It’s a moment almost all parents have experienced. You’ve been eagerly awaiting catching up with your kid after school, only to have your questions about what they’ve learned met with a series of ...

As adults, it’s our job to foster curiosity and a love of science in the kids in our lives. And what better way to do this than through play? Toys allow children ample opportunity to learn all kinds ...

“For young learners, science is just an extension of their everyday world. We don’t have to teach young children how to wonder, discover, and explore through play because they do it naturally.” Steve ...

Science kits are a great way to get kids curious about our world and beyond. After all, these kits have the power to captivate, teach STEM skills, and entertain all at once. If your child is already ...

It’s that time of the year when you’re making your list, checking it twice, for gifts that spark a love of science for the kids in your life. Ira talks with Mahnaz Dar, young readers’ editor at Kirkus ...

When Rachel Díaz of Culver City, California, “magically” refilled a soda can for her son, the nine-year-old’s first words were “Cool!” And then: “How’d you do that?” Science-based magic tricks stand ...

Across classrooms and kitchen tables, adults still talk about “gifted” children as if brilliance were a fragile heirloom that ...

With a rocky year of pandemic-related educational disruptions ahead, many parents are looking for ways to help their kids learn at home. Toys advertised as teaching STEM might seem like one way to ...

A major new meta-analysis finds that vegetarian and vegan diets can support healthy growth in children when properly planned.

It was highly contagious, lethal and mysterious. Then medical experts developed treatments and vaccines, and the affliction disappeared—but not entirely By Perri Klass - Author, A Good Time to Be Born ...