This week’s Discovery Sparks activity is all about slowing down, moving your body, and noticing the amazing changes happening inside you. Whether you’re jumping, running, or dancing in place — your body is always working hard to keep up! 💪🏾✨ Print today’s Listen to Your Body Coloring Sheet  and give your Tiny Scientist a chance to color, move, and discover how their body responds to exercise. 🎨 Color + Explore As your child colors, talk about what’s happening in their body

If you’ve ever watched a child try something again…and again…and again, you’ve witnessed perseverance in its purest form. Before kids ever learn the word perseverance , they live it. They keep stacking the blocks after the tower falls. They keep pouring even after the spill. They keep asking “why?” long after the adults are tired. That persistence — that I’m-not-done-yet  energy — is where real learning begins. And the best part? It’s already happening at home. Perseverance I

Hot, cold, warm, brrrr — temperature changes everything ! Today your Tiny Scientist will explore how heat and cold affect everyday materials using one simple experiment. Get ready for shrinking, stretching, squishing, and mind-blowing observations about how temperature changes matter.  🧊🔥🧠✨ Let’s warm up those science brains! 🗣️ Talk About It Ask your Tiny Scientists: ⭐ What happens to things when they get really cold?⭐ What do you think heat does to the same object?⭐ Why

When you watch children play, something incredible unfolds. Blocks turn into towers, spoons become catapults, and suddenly your living room is the headquarters of the world’s tiniest engineering firm. And the truth is — our Tiny Scientists don’t need fancy tools to build big brains. They just need space to explore and experiment their way through the day. Everyday play isn’t “just playing.” It’s problem-solving in disguise. Kids Are Born Problem Solvers Children naturally tin

When you watch children explore, something magical happens. Their eyes widen, their hands reach, and suddenly the world is full of possibilities  you didn’t even notice. And the truth is — our Tiny Scientists don’t need us to give them all the answers. They just need us to create space for their questions! Child-led learning isn’t about giving up control. It’s about giving children the confidence to notice, wonder, and ask, “What happens if…?” That’s where science truly begin

Skittles don’t just taste  like a rainbow — today we’re going to make  one. 🌈👀This colorful kitchen experiment shows your Tiny Scientist how sugar, water, and a little patience can turn a plate of candy into a swirling masterpiece. Let’s explore the sweet science behind melting colors! 🍬✨ 🗣️ Talk About It Ask your Tiny Scientists: ⭐ What do you predict will happen when the warm water touches the Skittles?⭐ Why do you think the colors move but don’t mix right away?⭐ Which

Sound isn’t just noise — it’s vibration , movement, and tiny waves traveling through the air. And just like sound, gratitude can spread from one person to another with one small “good vibration.” Today, we’re exploring how sound travels by making a simple homemade guitar. 🎸✨ 🗣️ Talk About It Ask your Tiny Scientists: What happens to the pitch when you stretch the rubber band tighter or looser? How does the vibration make the sound louder or softer? What does the sound remin

Ice doesn’t just melt — sometimes it rushes  to melt… especially when salt enters the chat. 🧂👀Today we’re exploring a fun, chilly mystery your freezer already knows: Why does salt make ice melt faster? Let’s investigate this cool little chemistry trick together! ❄️✨ 🗣️ Talk About It Ask your Tiny Scientists: Why do you think the ice cube with salt melts faster? What do you notice happening to the surface of the salty ice? Where have you seen salt and ice used together in r

The Kitchen: Where Curiosity Meets Cooking Let’s face it — if your family’s anything like mine, the kitchen is where everything  happens. Homework at the counter. Dinner bubbling on the stove. Somebody sneaking snacks. Somebody else spilling them. But here’s a secret most people don’t realize: your kitchen is one of the best science labs in the world. Every day, there’s chemistry, physics, and biology happening right between the fridge and the sink. So before dinner’s ready,

Light isn’t just white  — it’s full of hidden rainbows waiting to shine through! 💡✨When light bends, it splits into all the colors that make our world so bright and beautiful. Let’s explore how! 💭 Talk About It Ask your Tiny Scientists: What colors do you see when sunlight shines through a glass or a puddle? Why do you think we can see different colors? What happens when you mix colors on paper versus when you mix light? Encourage them to make predictions and explain their

The Beautiful Chaos of Learning Let’s be honest — science can get messy. Between the vinegar volcanoes, the flour explosions, and that one glitter incident we don’t talk about anymore (R.I.P. my favorite rug), I’ve learned that every mess tells a story. And if you lean in just a little closer, you’ll realize that story is all about discovery. That “oops” moment when the water overflows? Observation. That curious poke into the slimy goo? Experimentation. That wide-eyed “Whoa,

The Spark It’s Halloween — the one day of the year when shadows sneak around corners and every flicker of light feels a little mysterious. But have you ever stopped to ask…💡 What actually makes a shadow? Spoiler: it’s not magic — it’s science!  Shadows are created when light can’t pass through an object. The object blocks the light, leaving a dark shape behind — a perfect chance for some spooky, sciencey fun. Talk About It 🗣️ Try these family conversation starters while you

Hey there, Tiny Scientist Family! 👋🏾I’m Ms. B — educator, scientist, advocate, and founder of Tiny Sparks Lab , where we believe that curiosity is contagious, discovery is for everyone, and science belongs to all of us. For years, I’ve taught classrooms filled with brilliant, creative, and culturally diverse students. Yet, when we opened textbooks or watched science videos, my students didn’t see themselves reflected. That realization lit a spark in me — the spark that beca