I love how rocks fascinate my kids. Explore and collecting rocks is such a simple way to connect with nature, and yet children never seem to tire of it. Every kid is a natural geologist!
When we walk home through the park Kiddo and New Kid always have to stop at what they have named “The “Rock Place.” They gather handfuls of rocks (actually just large gravel) and then hurl them over the nearby “cliff” (actually just a hill).
The best part, which has nothing to do with geology? I even get to sit down on a big rock while they search for little rocks.
Are your kids fascinated by rocks, too?
Some of our favorite fiction and non-fiction rock books:
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Incredibly gorgeous illustrations in A Rock Is Lively
If You Find a Rock
Let’s Go Rock Collecting
Introduce the science of rocks with Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough
National Geographic Kids Everything Rocks and Minerals: Dazzling gems of photos and info that will rock your world
If Rocks Could Sing: A Discovered Alphabet
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katepickle says
August 10, 2010 at 12:02 pmmy girls often come home from school with their pockets full of rocks! Treasures they say…. but it seems rocks and kids just go together!
MaryAnne says
August 10, 2010 at 1:05 pmMy kids are – especially Johnny!
One of our neighbors has a gravel driveway, and he would bring that entire driveway home if he could! He's transporting it home, little by little, on our walks =)
Raising a Happy Child says
August 10, 2010 at 1:35 pmAbsolutely! No rock in the neighborhood is safe, and the small rocks in our backyard are in constant motion 🙂
The Sunshine Crew says
August 10, 2010 at 5:50 pmRock collecting is such a fun activity. My sons love to collect rocks as well as shells, as shells are more in ample supply here than rocks.
Enjoyed your post…
Happy Tuesday!
Colleen
Little Wonders' Days says
August 10, 2010 at 10:55 pmI have buckets and buckets of rocks. I'm not sure what the fascination is, but man they love rocks. Most are what I call “parking lot rocks” and I gradually get them back outdoors. The others we have scattered around the garden. Maybe we'll have to start finding a safe place to throw them too.
jenny says
August 11, 2010 at 1:42 amYep, and like yours, just as fascinated with throwing them!
amandab says
August 10, 2010 at 10:03 pmLeaves are the collecting article of choice here. I don't know how many times after Kinder Princess has pulled off her shoes, tipped them upside down, and out hasa fallen a grden full of leaves. “I collected these for you, Mumma!”
I now have a nice collection in a tub in the kitchen, waiting for some crafting to be done 🙂
Marita says
August 11, 2010 at 3:00 amMy girls love rocks, there are always one or two in their pockets come laundry time.
Amanda says
December 19, 2016 at 5:40 pmThank you for this list of rock books! I’m planning a geology unit for my kids soon and I just put nearly all the books you listed on hold at our library.
Erica says
December 25, 2016 at 11:38 amHappy reading!