Cover of Little Scientists Lab by Namu Marupudi
Picture Book

Little Scientists Lab

by Rao Marupudi

Ages 5–9 ~6 min read-aloud

Step into the Little Scientists Lab, where every backyard, puddle and pine cone holds a discovery waiting to happen!

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Step into the Little Scientists Lab, where every backyard, puddle, and pine cone holds a discovery waiting to happen! Through 50 hands-on activities — growing seeds in jars, tracking footprints, testing water clarity, mapping sounds, and building a mini ecosystem — young explorers learn the real scientist's loop: ask a question, make a guess, test the idea, and write what happened. Every page ends with a small wonder to carry outside, and a nature journal habit that grows with your child. The perfect first science book for curious kids aged 5–9 — and for families who want nature play with a purpose.

  • Experiment — a small test you do to find out if an idea is right
  • Prediction — a smart guess about what you think will happen
  • Sprout — when a tiny root or shoot first grows out of a seed
  • Journal — a special notebook where a scientist writes and draws what happened
  • Track — an animal footprint left in mud, soil, or snow
  • Compare — to look at two things side by side and notice what is the same and different
  • Clarity — how clear or cloudy water is
  • Wonder — the feeling of wanting to know more about something

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