The Science Mommy is joining the Book Club over at Chase-ing the Dream today...
My Science Kid, Aiden, loves this book. The
Dorling Kindersley First Animal Encyclopedia. He keeps it in the car and shares fun facts about animals with us while he reads. A favorite car game is "Guess Who" and Aiden has adapted that to use with his book. He'll pick an animal and answer our "yes or no" questions until we can guess the animal. This has been a great way to start teaching classification based on external characteristics (which is a state standard). Aiden loves animals and has really learned a lot with this book.
My Science Kid, Connar, loves science fiction and this is the new series he's reading...
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. This author combines a love of history with a few modern-day twists to create a very compelling story. Connar read all the
Percy Jackson books and this series uses a similar combination of history and fiction to keep readers engaged.
It doesn't matter what your Kid Scientists are reading, as long as they are reading...and being read-to also.
What are you reading?
3 Science Moms have commented...:
We have a family book club. Right now we're reading "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen. I read the Percy Jackson books this summer to keep up on all the inside jokes. One of my kiddos read "The Red Pyramid", but the rest of us haven't gotten there yet. They are absorbed in "Artemis Fowl" and "Ranger's Apprentice" books.
I love the idea of a Family Book Club! Thanks for sharing :)
I'm another science mommy searching for NOVELS (not nonfiction) books for ages 9-14 that have science themes in them, or have scientist characters. Here's the challenge: NOT "science fiction" (no Star Trek, time travel, etc.) I just heard about a series from the 60's called The Mad Scientists Club which features boys using real science to have adventures / solve problems. But obviously the technology is dated.
Anybody have a recommendation?
Post a Comment