4 Science story ideas, each one a book your child stars in: Why things float, grow, melt and move, discovered by trying it rather than being told. Pick one, add a few details, and the illustrated book starts right away.
Every story is painted in a soft, hand-drawn watercolour look, with your child in a school uniform working the problem out.
The class argues about whether a big thing always sinks. Your child fills a bucket at the tap and tries a stone, a steel spoon, a plastic cap and a whole coconut, and the coconut floats while the tiny spoon goes straight down.
Lesson: A test settles what an argument cannot
Two moong seeds, two jars, one on the windowsill and one in the cupboard. For four days Your child waters both the same, and on the fifth the windowsill seed has a green shoot while the cupboard seed is pale and bent.
Lesson: Fair tests change one thing at a time
Armed with a horseshoe magnet from the science cupboard, Your child goes around the house testing everything: the spoon, the coin, the door hinge, the aluminium tiffin. The tiffin refuses to stick, and that surprise is the best part of the afternoon.
Lesson: The thing that does not fit is worth noticing
Armed with curiosity and a wild hypothesis, Your child dives into the ultimate science fair challenge. Through experiments, surprising results, and a few messy mistakes, Your child learns how real discovery works. This adventure shows Your child that great science is powered by questions, careful testing, and the excitement of finding out something no one expected.
Lesson: Real science is about truth-seeking not conclusion-proving, rigorous process creates reliable results, failure in experiments provides data not defeat, and scientific thinking is applicable to all problem-solving.