3rd Grade
These resources are: growth and development; mental, emotional, and social health; and personal and community health
Growth and Development
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By Sonya Renee Taylor
Celebrate Your Body is a reassuring entry into puberty books for girls that encourages them to face puberty and their body’s changes with excitement and empowerment. This age-appropriate sex education book has the answers young girls are looking for―in a way that they can relate to.
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By Babette Cole
Written for young readers, this book provides an informative introduction to puberty through easy-to-read text and colorful illustrations.
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By Robie H. Harris
Most younger kids have questions about reproduction, babies, love, sex, and gender too. Some also have concerns. For over twenty years, It’s So Amazing! has provided children age seven and up with the honest answers they’re looking for through age-appropriate, reassuring words and accurate, up-to-date, inclusive art.
Website
Free
By Kids Health
This easy to use, engaging website has videos, articles, and quizzes-- all relating to the human body! Learn about the immune system, digestive system, circulatory system, and more!
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By Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smith
It is a twenty-first century children’s picture book about conception, gestation, and birth .The story doesn’t gender people or body parts, so most parents and families will find that it leaves room for them to educate their child without having to erase their own experience.
By Kids Health
From your nose to your toes, do you know how the body works? Take these quizzes to find out!
videos
Free
We know for some parents it can be uncomfortable to teach very young children about their bodies. This website has several series of videos so you can decide which is best for you!
By Lois Elhert
Mental, Emotional, and Social Health
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By Dr. Cara Natterson
this book will help you learn to identify all the feelings you have, from anger to sadness to embarrassment to happiness. Then use the tips inside for managing and expressing your emotions in positive ways.
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By Dr. Lynda Madison
The Feelings Book will help you understand your emotions, and deal with them in positive ways.
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Free
Consent is like being ruler of your own country...population: YOU. This is a smart, playful guide to consent and bodily autonomy.
Personal and Community Health
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By Valorie Schaefer
You'll find answers to questions about your changing body, from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bras, periods to pimples, and everything in between.
Workbook
Free
The 3 Minute Gratitude Journal is a guide to cultivate an attitude of gratitude for children. It is a self exploration journal designed to focus on being thankful for what we have, the big things in life, as well as the simple joys.
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By Steve Mould
In this fun, fact-packed science book for kids, young readers will discover the bacteria, viruses, and other germs and microbes that keep our bodies and our world running, as well as how and when they can be harmful and the precautions we can take to prevent them from becoming so.
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Free
The StoryBots travel to the Land of the Lymph to learn how a cold virus spreads, how the immune system in our bodies fights viruses, and what we can do to stay healthier. (Wash your hands!)
By Lois Elhert
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Free
Take a look at what Communicable diseases are, what causes them and how they are transmitted. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases is a resource of knowledge and expertise in regionally relevant communicable diseases to the South African Government, to SADC countries and the African continent.