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Moon (Jump Into Science)

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This book is perfect for explaining the moon to your child. The illustrations and diagrams are clear and fun. My 6yr old loves this book AND the craft at the end of the book ~ making your own moon craters using flour, pebbles, etc. This science series is a must for any child's library. I'm eager to delve into the others for him!

I used this book when teaching a unit on the moon. I read through about 15 books and my children and I picked this one as our favorite. This has fun illustrations that appeal to young children, but it includes lots of factual information so the children will learn a lot while you read. It is all-emcompasing in regards to what is typically studied about the moon in elementary school.

Ages 4-8, 32 p. To pick a book to read to a class of 1-2 graders about the MOON, we landed on this awesome Jump Into Science book from National Geographic where a cat and his firefly pal take kids for a moon walk and unlock some secrets about our companion in space that earth "can't go anywhere without it." Kids get answers on why does the moon seem to change shape, what is the moon made of and learn brief history and concepts about it from Galileo Galilei's first telescope in 1609, Apollo II's footsteps that remain till today in 1969 to the many scientific names related to the moon such as craters, meteorites, "seas" as well as the moon's orbiting and sizes in relations to the earth and the sun. The book concludes with a project "Making Craters" that kids will have great success and fun doing it. The interior pages are attractively designed with astronomical borders that engage young readers' interest in learning. On the page where the cat actually measures the earth and the sun with a ruler had brought forth some laughter. This book is perfect for little Moon Watchers to discover more fascinating topics about their favorite object in the night sky.