Your Skin and Mine: A Nonfiction Picture Book About Body Science for Kids (Ages 4-8) (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

I bought three copies of this book for science and health (3rd grade) and my students love it. The book is user friendly, features different looking children and provides answers to basic questions students have about the function of skin.

My five year old is intrigued by this book. Although the book suggests using a magnifying glass to do so, the observations it asks the reader to make can largely be done by the eye. I read it to him at night and, lying in bed, he and I look at our own skins and spot the similarities and differences in a gentle game of observation. It encourages the act of looking at the familiar with a new and curious eye. And the information it gives is solid and uncondescending.

My two girls loved this book. My 4-year-old really enjoyed looking at her skin under the magnifying glass.

This book is good for an introduction into hygiene. The lesson on skin gives a good foundation on the body's defense of germs. Used correctly, students will be able to see how hygiene fits into the infection control equation, whether at home, school or play. When they know that the body is better when their defense is high, they can continually act responsibly to have better health. This book is best when paired with a hygiene lesson or other infection control activity (environmental cleaning, hand washing, etc.). OUTFOX OUTFOXprevention.com