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The Usborne Book of Science Activities, Vol. 3

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This lively, exciting book responds to the growing emphasis on scientific exploration for young children. Its appealing activities are cleverly designed to help children investigate the fascinating scientific fields of electricity, the weather and their own bodies. Readers can find out how their voices work, how to make a flashing lighthouse and how to use wind power. All the activities are safe and easy to carry out, using ordinary household things and easily available equipment.

The text and illustrations are simple and clear, so children can carry out the experiments themselves and understand the results. Extra notes give more detailed scientific explanations for adults who wish to work with their children.

The Usborne Book of Science Activities, Vol. 3 This is a FANTASTIC hands-on science experiments book for kids! Highly recommend! We have all three volumes in this set. My daughters love these experiments (Kindergarten and Third grade) and as another reviewer perfectly put it: "We have really enjoyed the hands-on aspect and the easy-to-understand format of these science lessons. Each book has three separate topics that are explored in depth with experiments and activities using common household items. The concepts taught are quite sophisticated considering the fun and easy format. Kids are taught real science principles that can be applied to real life situations, but it is done in a way that is non-threatening and keeps their interest. A few of the experiments didn't work as planned but for the most part they came out fine."

We are using this book as part of our Sonlight Science home school curriculum, but I think anyone would love to do these experiments with their kids any time. :-) They are not only easy to do... but they also explain what / why the experiments work, which is nice. :-) Again, highly recommend any of the three books in this series!