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Drawing on sociocultural theorizing, this case study investigates and unpacks the qualities of scientific play during children’s inquiry-based science activities framed by imagination and play (i.e. Poetry Science). The data were gathered in Finnish preschool groups with children aged five to six years old (N= 31) over a five-week period. The data consist of video recordings, observational field notes, and artifacts, subjected to multimodal analysis. The results show that scientific play that manifested throughout young children’s inquiry process has the following four characteristics: (i) creating and maintaining an imaginary science situation, (ii) assigning new meanings to science objects and processes, (iii) combining imaginary situations and problem solving, and (iv) engaging in science talk in an imaginary situation. The study shows how imagination and play are important elements of children’s science inquiry, with implications for early science education.

This article is devoted to assistance to parents in the moral upbringing of children of sociopaths, i.e. those who violate socially accepted norms of behavior. Many parents are afraid that their children will not be able to become socialized. The publication discusses ways of interacting with such children. A certain model of conscience is used, which includes a number of components.

These include: moral understanding, motivation management, inner voice, empathy and compassion. The process of forming these four components of a healthy conscience is described. The need for subtle and delicate interaction based on the ability to see the hidden motives of children’s behavior, which allows us to count on a positive forecast of their moral development, is shown.