I thought I’d use an example to explain a little more about how you can work with interactive learning in the appendix of Interesting Facts at the back of each of my books.
If you are reading. Three in a Tub, to a child under 6 years old, allow plenty of time to look at the pictures. They add even more insight to the story.
Now comes the interactive learning:
You might want to float an apple in a bowl and explain that it floats because it is about 1/4th air. Then you could cut it into fourths to show about how much air is hiding in it. You could then examine the 5 seed pockets and count the seeds to see if it had the average number of 10. Finally, you could peel off some of the skin to taste . . . explaining that it holds most of the healthful benefits. You could share the apple and say that on average people eat about 65 apples in a year, or about an apple a week in some form be it juice, pie etc.
So in three steps you are building a larger base of knowledge: the child started with some knowledge, got some from the story, and got more from the “Interesting Facts” appendix.