Smart-Opedia: The Amazing Book About Everything covers history, health, science, the arts, and today's world all in one book.
Parents, teachers, and homeschoolers are always searching for books that will give their children a learning edge. Smart-Opedia: The Amazing Book About Everything, translated from French by Eve Drobot, (Maple Tree Press, ISBN-10: 1-897349-09-2) helps children, ages 8 to 12, get a basic understanding of the common subjects covered in the public school curriculum and is a wonderful educational guideline for homeschooling parents.
Subjects Covered
Smart-Opedia begins by showing children just how amazing our world and solar system really are. Kids will get a look at our solar system, our moon, and our planet. They’ll also learn how Earth gets its seasons, days and nights, and why we have weather.
In “Live It Up!” children will take a look at trees, plants, and animals. They’ll learn that plants are divided into four main groups: mushrooms, algae, ferns, and moss. Children will also follow the life cycle of trees and how plants protect themselves from predators. There’s also interesting insight into how animals communicate and how different animals raise their young.
“The Human Body” is an awesome chapter providing facts about bones, digestion, breathing, and the five senses. The chapter ends with a look at how babies gestate and are born, as well as life’s growth stages.
The history section seems to cover everything, from prehistoric times to World War II. Each culture and period of history is accompanied with a timeline of events. For example, the timeline for ancient Rome begins with when Rome was founded in 753 B.C.E. to the end of the Roman Empire in 476.
The next section covers social studies and geography. Here, kids will get a glimpse of some of the world’s more popularly accepted religions, such as Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Hinduism. They will also examine different continents and activities and customs associated with each geographic location. The section ends with a look at human rights and pollution.
“The Arts” covers writing, movie making, sculpture, painting, music, dance, and architecture. There’s a timeline on music that shows how much music has changed over a thousand years and a cool look inside the circus.
The final section covers technology and inventions. The timeline for this section shows when certain life changing inventions were made, starting with the wheel and ending with the ever-popular Gameboy.
A Learning Experience
Smart-Opedia is one of those rare books that a child can pick up, open to any page, and learn something. Each page is filled with illustrations and tidbit facts that will attract a young reader’s interest and open up a new world where facts are exciting.
