Great Science Experiment Books

My best friend was a homeschool veteran by the time I finally decided to homeschool. When I went to her to discuss science options for my then 3rd grader, she handed me a stack of Janice Van Cleave science experiment books and said “Just have fun!” That was the best homeschool advice I have received yet.

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We spend third grade doing all kinds of experiments, wondering why they turned out like they did and then doing the text book research from there. It was lots of fun. Those experiments created a love and understanding of what science really is.

We still use Janice Van Cleave books. She has such a variety of books to choose from. We have a few at home and our library carries more. Sometimes, the experiments go with what we are studying at the time. Other times, we do experiments just for fun.

Most of the experiments in Janice Van Cleave’s experiment books use basic materials you probably have at home right now. The instructions are so simple the kids can do a lot of them on their own.

Grab a Janice Van Cleave book for yourself and have fun with it!

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