Homeschool PJ Time: A Bedtime STEM Book

by Andrea Salzman, Lacy Salzman, Amber Nicole West (Illustrator)

Overview

Homeschooling is not just an educational choice, it's a lifestyle. And "Homeschool PJ Time" is your passport to this extraordinary journey.

★Nina Batina is an action-adventure homeschooler.
★Her little brother Wild wears funny fox pajamas with dinosaur toes.
★Together, they'll teach you to become a PJ Detective.

"Step into a world where learning has no limits, and the classroom is as cozy as your living room."

Finally! A homeschool-friendly picture book.

Your family will find all about hidden clues for becoming backyard STEM detectives, science spies, and hands-on learners. It's science education for kids... tucked into a kid's fiction bedtime story. You will get to act out each interactive investigation adventure, cracking the code together.

• Burning marshmallows over a late-night campfire can teach chemistry so much better than a textbook.
• Riding risky rollercoasters is a more interactive way to understand physics than a worksheet.
• Astronomy, biology, and math can all be made accessible with activities, crafts, and games.

Get some comfy pjs, and start creating precious tuck-in traditions and a sweet bedtime routine. Send your child off to peaceful sleep, listening to a beloved bedtime story.

Fun vibrant illustrations. Perfect for a read-aloud. This book answers the call: We homeschool and need some picture books!

A natural story time companion to classics like:

• This is My Home, This is My School.
• Mama, Why Am I Homeschooled?
• Miss Teacher Mom

WRITTEN FOR:

✓ Boys and girls, ages 3-8.

✓ Homeschool bedtime books 3-5 year olds

✓ Homeschool stories 3-5 year old

✓ Homeschoolers picture books

✓ Picture books for homeschooling 3-5 year olds

✓ Picture books for homeschooling 6 year olds

Comes with 4-page interactive STEM planner (science, technology, engineering, math) for traditional or homeschooling families.

Click Add to Cart! to start the adventure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798985828504
Publisher:	Colby Books
Publication date:	08/31/2022
Series:	Best Children's Book Series for Bedtime
Pages:	34
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.09(d)
Age Range:	3 - 9 Years

Editorial Reviews

"Nina's excitement about learning is undeniably contagious." - Kirkus Review, 5 star, 2023

"Has it all: STEM lessons, adventure, rhyme, activity ideas, and a celebration of being a kid! Written by a homeschool mom who understands that lasting lessons start at home." -Library & Educational Services

"My kids keep talking about the color in the book -- it is watercolor style, but it is so saturated that everything feels hyper-alive. Honestly, we loved it." - Serena McGill, Colby Books

"Mischievous Nina is a lovable, relatable child. I found the text playful and fun. The use of storytelling in teaching science, technology, engineering, and math makes it a lot easier for children to understand. The colorful illustrations enhance the learning experience. I highly recommend this book." - Readers' Favorite, 5 stars

"The mom of two was inspired by her daughter, Lacy, who noticed that none of the books they read featured homeschooling characters like her. So Salzman sat down and - with a Micro grant from VELA - wrote a book of her own." -Vela Educational Fund

"It's a wonderful moment to find a book with characters who homeschool and who love everything about it. This book shows kids interacting with the world (and not the computer). Honestly, it's adorable!" - Winsome Home Blog

"Every year, thousands of families make the decision to home-educate. Homeschool PJ Time fills a gap in the book world by celebrating the life of a homeschool family." - Michelle Proctor-Stembridge, LibraryandEd.com

"Loved it! Shows caregivers that homeschooling life doesn't need to be centered around a desk from 8-3 with a mountain of workbooks. Learning can be achieved anywhere, anytime."- Reedsy Reviews

"As an elementary teacher, I really appreciate the back matter's plan for daily STEM-based activities." - 5 star review, Elementary educator

From the Publisher

2023-01-13
The Salzmans’ debut picture book introduces kids—whether home-schooled or taught in the classroom—to the wonders of a STEM education.

The central character here, 8-year-old Nina, takes the reader through her daily regimen of home-school adventures. Each day, she participates in a new activity—studying nature on Monday or listening to classical music and painting on Thursday. Along with each new activity, interesting facts are dispensed alongside suggestions for reader participation. For example, Newton’s third law of motion encourages readers to throw a pillow up in the air to observe the effects of gravity, or one can burrow like a firefly under blankets to learn about hibernation. Whether she’s meeting up with fellow home-school classmates or taking a field trip to an amusement park, Nina’s excitement about learning is undeniably contagious. The bright, colorful illustrations (by 15-year-old West) help kids visualize often difficult concepts like states of matter and different forms of energy like potential and kinetic, while the text’s rhyme scheme (“On weekends, Nina camps in bed. No school today, a fort instead”) keeps the action moving. Also, the fonts of certain words are often cleverly designed to complement the word’s meaning (for example, the word eruptsappears to have lava spurting out of it). As the authors suggest, this book should initially be read from beginning to end quickly in order to appreciate the rhythmic flow of the words. There are even experiments that demonstrate things like heat flow and light observation and a model weekly STEM plan so readers can set goals just like Nina.

This is a fun and easy-to-follow children’s guide to STEM with a precocious but likable central character.

Kirkus Reviews