Six Little Questions
Six question words asked about one tiny bug. The full toolkit — what, how, when, where, who, why — anchored to one little thing so kids remember it.
BZZZZZZ! BZZZZZZ! What is THAT?! A tiny tiny BUG on the kitchen mat!
SIX! LITTLE! QUESTIONS! (boing boing boing!) WHAT! HOW! WHEN! WHERE! WHO! WHY! SIX! LITTLE! QUESTIONS! (zoop zoop zoop!) SIX little questions for ONE — little — FLY!
WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT IS THAT?! A beetle? A spider? A spot or a SPLAT? BOING — POINT POINT POINT — WHAT IS THAT?
HOW?! HOW?! HOW'D YOU GET HERE?! Did you climb up a chair? Did you ZOOM through the AIR? WHEEEE — TIPPY TIPPY TIP — HOW'D YOU GET HERE?
WHEN?! WHEN?! WHEN'D YA SHOW UP?! At breakfast? At lunch? When the kettle went WHOOP? DING DING — TICK TOCK TICK — WHEN'D YA SHOW UP?
WHERE?! WHERE?! WHERE YA GOIN'?! Under the chair? Up the WALL? OUT — THE — BACK! ZOOP — PEEK PEEK PEEK — WHERE YA GOIN'?
WHO?! WHO?! WHO ARE YOU?! A roly? A poly? A buggy little CREW? MWAH — WAVE WAVE WAVE — WHO ARE YOU?
(quiet... wonder...) why... are you so... small? 'Cause the world is so BIG — and the bug is so... TAAAALL —
— ISH?!
WHAT! HOW! WHEN! WHERE! WHO! WHY! SIX little questions and your BRAIN goes BRIGHT! WHAT! HOW! WHEN! WHERE! WHO! WHY! SIX little questions for ANY little thing!
A SHOE! A SPOT! A SOUND! A SONG! ASK the SIX — sing ALONG!
WHAT! HOW! WHEN! WHERE! WHO! WHY! ASKING is the biggest muscle in your MIND! SIX! LITTLE! QUESTIONS! (boing boing boing!) SIX! LITTLE! QUESTIONS! (zoop zoop zoop!)
BZZZZZZ!