General Science Books

Science Play; Beginning Discoveries for 2-6 Year Olds    $12.95
by Jill Hauser,1998, Williamson Books
65 age appropriate activities that encourage kids to discover, sort, observe, predict

Science is Simple   $16.95
by Peggy Ashbrook,  2003 Gryphon House, Inc.
250 activities for preschoolers, has a great list of books for specific topics too

Caldecott Connections to Science
by Shan Glandon, 2000 Libraries Unlimited
for elementary age, mulitple intelliegences approach using: "Frog Went A-Courtin", "The Funny Little Woman", "Make Way for Ducklings", " Many Moons", "One Fine Day", "The Snowy Day",
"Song and Dance Man", "A Story, a Story", and " A Tree Is Nice".

Playful Learning Backyard Discoveries: A Hands-on Parent Resource    $7.50
2004 McGraw-Hill Children's Publishing
this is an acutal workbook with clever ideas but not to standards so you could get ideas to incorporate into units of study

Teaching the Fun of Science         $19.95
by Jancie VanCleave, (C) 2001, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Physical, life, and earth science for children 8-12 years old, meets National Standards

5-10 Minute Science Activities for Young Learners    $11.95
Deborah Diffily  (C) 2003, Scholastic
200 activities that are broken into categories as: observing, sorting and classifying, asking questions, predicting, experimenting, measuring and estimating, designing and making models,
finding patterns and relationships, and  communicating

Activities for Science Centers  Grade K       $9.99
by Q.L. Pearce,  (C) 2004 Mcgraw Hill, Instructional Fair
aligned to standards, life science, earth science, and physical science

Quick & Easy Science Fun (preschool-kindergarten) $11.95
(C)2003, Teh Education Center, Inc. "From Your Friends at THE MAILBOX"
includes physical, earth, and life science, supports standards, activities to do each season
more of an idea book

The Observer Magazine,  Literature Points the Way   $3.00
by Tom Sibla, (C) 1998 Troll Communications
this is about observations and sequencing  but requires some drawing and writing skills to do these... great ideas for setting up observations



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