So You Want To Build A Human? Review and Competition
I was very pleased with our latest book to review from Welbeck Publishing. I am quite fortunate that my boys enjoy reading and educational titles like, So You Want To Build A Human? Are a real asset when home-schooling.
This is such an interesting human biology book. It includes some fascinating world records. Also despite being fairly in depth the layout and colourful illustrations make it an accessible read for most children. I had been relying on online sites to help with the boys learning and I was beginning to worry they were spending too much time on screens. It is worthwhile stocking up on books like this to support your child’s learning.
Handy Science Resource
We have been ticking off lots of Mathematics and English each day, but their science knowledge had been lacking. Luckily So You Want To Build A Human? filled that gap rather nicely. I feel like the boys will be better prepared for when they go back to school now.
The book explains how each part of the body works together, breaking it down into ten major body systems. Each page has a section with key information so you can quickly grasp the fundamentals for that particular body system. We learnt lots of new things, like the burning we felt after our Joe Wicks workout was because our muscles were working so hard a chemical called lactic acid had built up and attacked our muscles! The ache we felt the day afterwards was our muscles trying to fix themselves again!
“A sneeze forces air out of the hose at a speed of about 160km per hour – that’s faster than a cheetah can run!” and “the tongue has 5,000 taste buds”. Reading the book, you soon realize just how incredible the human body is.
The pee chart lets you know when you need to drink more. I had to stop writing briefly to re-hydrate. I made a point of drawing the boys attention to this as they only seem to develop a thirst at bedtime!!!
The included gigantic poster is a great way to recap the location of the organs. I think its nice to put educational posters up to make your own classroom. Children can with a quick glance refresh their knowledge.
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Oo this sounds so good! We have been looking at different topics a week during home learning and last week was the Human Body. It really sparked a lot of interest from my eldest daughter, so I think I need to look into getting this book 🙂
I love these sorts of educational yet fun books. I have a medical history so these are just what I would get for my kids to help encourage them to learn about the human body. Sounds like it includes some interesting facts.
Wow my son Noah would love this. It would help so much with our biology lessons 💙
This book looks really excellent – and it’s good that it covers topics you can apply to their lives at the moment (like lactic acid/exercise). Thank you for the write up.
This looks like a fascinating book and perfect for home-schooling during the UK lockdown – going to put it on my list and it will also help with my reading!
Jack is obsessed with the human body so he’d definitely be interested in the book – it looks absolutely fascinating.
My son would absolutley love this, we are ,making a heart at the moment
I used to love this sort of thing when I was younger. Haven’t heard of this one but it sounds very interesting
My children love fact and science themed book such as this as they enjoy learning about the human body and how each part works.
How cool does this look! What an amazing way to find out all about the human body and what makes it up.
This is really cool! Will definitely get my nephew one when he is older. So educational yet fun. What age does it say on the book
Great for home schooling lessons! I admit to being a rubbish teacher, anything like this will aid my childrens learning! (and teach me!!)
Ohh this is such a brilliant game for youngsters! Love that its teaching about science and things that is interesting about the body x
Great insight to the human body for our children and even we parents could still learn something new 👍