Environmental Studies (EVS) offers children’s first contact with real situations in their environment to help them realize existing environmental problems (natural, physical, social and cultural), to appreciate them and make them aware of them.

Starting with the child’s immediate environment in relation to himself, home, school, and family in first grade and gradually moving to a wider environment (the environment and society as a whole), EVS not only help Children to get to know their own environment, but also strengthen their relationship with that environment.

Creating learning situations in children’s contexts is essential for EVS learning. Hence, we put a lot of emphasis on learning EVS from a tender age.

In this post, we will help you choose the best EVS book for age group 4 to 7.

1. Workbook Environmental Studies Class 1  by  Arihant Experts 

 This book has numerous exercises with different varieties of questions like: Fill in the Blanks, Picture based Questions, Matching, Fun Activities, etc. which help students to grasp things quickly with ease.

Moreover many questions in the book that are related with day- today activities that make them interesting and keeps student actively engaged the lessons so that they can develop the enquiry skills. This book will surely boost creative abilities and confidence in your child.

2. Blossom Environmental Studies Book by Target Publications

The book is meticulously compiled to introduce students to our immediate surrounding and instill in them the general behavior and functions. Through this book we have touched into various topics connected to environment with the objective of breeding social values within the young minds.

The book touches through different aspects of our surrounding and environment including Our Body, Hygiene, Our needs, House & School, Festivals & Functions, Surroundings, Our environment and Safety. Exercises and projects included throughout the book to render students practice. Project section includes Coloring, ‘Trace the dots’ and ‘Paste Photographs’ to make learning fun.

The best part of this book is that each of the topic is supported by vivid and fine illustrations to provide kids easy understanding to the subject. Carefully chosen contents which kids can relate to in daily life.

3. Environmental Studies Textbook For Class 1 (Classic Series) by Educart

This book teaches awareness about the environment we are part of, develops good habits about how to carry themselves, and help realize the importance of things surrounding us.

Content Inside
→ Introduction about Family
→ Environmental Awareness
→ Social Surroundings
→ About Earth and Its Resources
→ Learning Lessons about our country and its cultures
→ Project work
→ Model Test Papers and assessments

Key Features
→ Environmental Studies Class 1 study textbook
→ Chapter-wise detailed theory plus questions
→ Model test Papers
→ Use of contemporary teaching methods
→ Pictures for Illustration
→ Best-selling Environmental Studies Textbook in CBSE

4. Young Learners, Environmental Studies, Book 1 and 2 by Roma Jain

This book by Roma Jain is a complete package to meet the needs of kids aiming to learn all about their surroundings. The colourfully illustrated activity-based books aim at teaching various skills and concepts in a well—graded and thematic manner.

This book comes in two volumes. Each book has a number of activities and practice tasks to develop age—appropriate skills.

Features:
• Systematically graded lessons
• Simple and easy—to—understand instructions
• Colourful and child-friendly illustrations
• Plenty of writing practice and activities
• Ample sticker activities to enhance one—to-one correspondence
• Lots of activities and games to strengthen concepts
• Perfect blend between previous knowledge and new information
• Plenty of opportunities for the learner to inquire and evaluate

5. Environmental Studies by Zainab H Razavi Neha Sharma

The authors have carefully graded environmental studies into set of five books. It strictly follows the NCF guidelines and the NCERT syllabus. Lucid explanations accompanied by varied and colourful illustrations facilitate learning through visual stimulation. The books aim to gently train children to see the harmony between society and environment.

All efforts have been made to expose the children to the physical world and its natural and man-made components. The larger goal of the series is to sensitize children to their social environment and their responsibilities towards it.

Some Salient Features

• Bright, colourful and child-friendly illustrations
• Answer Orally for quick recapitulation
• Ample questions given to develop thinking skills
• Values and life skills based discussion in Grandma asks… to inculcate values and enhance interpersonal skills
• Factoids in Fact Ant to increase general knowledge
• Nuggets of wisdom in Grandma says… to make children aware and responsible
• A variety of questions in the exercises for assessment
• Plenty of knowledge-testing projects and activities given in Activity Time
• Sample test paper as Let’s Revise after every unit

6. Environmental Studies For Smarter Life by MTG Editorial Board

Environmental Studies for Smarter Life is a series of books for class 1 to 5. Strictly following the NCERT syllabus these books are a source of encouragement and motivation for the young learners. This series is created by in-house MTG editorial Board with some of the best teachers, renowned faculty and gold medallists, who have years of expertise and acumen in their fields of subjects, to prepare practice exercises for the young learners. S

pecial features of the books:
1. Age appropriate, child friendly, simple language accompanied with attractive illustrations. 2. Words of wisdom to enhance moral values and make learners aware of their culture
3. Interactive approach in the form of Kiara asks and activity time to help retain concepts
4. Info bits and amazing facts to let user engross in the Chapter
5. Fun Time and project time to help all three (auditory, visual and kinaesthetic) learners.
6. Think Tank and HOTS questions to let learners think outside the box
7. Life skills to develop ethical value in young learners 8. Recap time to reinforce the concepts learnt in the Chapters.

These were our recommendation for best environmental studies books available on the net. Hope this will help your kido to learn more about their surroundings. Pitch in your list of books in the comment section and we will review them for other parents.