Description
Product description
About the Author
Elizabeth loves the great outdoors and spends every minute she can in it. She never met a leaf or bug she did not like! Elizabeth lives in a rural town in New England where nature is all around her.
From the Publisher
This book introduces students to the things that humans need to live: food, shelter, water, and air. With images that are easy to identify and clear, simple sentence structures, this science reader simplifies scientific concepts for young students as they improve their reading skills. A fun and easy science experiment and Your Turn! activity provide more in-depth opportunities for additional learning. Nonfiction text features include a glossary and an index. Engage students in learning with this dynamic text!
SpaceKay –
Super simple book
I agree with the other reviewer who said this was too simple. I wanted to expand a little bit more on the lessons I give to my almost 4 year old, and this is not cutting it. There’s one sentence per every two pages, except for maybe the last page.
ScotFlower –
Too simple – not that effective
We are doing a lesson with the kids on needs verses wants. It made sense therefore to read a book on what living things actually NEED to live. Then the kids were going to study an animal and make a diorama showing what they needed to live. This book however missed the mark for that need. it awkwardly presented some material and did not really explain anything. I did like their bones and muscle books from another series, but this series just is too simple and not as effective at teaching like it should have.BTW – What living things typically need are: 1. food / nutrients, 2. water, 3. air / gases, 4. sunlight (makes vitamins by hitting your skin, keeps the planet warm, photosynthesis), 5. shelter / protection, 6. ideal environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, ecosystem), 7. other living things (like gut bacteria or predators), 8. a way to get rid of waste, and 9. a way to reproduce. I guess you could also argue – 10. a way to fight off disease and 11. a way to protect the integrity of genetic material. Now with young kids, I probably would not spend time explaining the DNA, reproduction, and predators part…. but the rest is all things a Kindergartner can understand. We really do not give kids the credit they deserve – they are capable of learning more than you think! Especially since its things these kids already do to live themselves… its something they can understand.
Donya –
Teacher buy
Great for my library
Lorrie Dixon –
Kindergarten appropriate-great lead-in for Life Science.
Perfect for Kindergartners!
Amazon Customer –
Five Stars
Nice book the children in the classroom enjoyed it
Laura Rounds –
Five Stars
Really cute book for younger children.