Chapter 1: The Spark of Curiosity
The "Why" Room
"Research starts when you wonder how things work."
Curious Cat's bedroom. It is messy with maps, globes, and hanging mobiles of planets.
About this page
Now we get a peek inside the place where wondering lives. This gloriously cluttered bedroom, with its maps, globes, and planets dangling from the ceiling, shows children that curiosity has a home, and it is often a little messy. The page teaches a quiet but important idea, that research does not start in a laboratory. It starts wherever you are, the moment you wonder how something works. Fans of Curious Cat will love spotting the clues to her interests scattered around the room, and kids may notice their own rooms hold clues about them too.
Talk about it while you color
- What things in your room show what you love to wonder about?
- Which object in Curious Cat's room would you want to play with first?
- If you hung something from your ceiling like those planets, what would it be?