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General Tips for Parents and Children
Caution! Individual parts of this kit are designed with sharp points, corners, or edges.
There is a risk of injury. We reserve the right to make technical changes. Keep the
experiment kit out of the reach of young children.
1st Edition, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart/2006
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© 2006 Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart
Project management: Annette Büchele. Layout and illustrations: komuniki – Michael Schlegel,
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3rd English Edition © 2012 Thames & Kosmos LLC, Providence, RI, U.S.A. ® Thames &
Kosmos is a registered trademark of Thames & Kosmos LLC.
Translation: Lise and Jens Kure-Jensen
Editing, layout and production: Ted McGuire, Dan Freitas
Dear Parents and Adults,
This experiment kit is designed for
children ages 5 and up. For each
experiment, first ask your child the
question at the beginning of the
experiment. Then present the various
pictures to him or her as possible
answers. In this way, your child can
start to develop ideas about how to
explain everyday experiences. Next,
your child can follow the pictures to
do the experiment mostly by him or
herself, to test his or her ideas. That
will let your child discover firsthand
the answer to the question posed at
the beginning. Finally, read your child
the answer summary at the end of the
experiment to confirm or correct his
or her own conclusions.
Because the curiosity and
powers of comprehension
of children at this age are
often more fully developed
than their manual skills, your
assistance will sometimes be
needed. Support your little
researchers when they need it.
If an experiment doesn’t work
correctly, encourage your child to
try it again.
Please be sure to provide the
children with extra materials not
contained in the kit. These are
designated with a red plus sign.
Spanish language instructions
are available online at: www.
thamesandkosmos.com/littlelabs