We took our daughter to the natural history museum in D.C. Right before we left, we found that they actually had a child exploration room! The room was amazing and equipped with everything from a dress up corner, to hieroglyphic stamps. It had a coloring station, a light table, a skeleton, rocks, microscopes, weights to measure on a scale, and so much more!
The first thing we tried with Caroline was the microscope. She watched me put a rock on the specimen tray and look through the eye pieces. She was hooked. She was doing it all on her own from that point on. She’d put an object on, and look through the eye pieces. Cutest thing in the world!
Turns out, we couldn’t interest her in anything else. She looked at the weights briefly, and even stamped her fingerprint, but then wanted to go immediately back to the microscope. She was fascinated by it and having so much fun.
I love that she’s enjoying this item so much. I really like the idea of introducing her to science at a young age. Science is so much fun and young children really enjoy the exploration aspect. Anything that can encourage problem solving and exploration is a huge win. This “toy” is perfect and she’ll enjoy it for several years to come.
