{"product_id":"first-science-at-home-a-parents-handbook-to-exploring-nature-weather-and-simple-experiments-ages-6-8-9798199654432","title":"First Science at Home: A Parent's Handbook to Exploring Nature, Weather, and Simple Experiments (Ages 6-8)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Emily Hartwell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Life Stages - School Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour child asks why the sky is blue, where the rain goes, why the moon changes shape. And you freeze, because you are not quite sure, and you do not want to get it wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost parents feel shaky about science. We half-remember the water cycle, we are fuzzy on why the seasons change, and we dread the questions we cannot answer. This book hands you a better way, and it starts with a freeing idea: at this age, science is not about knowing facts. It is about finding things out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYour six- or seven-year-old is already a scientist. They wonder, they guess, they test, they ask \"why\" a hundred times a day. Your job is not to be a walking encyclopedia. It is to refresh a few core ideas for yourself, and then explore them with your child, with simple words and simple things to try. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmily Hartwell, mother of six and a careful reader of the research, follows one friendly pattern in every chapter. First she refreshes the science for you, in plain language, including the things people commonly get wrong. Then she shows you how to coach it, with a safe experiment or a nature walk built from things you already own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this book: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat science really is, and the simple Wonder, Guess, Try loop your child can use on anything\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNature, made hands-on: living and nonliving, plants, animals, life cycles, and backyard mini-beasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeather and the sky: the water cycle, clouds and storms, wind, and why we have day, night, and seasons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSafe kitchen experiments: states of matter, dissolving and fizzing, sink or float, forces and magnets, light and shadows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe common ideas kids get wrong, and how to gently set them right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA safe, simple activity at the end of every chapter, built from household things\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is for the parent who wants to feed a curious child but feels unsure of the science, who has a few minutes and not a lab, and who wants the exact words and the simple steps. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou do not need to know all the answers. You need to be willing to find them out together, which is exactly what scientists do.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47968508084375,"sku":"9798199654432","price":1100.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798199654432.webp?v=1782918319","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/first-science-at-home-a-parents-handbook-to-exploring-nature-weather-and-simple-experiments-ages-6-8-9798199654432","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}