5. Why Do We Draw Hearts to Show Love?

This week on Smartie Pants and the Big Why, we’re asking a very important question: why do we draw hearts to show love?With help from Aelish (age 7), we dive into the mystery of the world’s most famous squiggle. Why does the love heart look nothing like the actual heart inside your chest? Did someone guess? Did they sneeze halfway through a circle? Or are hearts secretly just two bum cheeks squeezed together?Join us as we wobble our way through heartbeats, big feelings and the moment humans decided that two bumpy curves and a point meant “I like you quite a lot”.Perfect for curious primary-aged kids and their grown-ups who have ever drawn a heart on a card without really knowing why.Got a big “Why?” from your own Smartie Pants?Email us at [email protected] and we might answer it in a future episode.Subscribe now so you never miss a big question… and maybe practise your heart-drawing skills before the next one.