Living Books Curriculum | CHARLOTTE MASON

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Science
Health Science

FOUNDATION YEAR | GRADE ONE | GRADE TWO | GRADES FOUR

The Living Books K-8 science curriculum is designed to prepare your child for high school level work and beyond. It is a structured adventure into basic science concepts. The science curriculum addresses four major strands: life, physical, earth, and health. Within the four major strands we touch on eleven themes: plants, animals, ecology, matter, energy, technology, the earth, weather, space, the human body, and well-being. We have chosen books which make each abstract concept in the curriculum clear and a pleasure to learn.

Foundation Year

	Fun With My 5 Senses: Activities to build learning readiness Sarah Williamson Williamson Pub. Co.; Paperback; 144 pp.
Kids squint, sniff, pat, cup their ears, and use their taste buds in activities and experiences that encourage them to explore their five senses. We chose this book because it uses active learning to enhance early learning skills such as color and shape identification, and fine and gross motor skills.
	$12.95

Grade One

	Growing Strong and Healthy J. Mace Andress Downloadable text. Provided free on the Grade One Resource CD.
This wonderful ten-unit study is a good to the basics of good health and is just right for the elementary years. It covers such topics as: What are growth helpers? What is a healthy breakfast? What happens to our food after we eat it? What is good posture? This book is provided free on the Grade One Resource CD for those who purchase either the Grade One Teaching Guide or the Grade One Complete curriculum package.
	$7.50 download
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Grade Two

	Dem Bones Bob Barner Chronicle Books; Hardcover; 32 pp.
Best Books for Children, 6th edition. The human skeleton and the names of the major bones of the body are introduced by using the words of the old song “Dem Dry Bones”. Colorful torn-paper collages bring to life this classic African American spiritual.
	$16.95
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	Eat Your Vegetables! Drink Your Milk! Dr. Alvin Silverstein Scholastic Library; Paperback; 48 pp.
This is a beginner’s guide to nutrition and the part played by foods in maintaining a healthy body.
	$6.95

Grades Four

Health studies for Grade Four are correlated with the Middle Ages (Matilda Bone, At the Sign of the Sugared Plum, and chapters from When Knights Were Bold) and involve a study of medicine and personal hygiene in the Middle Ages.

Grade Five

	Prudence and the Millers Mildred Martin AB Publishing; book and workbook
Join the Miller children as they learn the elements of health, safety and courtesy. Each chapter describes some new adventure of the children. The teaching on health is derived from a reading from Scripture and illustrates an aspect of prudent living. The workbook has a lesson for each chapter.
	$9.95 for both the book and workbook
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