The Human Body Detectives curriculum is a fantastic way to help kids understand and take ownership of their own health. Through accessible materials and beautiful design, kids are engaged, challenged and rewarded for making the connection that what they’re putting into their bodies affects how well their bodies are working for them. How many times a day do we as parents tell our kids to eat healthy foods with no results? Human Body Detectives allows the experiential learning that is so important to encoding competency. Once kids become experts on how their own digestive, immune and circulatory systems work, they become more mindful and respectful of the human body - it’s learning that will ground them for life. I’d like to see this curriculum in my kids’ classroom, and in every classroom in the country.

My daughter (7 years old) is extremely interested in the human body and how it works. We have exhausted our two local libraries of books, and she wears out our doctor with questions every time she sees him, lol. I was thrilled to see this curriculum offered. I found the stories engaging, but my daughter struggles with these because she prefers straight non-fiction. We both enjoy the activities or mini-labs as I call them. She has been fully engaged with this curriculum so far. Its a HIT in our house. My only suggestion would be to include some suggested movies or other non-fiction titles to add on to the learning. I only add that because my child cannot get enough of this stuff.

Human Body Detectives provides a variety of activities that appeal to various learning modalities – videos and colorful graphics for the Picture Learner, discovery activities for Hands-On and Whole Body Learners, audio presentations for the Listening Learners. There is also something for all of the learning personalities – games and adventure tales for Performing Paul/Paula, exploratory lessons for Inventing Isabel/Ian and Thinking-Creating Ted/Terry, personal stories for Relating-Inspiring Rita/Ron, and interesting worksheets for Producing Pete/Pam.