Non-fiction books inspiring children to explore their natural curiosity and passion for learning. The real world is more amazing than anything you can make up!
Non-fiction books inspiring children to explore their natural curiosity and passion for learning. The real world is more amazing than anything you can make up!
Colouring sheets taken from Explorer Bugs, an amazing new series developed in partnership with the Natural History Museum.
Children can deepen their bug knowledge when colouring in these educational sheets.
Included are pictures of an edible spider, European honeybee and silkworm.
Activity sheets about the future and technology from Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia.
This encyclopedia takes you on a journey from the beginning of time to the present day and even into the future! It explores a wide range of topics and is divided into eight chapters by subject: Universe, Earth, Matter, Life, Humans, Ancient & Medieval Times, Modern Times and Today & Tomorrow.
In this activity pack, children can answer questions about technology and the future of the world. Examples include what was the first .com website registered, which was the world’s first full-colour daily newspaper and which is the most crowded city in the world.
They can search for words including; billionaire, endangered, inequality, internet, media and robot.
Colouring sheet all about plants, taken from Explorer Plants, a book developed in partnership with the Natural History Museum.
It introduces children to over 100 plants.
In the colouring sheets, children can cement their knowledge about plants as they colour in images of barley, grape vines, hemp and hemlock.
The Good Germ Hotel - Meet Your Body’s Marvellous Microbes is a book about the bacteria super heroes that live inside your body. These amazing microbes fight viruses, digest food and keep us humans healthy and happy.
The colouring sheets will show children that some germs are necessary for good health.
Ancient & Medieval History activities, including a quiz, crossword and wordsearch taken from Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia.
This encyclopedia takes you on a journey from the beginning of time to the present day and even into the future! It explores a wide range of topics and is divided into eight chapters by subject: Universe, Earth, Matter, Life, Humans, Ancient & Medieval Times, Modern Times and Today & Tomorrow.
Children can answer questions about the Akkadian Empire, Stonehenge and The Roman Empire. Ancient Gods, castle and pyramid are some of the words they can search for.
Modern history activities from Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia.
This encyclopedia takes you on a journey from the beginning of time to the present day and even into the future! It explores a wide range of topics and is divided into eight chapters by subject: Universe, Earth, Matter, Life, Humans, Ancient & Medieval Times, Modern Times and Today & Tomorrow.
The activity pack consists of a quiz, wordsearch and crossword and children can answer questions about European explorers, famous ships and Mughal emperors. They can also seach for words including abolition, war, communism and apartheid.
Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia - What We Know & What We Don’t.
The encyclopedia takes you on a journey from the beginning of time to the present day and even into the future! It explores a wide range of topics and is divided into eight chapters by subject: Universe, Earth, Matter, Life, Humans, Ancient & Medieval Times, Modern Times and Today & Tomorrow.
In this pack children can answer simple questions about space and universe, fill in a crossword and do a wordsearch.
The book is a witty guide to Pluto’s discovery and demotion, which puts kids in charge.
In this activity children can write their own postcard from Pluto.
5-Minute Really True Stories for Bedtime features 30 stories about frozen frogs, King Tut’s beds, the world’s biggest sleepover and the phases of the moon.
This simple maze is ideal for younger children and they will help the groundhog navigate her way to the top of the earth after a long hibernation.
Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia takes you on a journey from the beginning of time to the present day and even into the future! It explores a wide range of topics and is divided into eight chapters by subject: Universe, Earth, Matter, Life, Humans, Ancient & Medieval Times, Modern Times and Today & Tomorrow.
These resources are based around planet earth and include a quiz, wordsearch and crossword.
Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia takes you on a journey from the beginning of time to the present day and even into the future! It explores a wide range of topics and is divided into eight chapters by subject: Universe, Earth, Matter, Life, Humans, Ancient & Medieval Times, Modern Times and Today & Tomorrow.
The resources include a quiz about simple scientific concepts, a wordsearch and crossword.
Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia takes you on a journey from the beginning of time to the present day and even into the future! It explores a wide range of topics and is divided into eight chapters by subject: Universe, Earth, Matter, Life, Humans, Ancient & Medieval Times, Modern Times and Today & Tomorrow.
These activities focus on humans and children can answer a quiz about humans and do a crossword and wordsearch.
Perfect for KS2 children.
Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia takes you on a journey from the beginning of time to the present day and even into the future! It explores a wide range of topics and is divided into eight chapters by subject: Universe, Earth, Matter, Life, Humans, Ancient & Medieval Times, Modern Times and Today & Tomorrow.
This resource focuses on nature and animals and includes a quiz, crossword and wordsearch.
FACTopia! - Follow the Trail of 400 Facts introduces children to crazily connected facts.
Did you know that a squid has a brain shaped like a doughnut? Or that some butterflies drink turtle tears? Every Britannica-verified fact in the book is connected to the next in an ingenious trail of information. Hop from topic to topic in unexpected and hilarious ways, and discover extraordinary facts about space, bones, dinosaurs, goats, spiders, crocodiles, sharks, robots, Ancient Rome, kings and queens, pharaohs, and more. But there’s not just one trail through these pages: sometimes your path branches and you can choose to jump to a totally different (but still connected) part of the book. Discover where your curiosity will take you! This wittily illustrated book is the perfect gift to inspire and delight curious kids.
In the activity sheet, children will see how different facts link in the most interesting of ways.
How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto: The cutting-edge space science of the solar system is a witty guide to Pluto’s discovery and demotion, which puts kids in charge.
In this quiz, children - or their grown up - can answer simple questions about Pluto to see how much they know.
Questions include how many Plutos could you fit inside earth and what colour is Pluto’s sky?
How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto - The cutting-edge space science of the solar system is a witty guide to Pluto’s discovery and demotion, which puts kids in charge.
In this activity, children can colour the moon and solar system which will help to deepen their knowledge about the planets.
In 5-Minute Really True Stories for Family Time, children can read about baby dinosaurs, helpful dogs, playground science, family reunions, a world of birthdays, and so much more.
This activity is a crossword and children can answer simple questions about breakfast, weddings and birthdays.
Activity sheet where children aged 8 to 11 (KS2) can fill in some hilarious historical facts to complete a puzzle. The words are all used twice and are included at the bottom of the page to make things a little easier.
In this blast-from-the-past adventure you’ll discover hundreds of the most mind-blowing facts from history. Hidden tombs, ghostly ships, boiled vipers, samurai warriors, snow machines, pet lions, hidden pyramids, secret codes, flaming fireballs, wooden swimsuits, sparkling jewels and many more are all woven together in this ingenious web of connected facts.
And there isn’t just one trail through these facts. Sometimes your path branches, and you can choose to fast forward or rewind to a completely different (but still connected) part of history. Where will your curiosity take you?
It’s Up to Us is based on the Terra Carta, a roadmap to sustainability issued by His Majesty King Charles III and his Sustainable Markets Initiative. The story explains in lyrical text how Nature operates in a world without humans. It then shows the damaging impact People have had on the Planet. It finishes by proposing a series of new pledges that we can all make – a Terra Carta – to help solve the problems. The beautiful poster includes the pledges.
Children can colour in these sheets taken from the book Marvellous Machines, where they can learn about the inner workings of many different types of machines.