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Review In A Nutshell:
Titles: Math Wizardry for Kids and Science Wizardry for Kids
Price: $15.95 US each Overall Rating (1-10): 9 Value (1-10): 9 Flexibility (1-10): 10 Ages/Grades: Ages 9-12 Review: I stumbled upon this Wizardry for Kids series of books put out by Barron's and just had to check them out. I started with the math and science versions since so many kids seem to particularly need some wizardry when it comes to math and science! I am always looking for new ways to make math fun and I am, personally, science-challenged so I was eager to check out the science book. The first thing I noticed about this series is it comes spiral-bound. I *love* that. The books are all written *for* children. They are not adult teaching manuals. They could be read directly by a child or read by a parent to a child. Overall, these books are really great! They are reasonably priced for a huge number of problems, activities and experiments. There is a section in each book that is for parents with helpful hints and ideas for making science and math fun and enjoyable (really!). There is also a glossary of terms (very helpful for the new scientist or budding mathematician) and index in both books. I really love the flexibility of being able to jump around in both books without feeling like we must go "in order". Individually, the books are very different, of course. The science book is filled with hands-on experiments that cover many areas of scientific study. In each area of study, there are several experiments and activities outlined with full directions and kid-sized explanations that live out different theories and help kids arrive at their own scientific conclusions. As someone who enjoys a good hands-on experiment but is extremely lacking in the idea department, this book will be my new science bible! I absolutely adore the ideas and feel they very thoroughly cover most areas of science for the ages they are aimed at. Likewise, all of my younger kids learned so much from the experiments and could fully participate and appreciate, despite its aim at older kids. I really appreciated this because, up until this point, all the other hands-on science books seemed geared at younger children. I enjoyed (and it's safe to say my kids did, too) the advanced theories and experiments. They weren't too difficult or overwhelming but they did the job. Go To Page: 1 2
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