lexi Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 I have been making a read aloud list. Every. single. book. on my list is fiction. It hit me that we don't read nonfiction books aloud! So, I want to round out my list. I'm looking for great nonfiction read alouds for history or science or biographies or whatever. The books are for young elementary aged kids (my kiddos are 7 and under). So, list your favorite nonfiction books!!! Or series..........Or authors......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma2Luke Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 In our morning basket, we're reading aloud from Steven Caney's Ultimate Building Book.. its pretty awesome as a read aloud... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Biographies, lots and lots of biographies hardcopy encyclopedias, lots and lots of articles about animals, foods, sports and everything we encounter during the day. newspapers magazines R&S Homelands Around the World Yesterday's Classics ebooks Heritage History ebooks Some of my students have really liked Bedell. It's very patriarchal and politically incorrect, :lol: but my KJV only ladies liked it when I used it. The Bible and other holy books. Books about the Bible and other holy books library books about animals and pirates. Why pirates? I don't know. :lol: Another student liked to be read to about diseases. Once you START reading non-fiction, it'll get easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 One Small Square books (science/nature) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 Anything else? Any not to miss biographies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I love non-fiction but don't have names off the top of my head. Let me come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 We read nonfiction aloud based mostly on what we're studying. We read a lot of longer chapter books aloud for fiction, but much less for nonfiction. Those are usually in 1-2 sittings. By read alouds, do you mean longer nonfiction books? We have only done a few of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 We just borrowed these math readers from the library and my 7 year old is reading out loud to us. Hello Readers Math http://www.scholastic.com/ups/booklists/51121af6e4b0177ede626305 Math Matters books http://www.kanepress.com/list-mm.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceNzanesmom Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 My ds loves this one. I'm not allowed to sell it he loves it so much. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Spam by leonhkbx reported. Direct copy of #6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma2Luke Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 What about Mathematicians are People Too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 You Wouldn't Want To ... series Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Coming back with some thoughts. Like others below, we don't read a lot of long chapter books, but we do read a lot of picture books on different science, history, or nature subjects. For example, we just read one on Rachel Carson. I have a huge stack of books from the library for this purpose - Moonshot, What Darwin Saw, Ant Cities, etc. If I find an author I like, then I order a lot more from them. I just find things by digging around on here, or by looking for recommendations on amazon based on a certain subject the kids are interested in. We do a lot of our science and history reading this way. I started this one yesterday: http://amazon.com/USKids-History-American-Indians-School/dp/0316222089/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369318417&sr=1-3&keywords=brown+paper+school+uskids+history We enjoy this series: http://amazon.com/Albert-Einstein-Relativity-Kids-Experiments/dp/161374028X/ref=sr_1_15?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369318457&sr=1-15&keywords=einstein This was a great one we read a while back: http://amazon.com/Hive-Detectives-Chronicle-Catastrophe-Scientists/dp/0547152310/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369318517&sr=1-3&keywords=disappearing+honey+bees You could also consider novels that are based on true stories - Owls in the Family is super funny! George's Secret Key to the Universe series (by Stephen Hawking). Books by David Macaulay. If You Lived Here: Houses of the World. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. True animal stories (we love them) like Tarra and Bella, biographies on Marie Curie and such. You could also look on good reads and search their LISTS for "best non-fiction children". Hope that gives you a few ideas :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I tend to think of read alouds as text with very few pictures. If we are talking about picture books, well... there is a world of great stuff. Castles and ant cities and baby animals and trains and machines and yucky stuff and... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I tend to think of read alouds as text with very few pictures. If we are talking about picture books, well... there is a world of great stuff. Castles and ant cities and baby animals and trains and machines and yucky stuff and... That's how I was thinking about it at first, but then I saw the ages of the OP's kids. For older kids, there are great choices like Bomb or Hitler's Youth and so on :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishMum Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 How about the Horrible History books? They are not classics or anything but we did them as a fun read aloud when my kids were young. They also have Horrible Geography, and Horrible Science. You can buy them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 The Storybook of Science (has a narrative frame, but lots of facts) Sassafras Science Adventures: Zoology (same as above) Kon-Tiki and I (Hesselberg) Basher science books Seymour Simon science books selections from the Childhood of Famous Americans series Welcome to _____'s World (based on the American Girl series - Kaya, Molly, Kirsten, Josefina, etc) Magic Treehouse Research Guides - they cover mostly natural science and history Marie Curie's Search for Radium Pasteur's Fight Against Microbes Marconi's Battle for Radio Crinkleroot's Nature Almanac books by Betsy Maestro (US history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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