Name: Thrive! NCHE Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-05-22T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-24T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Tagged: Charlotte Mason, kindergarten, LIving Books, Nature study, science

This topic has 10 replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 4 months ago by RobinP.

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December 20, 2012 at 2:08 pm
mviljoen333
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Im looking for some fun kindergarten science books…..LIVING books. Anyone have any suggestions for (5-6 year olds)?
December 20, 2012 at 2:56 pm
houseofchaos
Participant
For books about animals, the Smithsonian Backyard and Smithsonian Oceanic books are nice.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/?series_id=180745
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/smithsonian-backyard?store=allproducts&keyword=smithsonian+backyard
I found a lot of them used for a great price.
December 20, 2012 at 2:57 pm
andream
Participant
Here are some titles both my 4 and 7 year old have enjoyed this year:
Pale Male Citizen Hawk of New York City
Cactus Hotel
The Snail’s Spell
The Hungry Hummingbird
Siwrl by Swirl
At the Edge of the Forest
Butterfly House
Salamander Room
The Listening Walk
Of course this isn’t a “living book” but our kids love to watch Magic School Bus episodes for a little science, too!
December 20, 2012 at 2:58 pm
andream
Participant
I second the Smithsonian books, those are great. Also, a few weeks ago someone posted some free online animal story books, we are reading the African Animals one now and it has been enjoyed by both 4 and 7 year old
December 20, 2012 at 2:59 pm
erin.kate
Participant
We thoroughly enjoy Among the … People by Clara D Pierson.
December 20, 2012 at 3:53 pm
nerakr
Participant
A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry
The Real Hole by Beverly Cleary (not so much science, but still a good story)
The Tiny Seed and others by Eric Carle (unless they’ve outgrown them)
The Big Snow (animals in winter)
Gilberto and the Wind
A Rainbow of My Own
The Trellis and the Seed
Stellaluna
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
December 20, 2012 at 4:43 pm
My3Blessings
Participant
I agree with the Smithsonian Books and the Among the ___ People! They are wonderful. We have also read:
James Herriot’s Treasury
Many Books by Thornton Burgess
Christian Liberty Nature Reader K (Has an animal for each letter of the alphabet)
Christian Liberty Nature Reader 1
Box Turtle at Long Pond
My Favorite Tree
This year we are choosing an animal every week and then going to the library to find any living books we can on that animal. We then do an experiment day on Friday using 101 great science experiments and then do a nature study from the Outdoor Hour Challenge Website.

December 20, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Monica
Participant
My son loved the Stage 2 Science Books last year. They had lots of them at our library, so we got to get a new one each time we went. Some of our favorites…
Spinning Spiders
Why Do Leaves Change Color
Wiggling Worms
How Mountains are Made
Bonus: They were approximately at his reading level, so he practiced reading and picked up some science at the same time.
December 20, 2012 at 9:00 pm
pianogirl363
Participant
The Hole in the Tree – Jean George
Houses From the Sea, The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up and others by Alice E. Goudey
The I-CAN-READ-Science series (here’s a list of them) – most are written by Millicent Selsam – These are at a beginning reading level but have lots of information in narrative style.
Many of the I-Can-Read set are out of print. I actually have several of them for sale in my used bookshop. (I’m not recommending them because I sell them, I’m selling them because we love them! I, like many of you here, am a rescuer of books that would be destroyed otherwise and I try to find loving homes for them.) 🙂
~Anna
December 21, 2012 at 12:10 pm
RobinP
Participant
Of course in my “line of work” the books I know and recommend are mostly out of print, but these are fabulous:
Books by:
Robert McClung (I’ve had a couple of families join my library just to have access to these – some are for olders…look for titles such as Ruby Throat, Bubo, Stripe, etc.)
Gladys Conklin (I bet I read I Caught a Lizard to my son 100 times)
Alice Goudey ( Here Come the… series, wonderful! And I second the Day We Saw the Sun Come Up…I love that book!))
Millicent Selsam (she wrote for olders, too)
The Step Up series – ____ Do the Strangest Things (Insects, Birds, Reptiles, Fish, etc.)
Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out – many of these are in print. Illustrations redone but the text is the same. These are very good for this age group written on many topics. Ex. Germs Make Me Sick, Fireflies in the Night, How Many Teeth, Straight Hair, Curly Hair, etc.

December 21, 2012 at 12:15 pm
RobinP
Participant
Check Anna’s link above to her book sale page. She has Peeper by McClung for sale at a very good price!! We pull this out every spring when our spring peepers wake up and start singing at our pond. She has other great books, too. Wish I needed some of them (but I’ll check back, Anna.) Thanks! I didn’t know you were there.