Science for Little Hearts and Hands

The curriculum provides substantial parent support through detailed guides and background information.

Parent guides include instructions, background information for discussions, resource lists, and guidance on how to help children learn from experiments

The curriculum facilitates direct instruction through detailed parent guides with clear instructional text and discussion prompts.

Parent guides use orange font for parent instructions and black text for reading to children, with structured lessons that include instruction, discussions, and guided activities

The curriculum effectively combines hands-on experiments with instructional content through guided parent instruction.

Experiments are described as 'easy to do' with household items, guides provide information for parents to discuss learning outcomes, and some experiments extend over multiple days like the barometer construction

The curriculum does not appear to incorporate systematic retrieval practice or spaced review.

The review describes discussion questions following activities but does not mention review exercises, quizzes, or systematic recall practice

The curriculum provides substantial content through detailed stories and fun facts sections but may lack systematic knowledge building.

Each Big Book contains over 200 pages with 14-17 stories per course, and 'Fun Facts' sections provide additional information after each story

NGSS alignment is not mentioned or discussed in the available review materials.

The review focuses on the curriculum's approach and activities but does not reference standards alignment

Scientific vocabulary instruction is not explicitly described in the available materials.

The review mentions stories conveying information and discussion questions but does not specifically address vocabulary instruction methods