The questions children actually ask
Not the syllabus. The kitchen, the terrace and the monsoon — the things a child points at and asks about, explained so that you can answer without pretending to know more than you do.
Start anywhere
Unlike maths, science has no order here. Heat does not need light first. Pick whichever your child has just asked about — that is the moment the answer will stick.
Heat
गर्मीWhy the tawa handle stays cool while the tawa burns, why blowing on hot dal works, and why the pressure cooker whistles. All of it happens in your kitchen before breakfast.
- Conduction
- Cooling
- Steam & pressure
Light & shadow
रोशनीWhy your shadow is long in the evening and short at noon, why you cannot see round a corner, and what is really happening in a mirror.
- Shadows
- Straight lines
- Reflection
Water
पानीWhere the puddle goes, why the cold steel glass sweats on a summer afternoon, and how the monsoon gets its water up into the sky in the first place.
- Evaporation
- Condensation
- The water cycle
You do not need to know the answer
"I don't know — let us find out" is a better sentence than a confident wrong answer, and it teaches the more useful habit. Every page here gives you the words to use and something to try, so you can find out together rather than perform expertise.