Health and the Physical Body

Two full-color, interactive books included in the optional Health and the Physical Body Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Health and the Physical Body study.

Have you ever caught a cold and wondered what it is, where it came from, how to treat it, and where it goes after you feel better? Learn the answers to these and many more questions in The Story of a Cold. Follow a Finnish girl named Ada who learns firsthand the science behind catching a cold when she herself becomes sick. (32 pages, full-color, 11″x8.5″)

50 Amazing Facts About Bones is a comprehensive book about bone anatomy and physiology. Full of illustrations, diagrams, sketches, and X-ray images, this book is thorough enough to engage a curious first-time bone explorer and enrich a student’s current skeletal study. (29 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 in grades K–8. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.

Sometimes the impact a person has on the world isn’t seen for years to come, and that was the case with Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Though faced with discrimination and financial hardship, Dr. Williams pursued a degree to help provide quality medical care for African American people. In July 1893, Doctor Dan’s life changed forever as he found himself facing an enormous decision, one that could end his career and ruin his reputation forever but might just save the life of his ailing patient.

This book is suggested to accompany our Health and the Physical Body science unit as extra reading for students in Grades 7–8.

50 Amazing Facts About Bones is a comprehensive text about bone anatomy and physiology. Full of illustrations, diagrams, sketches, and X-ray images, this book is thorough enough to engage a curious first-time bone explorer and enrich a student’s current skeletal study. Learn all about bone basics, growth, structure, movement, composition, and healing as you take a look at the incredible human skeleton.

29 pages, full-color, 11″x8.5″

This book is an optional read-aloud book for our Health and the Physical Body Science Unit and is included in the optional Read Aloud Book Pack which is suggested to accompany that unit.

Have you ever caught a cold and wondered what it is, where it came from, how to treat it, and where it goes after you feel better? Learn the answers to these and many more questions in this book about a Finnish girl named Ada, who learns firsthand the science behind catching and treating a cold when she herself becomes sick.

32 pages, full-color, 11″x8.5″

This book is an optional read-aloud book for our Health and the Physical Body 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 Physical Body science course. Hands-on activities, vocabulary words, access to captivating videos, vocabulary words, 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.

• PDF for self-printing
• 103 pages
• Full-color

A Student Journal for each child is also needed to complete this course.

PDF for self-printing

Each student grades 7–8 needs their own copy of the Health and the Physical Body 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
• 64 pages
• Full-color

PDF for self-printing

Each student grades 3–6 needs their own copy of the Health and the Physical Body 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
• 32 pages
• Full-color