From the moment a child is born, they naturally explore and discover the world around them. It is in the core of their beings. For some kids, discovery gets lost in education somewhere along the way. That is why it is so important to engage children in many different ways and to let them take the lead in what they want to discover.
It really started with Billy when he received a Grossology science book. The science experiments were, well, very boy-ish. And gross. And fantastic.
He was hooked before the first fake wound healed:
He was on a mission to discover the human body. We hung a life-sized poster of the inside of a body in the playroom and he has taken it from there.
Red play-doh always becomes a heart somewhere along the way to its final formation.
Q-tips became bones and glitter paint became guts (which, according to a preschooler, are located in your feet too).
We've done experiments to see if asparagus makes your urine smell funny, made ear wax detectors, and even created a model skeleton. That was just on a Tuesday.
All it takes is one experience to turn on that little light bulb over their heads!
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