Category: Health and the Human Mind
Two full-color, interactive books in the optional Health and the Human Mind Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Health and the Human Mind study.
How do we recognize faces we’ve seen before or remember what we wore yesterday? The Amazing Thing Called Memory by Kelley Williams answers these questions and more as it explores brain function anatomy, fascinating facts, and case studies of individuals with memory challenges. (32 pages, full color, 10″x7″)
Perfectionism, overthinking, low self-esteem, and pressure to please others—Tilly experiences all these thoughts during her first day at choir camp. She wonders if she should even go to camp at all. However, with the help of her mom, Tilly decides to make some goals so she can work through the stress she’s experiencing. It’s hard at first, but Tilly learns just how powerful her mind can be in A Penny for Your Thoughts by Tyler Mattson. (36 pages, full-color, 11″x8.5″)
These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful Library and are designed to appeal to children of many ages. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.
By The Good and the Beautiful Team
Addiction to substances and certain activities can have serious and devastating effects on a person’s life. Through 36 commonly asked questions and easy-to-understand, scientific explanations, The Addiction Questions & Answers Book teaches children and teenagers to recognize these addictive substances and activities, understand the physical and mental health dangers of using or engaging in them, and honor themselves as God’s divine creations by keeping their bodies free from addictions and substance abuse.
- 47 pages
- Full-color illustrations
- Paperback, perfect binding, 8.5″x5.5″
The Addiction Questions & Answers Book is recommended to accompany our Health and the Human Mind Science unit and expand learning for students in grades 7-8.
How do we recognize faces we’ve seen before or remember what we wore yesterday? The Amazing Thing Called Memory answers these questions and more as it explores brain function anatomy, fascinating facts, and case studies of individuals with memory challenges.
- 32 pages
- Full-color illustrations
- Paperback, perfect binding, 10″x7″
This book is an optional read-aloud book for our Health and the Human Mind Science Unit and is included in the optional Read Aloud Book Pack which is suggested to accompany that unit.
Perfectionism, overthinking, low self-esteem, and pressure to please others—Tilly experiences all these thoughts during her first day at choir camp. She wonders if she should even go to camp at all. However, with the help of her mom, Tilly decides to make some goals so she can work through the stress she’s experiencing. It’s hard at first, but Tilly learns just how powerful her mind can be.
- 36 pages
- Full-color illustrations
- Paperback, perfect binding, 11″x8.5″
This book is an optional read-aloud book for our Health and the Human Mind Science Unit and is included in the optional Read Aloud Book Pack which is suggested to accompany that unit.
PDF for self-printing
The full-color Course Book guides the parent through each lesson in the Health and the Human Mind science course. Hands-on activities, vocabulary words, access to captivating videos, mini books, beautiful illustrations and images, along with engaging information is found throughout the course. Once you gather any simple lesson supplies, the lessons are open-and-go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together! This course is taught family-style and only one Course Book is needed per family.
A Student Journal for each child is also needed to complete this course
Examine the unique way God created our brain and senses in this one-of-a-kind science unit. Engaging, hands-on lessons, awe-inspiring videos, and interactive student journals keep your young scientists active and involved in the learning process.
The full-color Course Book guides the parent through each lesson in the 88-page Health and the Human Mind science course. Hands-on activities, engaging videos, vocabulary words, beautiful illustrations and images, along with engaging information is found throughout the course. Once you gather any simple lesson supplies, the lessons are open-and-go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together! This course is taught family-style and only one Course Book is needed per family.
- 88 pages
- Full-color
- 12 lessons
- Wire binding; 8.5″x11″
Lesson 1: The Human Mind and Nervous System
Lesson 2: The Brain
Lesson 3: Eyes and Vision
Lesson 4: Ears and Hearing
Lesson 5: Mouth and Taste
Lesson 6: Smell and the Nose
Lesson 7: The Brain Stem
Lesson 8: Memory and Emotions
Lesson 9: Social Health
Lesson 10: Emotional Health
Lesson 11: Connecting with Nature
Lesson 12: Healthy Habits
A Student Journal for each child is also needed to complete this course. Purchase on the Health and the Human Mind Course Set page.
PDF for self-printing
Each student grades 3–6 needs their own copy of the Health and the Human Mind Student Journal which includes interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the Course Book will direct the student regarding when to complete the Student Journal activities.
- PDF for self-printing
- 33 pages
- Full-color
PDF for self-printing
Each student grades 7–8 needs their own copy of the Health and the Human Mind Student Journal which includes interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the Course Book will direct the student regarding when to complete the Student Journal activities. The grades 7–8 journal also includes a student-directed Lesson Extension for each lesson. These allow your older students to dive deeper into the lesson concepts.
- PDF for self printing
- 60 pages
- Full color
Each student grades 3–6 needs his or her own copy of the 33-page Health and the Human Mind Student Journal which includes interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the Course Book will direct the student regarding when to complete the Student Journal activities.
- 33 pages
- Full-color
- Saddle-stitch binding; three hole punched; perforated; 8.5″x11″
Each student grades 7–8 needs his or her own copy of the 60-page Health and the Human Mind Student Journal which includes interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the Course Book will direct the student regarding when to complete the Student Journal activities. The grades 7–8 journal also includes a student-directed Lesson Extension for each lesson. These allow your older students to dive deeper into the lesson concepts.
- 60 pages
- Full-color
- Saddle-stitch binding; three hole punched; perforated; 8.5″x11″