Books for Children

 

     For two years, Faith Brynie served as "Scientist in Residence" for the US schools in England, Scotland, and Belgium. "It was the best job I ever had (except as a writer, of course)," she says. Adapting the "Artist in Residence" model, she spent time periods ranging from six weeks to three months in each of eight elementary and middle schools. "My job description was simple: help the schools improve their science programs." That single-sentence mission gave Brynie and the teachers and students she served an opportunity to get creative. And get creative they did. They did everything from inventing experiments with yeast to setting up guided nature trails.

 

      Later Brynie was able to incorporate some of the best hands-on experiments she designed during her residencies into her two "six-minute" books. "The experiments take longer than six minutes," she explains, "but in six minutes a child can get into an experiment and get an idea of its objective. My hope is that the first six minutes with the inquiry will lead to six hours of fun and learning for a child."

 

    

 

There are two titles in the "six-minute" series: Six-Minute Science Experiments and Six-Minute Nature Experiments.

 

 

Faith Brynie proudly authors the activity guide for kids and parents that accompanies The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids. See it here.

 

 

Newest Titles:

 

The I Like Reading About Animals! Series:

Six books for early readers

from Enslow Publishers.