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| Teaching our kids to love science can help them | | | | thoughts: how the world wide web connects the |
| become clearer thinkers and better persons. A | | | | entire planet and how the way we work has |
| sustained interest in science will not only help them as | | | | changed (and is changing) because of the gadgets |
| children (in school or in play), but will also aid in their | | | | and technologies we use; the structure and |
| development as adults, allowing them to function well | | | | composition of the engineered food we eat, grown in |
| in any field of work and to be happy and successful | | | | a remote farm built for mass production and located |
| in their lives. The best way to engage our kids in the | | | | millions of miles away; how the shoes we are |
| wonders of science is through educational toys. | | | | wearing, constructed with ergonomic rubber soles, |
| Science in our midst | | | | are able to correct our gait; or how our office chair |
| Science is important; we were always taught that in | | | | was conceptualized by an industrial designer to mix |
| school. But as adults, with all the preoccupations we | | | | style with functionality. Everywhere, in every corner |
| have to deal with in real life from our jobs to our | | | | or space, in the air and in our midst, in our house, in |
| domestic obligations and our personal affairs and | | | | our neighborhood, and in our workplace, are |
| financial concerns, we tend to forget just how | | | | interesting facts and opportunities for discovering |
| important science is. Because of the everyday | | | | more about the world. We have to look at things in |
| problems and mundane tasks we have to deal with, | | | | this light again-in the eyes of a child where everything |
| we may find that science has little relevance in our | | | | is an opportunity for discovery and exploration, |
| lives. What we fail to see is that a sustained | | | | everyday can be an adventure. Toddler educational |
| fascination with the workings of the world and a | | | | toys can help our kids learn the wonderful world of |
| constant love for science and technology can actually | | | | science, and at the same time, help rekindle our |
| lead to a more satisfying and fulfilling life. | | | | curiosity and sense of discovery. Together with our |
| Being a role model | | | | kids, we can make learning fun and make playtime a |
| We need to rediscover the joys of science to truly | | | | great opportunity for bonding. |
| teach our kids to love science. Kids learn the most by | | | | Science for kids and adults |
| imitation and what they see in the actions and words | | | | Science is not just for kids or scientists; they are for |
| of adults (especially their parents) they tend to file in | | | | adults too. Kids' toys do not need to be silly or boring |
| their little heads as a matter of importance. Buying | | | | for adults. Today's science toys are sophisticated and |
| them children's educational toys is one way to make | | | | complex that any adult will be amazed and perplexed. |
| them value learning; showing them how interested | | | | Simple chemistry lab sets, microscopes, DNA testing |
| we are in the world and are fascinated with science | | | | kits, robotics, telescopes, and other fascinating |
| is another way of affecting their minds for the | | | | gadgets and science kits are available in the market. |
| better. | | | | There are also baby toys that teach basic scientific |
| Seeing science in a new light | | | | concepts such as gravity and the law of motion. |