As I mentioned, Noah, Lily and I are working through Sassafras Science: Zoology as their main science this semester. The teacher's guide has added recommendations for living books, and today we got from the library one about the rainforest, which is the section we are just starting. Our add-on book today was We're Roaming the Rainforest:
I always like when one of our choices catches Eden's attention as well (age 3). This one was a nice easy intro with a group of children walking through the rainforest and encountering a few animals and lyrical verse. Each 2-page spread had great color illustrations for the youngest crowd (preschool-ish age). It was probably a little young for Noah, but hey all of us love a good picture book now and again. The back few pages though had some nice further information about the animals depicted, the rainforest as a whole, a nice map with simple detail level and brief words about a couple native tribes in the region and conservation concerns. Those few pages were beyond Eden for sure but the right level for a simple intro to further topics for the others. A great add-on choice as an intro for a unit on the rainforest for a multiple age grouping including preschool and grade school kids.
Zach is serving morning mass this week. My other grumpies make it not as possible each day to attend, so we wait in the van some days (like today). We took along our Sassfras and read the rainforest book while waiting. Eden then enjoyed paging through again to look at the great illustrations.
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