Kiddos

An optional discovery journey · 5 stories

Predict and compare

What changes when we change one thing?

Follow paper, a sliding block, ice, an orange and a shadow. Keep returning to what changed and what stayed fixed.

Invite a guess, compare carefully, then describe the actual result.

  1. Gina and small Ollie watch a broad white sheet flutter down through a softly painted blue room. The title invites a discovery about changing how the same paper falls.

    Stop 1 · Discovery 2

    Same paper. Different fall.

    Compare shape · Ages 4–7 with a grown-up

    Ask what you would keep the same to compare the two falls again.

    Read & try together
  2. Gina the yellow giraffe and her small brown owl friend Ollie look at a blue wooden block, a low cardboard ramp propped on one thick book, and a folded coral towel on a shaded porch floor. The block waits beside the ramp; neither test result is shown.

    Stop 2 · Discovery 10

    What slows the slide?

    Change one surface · Ages 4–7 with a grown-up

    Notice another everyday situation where sliding is slowed by contact.

    Read & try together
  3. Gina the yellow giraffe and small brown owl Ollie examine two equal ice cubes in shallow bowls: silver metal on the left, matte coral plastic on the right. The title asks which bowl melts ice faster. Neither bowl shows a winning result.

    Stop 3 · Discovery 7

    Which bowl melts ice faster?

    Make a fair comparison · Ages 4–7 with a grown-up

    Ask why metal can feel cool to a warm hand yet help ice melt faster.

    Read & try together
  4. Gina the yellow giraffe and her small brown owl friend Ollie look at a whole orange beside a clear bowl of water on a blue ground mat. The title asks whether it will float without its peel; the result is not yet shown.

    Stop 4 · Discovery 9

    Will it float without its peel?

    Compare before and after · Ages 4–7 with a grown-up

    Use “usually” and “in our test” when telling someone what happened.

    Read & try together
  5. Ollie stands in a pool of warm flashlight light, with an enormous owl-shaped shadow on a wall. Gina leans in, curious. The small owl and his large shadow are visibly different.

    Stop 5 · Discovery 1

    Little owl. Giant shadow.

    Compare position · Ages 4–7 with a grown-up

    At another time, ask your child to direct you to make the shadow smaller.

    Read & try together

For a family or a class.

Choose one discovery per session and read its adult setup first. Gather only that session’s materials. Keep earlier records available for comparison.

Children can name a changed feature and something kept the same; unexpected results are welcome.

Choose one story per session. The print cards include an index; each story’s full activity guide is available from its page or the print center.

Two-up story cards · A4Two-up story cards · US Letter
Shared-reading and classroom guidance

For the grown-ups · Keep the story going

Read with confidence.

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