A horse theme is especially fun for Year of the Horse, but it’s great for any year! Here are our favorite books for a horse theme.
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Just choose books based on your child’s age and what you think will engage your child’s interest. I recommend checking out the “Read sample” feature on Amazon and reading reviews there. Another place to learn about a book is on YouTube. You can typically see the entire book there.
Montessori-friendly books use photos or realistic illustrations. They don’t have talking animals or a lot of fantasy. But many books that have fantasy and talking animals are wonderful books, and I love sharing them with children who understand the difference between fantasy and reality.
For toddlers and preschoolers, about ¾ of the books I use are typically Montessori friendly (focusing on reality without smiling or talking animals or smiling or talking vehicles). This unit features lots of Montessori-friendly books.
Books for a Horse Theme
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Books for a Horse Theme
I’m featuring books here for a horse theme mainly for preschool through elementary-age kids. Many of the books on our forward-facing shelf are Montessori-friendly, nonfiction books.
Top Shelf of Forward -Facing Display:
- The Big Book of Belonging is part of the lovely Big Book series.
- First Animal Encyclopedia
- The Animal Book: A Visual Encyclopedia of Life on Earth
2nd Shelf:
- Let’s Classify Animals!
- National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia (You’ll notice that I love National Geographic books with their gorgeous photos!)
- National Geographic Kids Ultimate Mammalpedia
3rd Shelf:
- has gorgeous photographs and lots and lots of easy-to-understand information about horses and ponies.
4th Shelf:
- The Book of Horses is filled with easy-to-understand information and beautiful photographs of horses.
- Hello, Horse
Bottom Shelf:
- Two classic and endearing Montessori-friendly books, Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm and The Year at Maple Hill Farm, were originally published in 1974 and 1978. I used them in my Montessori school in the 1980s and with my now-adult kids!
Some other animal books we’re using in another basket:
- Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth
- A Mammal Is an Animal
- DK Smithsonian Picturepedia, which I love for most units, including our horse unit. It has gorgeous photos and illustrations with amazing two-page spreads on a wide variety of topics.
- D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths is a classic book of myths. I have the earlier edition from when my kids were homeschooled. Now there’s an updated edition with a new cover and additional drawings and information. We’re focusing on Pegasus in our horse unit.
You can see lots of horse books for kids here.
You can see Year of the Horse books for kids here.
More Horse Resources and Activities:
Montessori-Inspired Horse Pack for DIY Cards and Counters, Number or Letter Matching, Number or Letter Basket, Bead Bar Work, Hands-on Math Operations, Number or Letter Salt/Sand Writing Tray, Letter Tracing, DIY Movable Alphabet, and Creative Writing (subscriber freebie, so just sign up for my newsletter to get the link and password – or check your inbox if you’re already a subscriber).
Free Horse Printables and Montessori-Inspired Horse Activities
Montessori-Inspired Horse Unit
More (Non-Human) Mammal Resources and Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Horse Unit
- Free Horse Printables and Montessori-Inspired Horse Activities
- Wonderful Whale and Water-Bead Sensory Bin
- Free Raccoon Printables and Montessori-Inspired Raccoon Activities {Kissing Hand Unit}
- Free Raccoon Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Raccoon Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Polar Bear Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Lamb Printables and Montessori-Inspired Lamb Activities
- Free Lamb Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Lamb Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Simple African Animal and Continent Map Cut-and-Paste Activity {Free Printables}
- Free Bear Printables and Montessori-Inspired Bear Activities,
- Free Bear Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download,
- Free Bear Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Panda Printables and Montessori-Inspired Panda Activities
- Free Panda Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Panda Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Red Panda Printables and Montessori-Inspired Red Panda Activities
- Free Giant Panda and Red Panda Songs and Educational Videos
- Free Bat Printables and Montessori-Inspired Bat Activities
- Free Bat and Vampire Bat Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Bat Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Rabbit Printables and Montessori-Inspired Rabbit Activities
- Free Rabbit and Kitten Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download)
- Free Rabbit Cutting Strips
- Montessori Vertebrate Resources (including a Mammal Printable Pack) for Preschool Through Elementary
- Montessori-Inspired Dolphin and Whale Resources for Preschool Through Elementary
- Free Orca Printables and Montessori-Inspired Orca Activities
- Free Reindeer Printables and Montessori-Inspired Reindeer Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Toddler Geography Activities with Baby Beluga
- Free Beluga Whale Printables and Montessori-Inspired Activities
Helpful Animal Classification Posts
- Living and Non-Living
- Plant and Animal Sorting
- Montessori Animal Classification
- Free Zoo Printables and Montessori-Inspired Zoo Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Animal Units
- Montessori Vertebrate Resources for Preschool Through Elementary
- Free Amphibian Printables and Montessori-Inspired Amphibian Activities
- Free Reptile Printables and Montessori-Inspired Reptile Activities
- Free Fish Printables and Montessori-Inspired Fish Activities
- Free Bird Printables and Montessori-Inspired Bird Activities post
- Free Mammal Printables and Montessori-Inspired Mammal Activities post
- Montessori Invertebrate Resources for Preschool Through Elementary
I hope you enjoy reading about horses!
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