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Teaching Kindergarten Science with Living Books






Living and Non-Living Things
What's Alive?
If You Find A Rock

Earth & Space Science:
The Solar System - Usborne
Planet Earth - Usborne

Weather & Seasonal Changes:
Weather - Usborne
Animals in Winter - Let's Read and Find Out Science
Clouds - Let's Read and Find Out Science
Snow is Falling - Let's Read and Find Out Science
The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice Provensen
Waiting Out The Storm - by Joann Macken

Botany:
How Flowers Grow - Usborne
(or How A Seed Grows - Let's Read and Find Out Science)
From Seed to Pumpkin - Let's Read and Find Out Science
Tree's - Usborne
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
Compost Stew - Marry Siddals
A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds

Animals, Biomes & Habitats:
Under the Sea - Usborne
Starfish - Let's Read and Find Out Science
Ducks Don't Get Wet - Let's Read and Find Out Science
One Little Square: Pond by Donald Silver
One Little Square: Backyard by Donald Silver
Where Are The Night Animals? - Let's Read and Find Out Science
A Nest Full of Eggs - Let's Read and Find Out Science
Animals Animals by Eric Carle
Dogs - Usborne
Horses and Ponies - Usborne
Cats - Usborne
Penguins - Usborne
Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle
Dolphins by Seymour Simon
Secret Seahorse by Stella Blackstone
Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Jan Peck
Where Do I Sleep? A Pacific Northwest Lullaby by Jennifer Blomgren
Why Do I Sing? Animal Songs of the Pacific Northwest by Jennifer Blomgren
Where Would I Be in An Evergreen Tree? by Jennifer Blomgren
Hello Ocean by Pam Ryan
What lives in a shell? Let's Read and Find Out Science
The Seashore Book By Charlotte Zolotow
Over in the Ocean: In A Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes
Beach Day by Karen Roosa
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown
Somewhere in the Ocean by Jennifer Ward
The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson
Humphrey the Lost Whale by Wendy Tokuda
Whales Passing by Eve Bunting

Life Cycles:
Caterpillars and Butterflies - Usborne
Eggs and Chicks - Usborne
Tadpoles and Frogs - Usborne
(or From Tadpole to Frog - Let's Read and Find Out Science)
An Earthworms Life by John Himmelman


The Five Senses & The Human Body:
My Hands - Let's Read and Find Out Science
My Feet - Let's Read and Find Out Science
How Many Teeth? - Let's Read and Find Out Science
Sounds All Around - Let's Read and Find Out Science
Sleep is for Everyone - Let's Read and Find Out Science
My Five Senses - Let's Read and Find Out Science
The Usborne Flip-Flap Body Book - Usborne

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Recommended videos & activities that go nicely with the books:


Living and Non-Living Things
Watch Classic Sesame Street - Ernie Dresses A Snowman
Watch Sesame Street - Is it Alive?
Do Living & Non-Living Print and Play Pack

Earth & Space Science:
Watch Solar System Lesson for Kids | Learn about Planets, Stars, Galaxy
Watch  Introduction to Earth Science
Watch  Introduction to Our Solar System
Do Solar System Fun Pack

Weather & Seasonal Changes:
Watch  Sesame Street: Grover Weather Monster
Watch  Peep and the Big Wide World: Stormy Weather
Watch  Sesame Street: The Weather Show
Watch  Let's Learn About the Four Seasons - for kids
Watch  Learn all about the four seasons
Watch  A Book of Seasons
Do Day and Night Sky Venn Diagram Picture Sort
Do Weather for Little Learners Pack
Do Weather Flash Cards and Chart
Do Animals in Winter Freebie Printable Response Worksheet


Botany:
Watch  That's How a Pumpkin Grows - music video for kids
Watch  Time Lapse Radish Seeds Sprouting Tops and Roots Growing
Do Plants & Spring - A Gardening We Will Grow - Math, Literacy, and more! Pack

Animals, Biomes & Habitats:
Watch Introduction to Biomes
Watch  The Amazing Water World of Marine Animals
Do Ocean Animals Math and Literacy Fun
Watch Fish Friendly (Animal Atlas)

Do Animals in the Pond: Facts, Habitat, Mini Book + Pack

Watch Big Cats, Wild Cats, Kitty Cats
Watch  Dog Days (Animal Atlas)
Watch  Happy Cat (Animal Atlas)
Watch  The Horse, Of Course (Animal Atlas)
Watch  Feathered Friends (Animal Atlas)


Watch  Zoo Stories: Night Animals
Watch  Zoo Stories: Backyard Animals
Watch  Zoo Stories: Safari Animals
Watch  Zoo Stories: Jungle Animals
Watch  Zoo Stories: Farm Animals
Watch  Zoo Stories: Ocean Animals

The Five Senses & The Human Body:
Watch  Learn all about the Five Senses