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Human Body Learning Lab

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I was not able to get to this book when it was approved. I have since purchased it and love it! I was homeschooling my older boys and this was an incredible addition to my anatomy section. Filled with such information in a way that younger children can digest, this is perfect for those looking to home school or even parents like my current self that simply look to supplement traditional teachings.

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Human Body Learning Lab is a book that parents will not just read to their kids but an adventure they can explore with their kids.

Dr. Choi has produced an easy-to-understand, biologically accurate, visually appealing guide to the human body. From the colorful table of contents to the ending invitation to Learn More at the website, Dr. Choi covers the human body from head to toe, and from inside out.

The Learning Lab explains in text and colorful, detailed, clearly labeled drawings the structure and function of the body’s organ systems. The author also explains genetics, DNA, the five senses, and the immune system.

A special offering in this book is the hands-on activities that help kids understand what they’ve read. Using two plastic bottles and flexible straws, a funnel, and an assortment of craft supplies, kids can make a model illustrating the kidneys. In a two-child activity, working together, they learn how to identify unknown foods by taste and smell. Multiple others are available and are equally clever, educational, and fun.

Although this is a “children’s” book, adults can enjoy it too. Even if you don’t have kids to read it with. If you are an adult who is clueless about the inner workings of the body, go ahead and read it by yourself. It is fun, and you may just learn something.

Dr. Choi is a pediatrician, a mom, and founder of Human Body Learning and Chalk Academy. Parents can thank Dr. Choi for using her professional and personal background to offer a unique valuable resource for their children.

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Nice anatomy book for kids, including some activities. My 6-year-old was interested and enjoyed it.

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A huge Thank You to The author, The publisher and NetGalley for providing the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.
I absolutely loved it!

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#nonfictionnovember - and we are putting a spotlight on the Human Body Learning Lab. This book is a great tool for learning, activities and and fun. The book teaches about all the systems of the body, giving lots of detail and full of excellent illustrations. It also has lots of activities inside, detailed with how to do them, and how they either show you how the system works, how to test it or fun ways to see the system work. The activities are easy to do and often use only household items, making them easy to put together after school or on short notice. Honestly, we absolutely love this book and adore the science information it shares.

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#nonfictionnovember - and we are putting a spotlight on the Human Body Learning Lab. This book is a great tool for learning, activities and and fun. The book teaches about all the systems of the body, giving lots of detail and full of excellent illustrations. It also has lots of activities inside, detailed with how to do them, and how they either show you how the system works, how to test it or fun ways to see the system work. The activities are easy to do and often use only household items, making them easy to put together after school or on short notice. Honestly, we absolutely love this book and adore the science information it shares.

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A great introduction to the human body for elementary age children. There is some advanced information included (eg cell structure with ER and microtubules) but also with alot of interesting hands-on activities that I can imagine the younger siblings would join in too! My favourite part is the "Checkup with Dr Choi" feature where Dr Choi tells the readers how to take care of their bodies. Dr Choi, being a PD, has also included sections on common issues like Asthma, Myopia, Bone Fractures that would help answer children's questions about their health. Would definitely get a hard copy for my homeschool library so that my children get to browse through the many great illustrations and diagrams!

I have received an advance electronic copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

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This was a fun introduction to body science. I liked the diversity of the book and building the models was fun. I tried to build them with a 6-year-old but they required a fair amount of help. I'm sure a 9-year-old would already be more capable of making the models independently. But this way we spend more time together and were able to name things along the way. The pictures were just simple enough to understand on a manageable level but not too abstract to be inaccurate. Overall, a great book to learn about human biology together.

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I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

Human body Learning Lab is a great book to share with children to learn about the human body. This book is jam packed full of interesting information, facts and fun experiments to carry out. I loved the diversity of this book and found it covered all bodily parts and functions in a fun and interesting way. Children love learning about how their body works and this book certainly won't disappoint. I can't wait to try out all the experiments in this book nor only with my class bit with my own child too. Science is such a fun topic in school and this is a great, interesting book to get children interested and aware of their body and how unique and important it is.
Definitely a book to get for a classroom or even at home for fun!

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The Human Body Learning Lab Is a great way for elementary school aged children to learn biology with hands on lessons and activities.

I received an advance electronic copy in exchange for an honest review. I think this book must be beautiful in print but the advanced electronic copy was hard to follow in places and so my first grader lost interest quickly.

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This book has a lot of good information, photos, illustrations, and hands on activities to learn about the human body. It would go great with a human body unit study. We added it to our human body unit study from our homeschool curriculum.

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Absolutely loved this book.

We homeschool, my kids are elementary /primary age and this book makes a great addition to our science library.

It incorporates busy activites with learning. The equipment needed is what most of us have in our cupboards.

Great pictures and words. Highly recommend.

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2.5 Stars... This book feels very unfinished. It also seems all over the place as far its audience. What age is this book targeting? As someone who has taught school to kids ages 4 to 11, I had to wonder. The language seems geared more towards older kids, the art to younger kids, the experiments to kids around grades 2-3. In addition, it addresses topics, such as puberty, that are not taught to the young ones. Senses, yes. Parts of the body, yes. Systems, DNA, reproduction, not until they are older. The computer-rendered illustrations are also quite amateurish. I respect the intent of the book, but who is it for? Kids and their parents? Or teachers and their students? I think it is trying to do too much within one volume.

Thank you to NetGalley and Storey Publishing for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

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