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.
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. Book 6 of Kit's Little Sparks. By Chris Kuczynski.Kit drew an idea. Now Kit builds it. Tape, cardboard, a paper towel tube, two buttons, and a lotof patience. Kit's hands are busy. Sparks orbits the work, lending light wherever Kit needs tosee. The first thing Kit builds does not look like the drawing. The second thing does. The thirdthing is even better.This is the moment children discover that ideas can become real. The vocabulary inventors useis "prototyping." The vocabulary toddlers use is "I made it!" The skill is identical: take an ideafrom imagination to physical form, then look at it, then try again.Book 6 celebrates the in-between objects. Not the finished product, but the half-finishedcardboard creations that fill every preschool classroom and every inventor's first lab.Children learn that the first version is supposed to be wonky, that tape is a legitimate tool, and that a paper towel tube can be a rocket, a telescope, or a snake, depending on the story.Illustrated in watercolor with collage-style details. Sturdy board pages. Free read-alongaudio. Free educator guide with a "build something from these five materials" exercise.For parents who have lost their tape and don't know why. For preschool teachers running amaker space. For caregivers who want their child to build something with their hands beforethey build it on a screen.Written by Chris Kuczynski, an engineer for the first twelve years of his career, then aregistered patent attorney, and a co-founder of a preschool. He wrote the Kit's Little Sparksseries to give two to four year-olds the language of invention long before kindergarten.Build something together this weekend. Use a cardboard box, tape, and whatever you canfind around the house. Let your child lead. The result will not look like what you imagined.That is the point. Book 7 is what happens when the first build doesn't quite work. Book 6 of Kit's Little Sparks is the moment toddlers see the leap from idea to thing. Sturdy board pages, free narrated read-aloud, and a free educator guide for "build day" classroom activities. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781968470449
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. Book 6 of Kit's Little Sparks. By Chris Kuczynski.Kit drew an idea. Now Kit builds it. Tape, cardboard, a paper towel tube, two buttons, and a lotof patience. Kit's hands are busy. Sparks orbits the work, lending light wherever Kit needs tosee. The first thing Kit builds does not look like the drawing. The second thing does. The thirdthing is even better.This is the moment children discover that ideas can become real. The vocabulary inventors useis "prototyping." The vocabulary toddlers use is "I made it!" The skill is identical: take an ideafrom imagination to physical form, then look at it, then try again.Book 6 celebrates the in-between objects. Not the finished product, but the half-finishedcardboard creations that fill every preschool classroom and every inventor's first lab.Children learn that the first version is supposed to be wonky, that tape is a legitimate tool, and that a paper towel tube can be a rocket, a telescope, or a snake, depending on the story.Illustrated in watercolor with collage-style details. Sturdy board pages. Free read-alongaudio. Free educator guide with a "build something from these five materials" exercise.For parents who have lost their tape and don't know why. For preschool teachers running amaker space. For caregivers who want their child to build something with their hands beforethey build it on a screen.Written by Chris Kuczynski, an engineer for the first twelve years of his career, then aregistered patent attorney, and a co-founder of a preschool. He wrote the Kit's Little Sparksseries to give two to four year-olds the language of invention long before kindergarten.Build something together this weekend. Use a cardboard box, tape, and whatever you canfind around the house. Let your child lead. The result will not look like what you imagined.That is the point. Book 7 is what happens when the first build doesn't quite work. Book 6 of Kit's Little Sparks is the moment toddlers see the leap from idea to thing. Sturdy board pages, free narrated read-aloud, and a free educator guide for "build day" classroom activities. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781968470449
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