Your Two-Year-Old Is Already a Scientist. You Just Don’t Know It Yet.

Already a Scientist

Watch a two-year-old at the dinner table for five minutes. They’ll drop a spoon. Then pick it up, hand it back, and drop it again. Then look at you, completely deadpan, and drop it a third time.  You’re probably thinking: “Please stop.”  What’s actually happening: they’re running an experiment. They’re not only testing their limits with you, but also testing gravity, […]

Your Two-Year-Old Is Already a Scientist. You Just Don’t Know It Yet.

Your Two-Year-Old Is Already a Scientist. You Just Don’t Know It Yet.

Watch a two-year-old at the dinner table for five minutes. They’ll drop a spoon. Then pick it up, hand it back, and drop it again. Then look at you, completely deadpan, and drop it a third time.  You’re probably thinking: “Please stop.”  What’s actually happening: they’re running an experiment. They’re not only testing their limits…