Educational children's books

[Peppadog]

Hi,

Just wondered if anyone has any advice. My year 2 son is incredibly curious about the world. Loves science, history, art and geography. He's also very interested in song lyrics and poems etc, just generally loves learning anything to be honest!
However he finds school so boring most of the time, I don't think he is stretched. He is 'meeting expectations' in all areas and the teacher says he talks to his friends a bit too much and doesn't concentrate, but other than that he's fine.
I don't think he's a genius or anything, I just think he loves learning and I want to encourage it more at home whilst he is a little sponge.

What books would people recommend for a child his age to read that are non fiction? Mini encyclopedia style or non fiction stories, open to any ideas.
I realise I've given a very broad scope so any ideas welcome.

Thanks

Go to the library and let him choose. Ds used to love the Usborne books for things like history and things like the "My Story" and "Horrible History" are good too. There are science equivalent of the Horrible History too.

I found with ds what depth of books he wanted depended on his interest in the subject. Unfortunately now doing GCSEs that's still the case. 🤣

I was going to say exactly what @MargaretThursday suggested. At school your son is mostly told what to learn and when. You don't need to do more of the same and risk extending his boredom. Sure, the level of books you give him may be higher, but it's still not his free choice. Out of school he could have complete freedom to learn about whatever grabs his fancy in the moment.

With a kid whose love of learning is intact, you don't need to "do" anything to encourage it. You just need to give him access to suitable resources (library, if he loves reading) and stand out of the way while he gets stuck in.

Horrible Histories, Murderous Maths, Horrible Geography, Horrible Science.
Subscription to children's newspaper/magazine (Aquila, The Week Junior, First News).
Library, definitely. Also museums, etc.

Thanks for the suggestions, we've just moved area so will definitely check out the local library. Haven't seen the 'horrible' books before, I thought it was just a TV series. I think he would like them!

We have a DK Earth knowledge genius book that DS7 loves. It has loads of pictures and quiz type things on each page

Thanks for these tips, I'm going to join the library and get a couple of these suggestions for his birthday coming up 😊

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bedtime-Book-Impossible-Questions/dp/1526623757/ref=asc_df_1526623757/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=606541348776&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2710248943108847190&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007011&hvtargid=pla-1676652337088&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

we love this- the bedtime book of impossible questions. Apart from the bit about unicorns not being real- that’s been a sore point!

How is he at school if he is 2?

DK eyewitness books, there are a lot of them. Usborne lift the flap/look inside/see inside books, on everything from history to science to recycling. Really re-visitable, and nice to leaf through

@Perfect28 he's in year 2 at school, so he's nearly 7.
Thanks for all the tips everyone, really useful.

Check out kelpie books, there is one about jacobites and 1st world war in a diary style my 6 year old loves them. Full of information. Eyewitness books on subjects he likes? I’m unsure on what year 2 is as Scottish but I think he’s a similar age to mine. There are some really good cross section books with castles, ocean liners etc.