The Giant's Shoulder Coloring Page

About this page

The squad rides high on the shoulder of a smiling giant, and one of the most famous sayings in science becomes a picture a preschooler can love. We see further because of the people who learned things before us, and their discoveries lift us up like a friendly giant. There is gratitude tucked inside this page, a thank you to every author, teacher, and thinker whose work the squad has been reading all chapter. It makes a good centerpiece for a library display, and the gentle giant is a joy to color big and bold.

The research skill

A smiling giant sits in a meadow with the bunny, owl, puppy, and robot standing on one shoulder. The picture shows building on earlier work, and the habit that goes with it, giving credit to the people you learned from. Researchers cite their sources so readers can see whose ideas they used. As Chapter 2 wraps up, the squad has read a lot, and this page thanks everyone behind those books. In school, it becomes naming where you learned a fact, and later writing bibliographies.

Try it at home

Choose one skill your child is proud of, such as tying shoes, riding a scooter, or counting to fifty. Together, trace where that skill came from. Who showed them first? Who helped them practice? Did a book, song, or show help? Draw a tall "giant" on paper and write or draw each helper as part of it, feet to shoulders, with your child at the very top. Then help your child make a thank you drawing for one of the helpers and deliver it.

Talk about it while you color

• What do you think the squad can see from way up on the giant's shoulder?
• Who is a person who has helped you learn something? What did they teach you?
• If a friendly giant lifted you up, where would you ask it to walk?