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3) Frankenbunny
Readers learn all about these marvelous marsupials, including where they live in Australia, what they eat, and how they communicate, play, and grow. Kids will meet red kangaroos, gray kangaroos, tree kangaroos, rat kangaroos, and...
When Jack Knight takes off in his biplane from North Platte, Nebraska, in 1921, hundreds of people crowd the airstrip. Is Jack transporting a famous passenger? Is he ferrying medicine for a sick child?...
10) Tom's Tweet
Good news: Your mom's hatching a baby! Bad news: Babies take their sweet time. And when they finally do hatch? They’re too little to play! They don’t even know how to...
Secure your bib, open wide, and get ready to unpack the properties of matter. Chemistry is all around us—starting with Baby's high chair . . .
Are you hungry? . . .
Let's experiment.
Why wait for college when you can teach your toddler advanced science right now? After sterilizing your workstation, prepare to explore solids, which can be combined with liquids to form an optimal mixture. Now test your mixture.
14) Stroller Ecology
Ready to roll with your little ecologist? Head to the park to engage all the senses and discover new things—living things!
Shh. If we're really quiet, what can we hear?
Did you know your nearby park is its own ecosystem? There, your baby can smell some flowers that use sunshine to grow, watch a bird reuse twigs for a nest, listen to ducklings peep, and touch the rough bark of a squirrel's habitat. Babies
Grab a play mat, blocks, and your favorite baby engineer. It's time to build something—and see science at work!
Oh, my. You've gathered lots of materials.
What will you build?
With blocks at the ready, watch as your baby uses their hands to bear weight and the couch for support while experimenting with setting up a sturdy base, stacking a tower, spanning a space with an arch—and applying force, of course.
Splish, splash! Prepare to experience the forces of physics at work. It's time for Baby's bath . . .
Ooh! We made a waterfall . . .
Invite your tubby-time friends to join in.
Even Einstein started somewhere, so who's to say your little genius-to-be won't find inspiration in the bath? Gather up your gear: floating toys, fluffy towels, warm tub, favorite little lab partner (may take multiple attempts).