Hearing

by Rebecca Rissman

Books in this series introduce readers to the five senses through simple text and vivid photographs. Each book focuses on one sense and the associated sensory organs. In Hearing, readers learn about different sounds they can hear, how to keep their ears safe, and how hearing aids can help some people to hear.

Genres: Health

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Rebecca Rissman is an award-winning children’s author and editor. Her writing has been praised by School Library Journal, Booklist, Creative Child Magazine, and Learning Magazine. She has written more than 200 books about history, culture, science, and art. She lives in Chicago, Illinois with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys yoga, reading, and cooking.

Reviews

[Maggie Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading The five senses: Hearing, I noticed that it is very important to teach your kids about the importance of your five senses. This is a crucial part when you are going into observations for science experiments. The beginning of the book has a table of contents and each page is labeled with each subtitle on the top of each page. Each image on the page corresponds to the text. Not only that, but they give the readers a visual of what the text is saying. This book incorporates real life images of non fictional characters to allow the students to relate their experiences to how to hear music at a concert or loud construction work. One page has an arrow pointed to the ear at the beginning of the book to show where you hear. They also provide a few images of the body system and how the ear sends messages to your brain in order to hear something. This just gives a good visual to the readers of how our different parts of the body function together. As an activity, I would like to use this book to help introduce the five senses throughout the week. We would read the sequel of all the five senses books and discuss how we can use our senses to observe a science experiment by using words to describe smell, taste, touch, sight, and hearing. We would use instruments to show how vibration works and how we hear it.