOGRAPHY
Books
- Follow That Map / Scot Ritchie / GL: PK-2 / 32pgs
- Where Do I Live / Neil Chesanow / GL: K-3 / 48pgs
- Me on the Map / Joan Sweeney / GL: PK-2 / 32pgs
- Map Keys / Rebecca Olien / GL: K-3 / 32pgs
- Henry’s Map / David Elliot / GL: PK-3 / 40pgs
- As The Crow Flies / Gail Hartman / GL: PK-3 / 23pgs
- Continents:What You Need to Know / Jill Sherman /GL: 1-3 / 24pgs
- Country ABCs Series / multiple authors/ GL: 2-5 / 32pgs
- Spotlight on My Country Series / Bobbie Kalman / GL: 2-3 / 32pgs
- kidsgeo.com
- 50states.com
- sciencekids.co.nz/geography
- worldgeographygames.com
CROSS-CURRICULAR of Social Studies, Geography & Science
Authors
Aliki: Let’s Read & Find Out Science Series; Ancient World; Bios
Lisa Bullard: Community; Geography; Multicultures; Family; Ecology
Sharon Katz Cooper: Community Helpers; Earth; World
Tomie dePaolo: Legends; Folktales; Clouds; Holiday; Families; World
Gail Gibbons: Communities; Universe; Habitats; Weather; Animals; Holidays; Ecology & MORE
Steven Kroll: Holidays; Bios; American History; Community Helpers; Ecology
Books
- National Geographic Kids / Grade Level: 1-5 / varied # of pgs
- Swift Walker Series / Verlyn Tarlton / GL: K-2 / 34pgs
- A Drop Around the World / Barbara McKinney /GL: K-3 / 32pgs
Websites
- cbc.ca/kidscbc/explore
- nationalgeographickids.com
- techforteacher.com
- pbskids.org/games
- ducksters.com
- mrnussbaum.com
- nps.gov/webrangers
- timeforkids.com
If you need a great book finder site, visit Reading Rockets.org. Searching through more than 5000 books, you can filter by author, illustrator, age, reading level, genre, format, topics & countries/regions. Here’s the link:
http://www.readingrockets.org/bookfinder
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