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Great Back-to-School Books to Enhance Learning at Home
Special to The Truth
The back-to-school season
can be the ideal time to get kids excited about learning.
While teachers have the classroom covered, parents and
caregivers can encourage kids to learn at home with great
books covering a wide variety of STEM subjects (Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math).
Consider some new titles
to inspire young scholars based on their interests:
Hands-on Makers
Empower kids to build,
create and discover through 28 safety-tested experiments,
crafts and activities in the new book, “Maker Lab.” Created
in association with the Smithsonian Institution and
supporting STEM education initiatives, these projects will
get young minds’ wheels turning.
Requiring only household
materials, kids can build an exploding volcano, make bath
fizzies, construct a solar system, build an eggshell geode
and more. Photographs and facts carefully detail the “why”
and “how” of each experiment, and each project comes with a
ranking of easy, medium or hard.
Filled with winning
projects for school, science fairs and beyond, “Maker Lab”
helps kids find their inner inventor.
Creative Coders
For students with an
interest in computer coding and programming, consider a
highly visual, family-friendly guide that covers all the
essentials. “Coding Projects in Scratch,” uses graphics and
easy-to-follow instructions to teach readers to animate
silly characters, build games to play with friends, create
cool sound effects and more. Projects include a personalized
birthday card; a “tunnel of doom” multiplayer game; and
dinosaur dance party animation with flashing lights, music
and dance moves.
The simple, logical steps
are fully illustrated with pixel art and build on the basics
of coding, so readers gain the skills to make their own
projects.
Curious Scientists
From the creators of “DK
findout!,” a free online resource for kids, comes a new book
series full of images, quizzes and cutting-edge information.
The new “DK findout! Series” helps kids become experts on
their favorite subjects -- from dinosaurs to space.
Readers can learn the
differences between atoms, molecules, mixtures and
compounds; find out how plants work; and see the water cycle
in action. Sure to inspire the next amazing science fair
project, the series is filled with bright photography and
quirky trivia. Readers can pull out special cover flaps for
extra information, and follow up with their own experiments.
Discover more at
dkfindout.com.
Engaged Explorers
Delve into the lives of
children around the world with the updated 20th anniversary
edition of “Children Just Like Me.” New photography, maps
and facts give insight into the homes, food, clothing,
schools, family life and hobbies of over 40 children
worldwide.
This comprehensive view of
international cultures highlights over 30 countries,
including Argentina, New Zealand, China and Israel. From
rural farms to busy cities to riverboats, see how children
are different and the same, no matter where they live.
Stimulate learning and
creative thinking with these hands-on STEM titles.
Courtesy StatePoint
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