Grandbaby geologist

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My four and a half year old granddaughter loves rocks. Like most kids, she would bring them home in her pockets from the time she could walk around the playground. With our communication being limited to Facetime right now, I've been trying to come up with ways to "virtually babysit" one or two of the kids while my daughter cooks dinner, does laundry, etc. Last week I played a couple of songs that I use in my classes (I'm learning to teach music online too, figured I might as well use that) and that held their attention for about 30 seconds. Today I brought some colorful children's books, which they enjoyed, but kept being distracted. I couldn't tell if they were actually listening or halfway across the room, although they kept asking for more. The two-year-old went off doing something else and suddenly I said to the older one, "Want to see some of my rocks?" (I have a cool rock collection I inherited... lots of real beauties.) She leaned into the camera and watched, entranced. I held her attention for 20 minutes. That was amazing. Halfway through, I heard her say to the other one, "Shhhh! Grandma's showing me her rocks." We only quit because her battery was running out! So, I'm hoping I can steer this girl toward science. Her dad loves space science and I love geology, so that would be great!