Kit Sees a Puzzle: Uh Oh! I See a Puzzle (Kit's Little Sparks) - Couverture rigide

Kuczynski, Chris

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1968470417 ISBN 13 : 9781968470418

Editeur : Little Sparks Books, 2026

Synopsis

Book 3 of Kit's Little Sparks, a 20-book series teaching toddlers the inventor's mindset.Kit and Sparks are walking again. The sun is bright. The grass is green. And then. Uh oh. Something is not right. A puddle of paint where there should be a flower. A door that will not close. A friend whose smile has gone away. Kit stops. Sparks tilts. They have just spotted their first problem.Every invention in the history of the patent office started with someone noticing something was not right. The light bulb. The bandage. The wheel. Real inventors call this "problem identification." Toddlers call it "Uh oh!" Same skill, different vocabulary.Book 3 introduces children to one of the most powerful lifelong habits: stopping at the moment something seems off. Before a child can fix anything, they have to be allowed to notice that something needs fixing. Kit's "Uh oh" face is intentionally exaggerated so toddlers can mirror it. The book ends not with a solution but with a question, which is exactly where every inventor's journey actually begins.Illustrated in soft watercolor. Printed on sturdy board with rounded corners. Free read-along audio with consistent narrator across all 20 books. Free educator guide aligned to NGSS Science and Engineering Practices (specifically: "Asking questions and defining problems").For parents who want their child to feel safe pointing out problems. For preschool teachers building problem-solving skills. For caregivers who want a vocabulary for the moment things go wrong.Written by Chris Kuczynski, an engineer for the first twelve years of his career, then a registered patent attorney, and a co-founder of a preschool. He wrote the Kit's Little Sparks series to give two to four year olds the language of invention long before kindergarten.Become Problem Spotters together this week. On your next walk, give your child a pretend magnifying glass and look for problems to solve. A leaf out of place. A toy left behind. A friend who needs a hug. Book 4 will be about what to do with the feelings that come up when problems appear.

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À propos de l'auteur

Chris Kuczynski has been building things since he was twelve. He earned his engineering degree from the University of Washington and spent the next twelve years as a working engineer before a new question took hold: how do you protect an idea so the world can benefit from it? That question led him to patent law, where he has spent over two decades helping inventors turn ideas into protected, world changing creations. In 2015, Chris co-founded a preschool, and something clicked. He watched toddlers do the exact same things his inventors did. They observed. They sketched (in crayon). They built, failed, rebuilt, and celebrated. The only difference was that nobody had told them what to call it yet. Kit's Little Sparks series of books is the result of those two worlds colliding. The series teaches children the social and emotional components of the inventors mindset and the foundations of inventing through play based storytelling. Each book introduces a new friend, a new challenge, and a new concept drawn directly from the patent process, all wrapped in watercolor illustrations and language designed for the smallest minds with the biggest ideas. Chris still takes things apart to see how they work.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Little Sparks Books
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1968470417
• ISBN 13: 9781968470418
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Nombre de pages: 26
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible