| If you want your child to have a love for learning which | | | | formicarium. "Ant farm" is, in fact, a trademarked name |
| lasts a lifetime, you should start encouraging them | | | | owned by Uncle Milton Industries. Ant farms are highly |
| early. Kids have a natural tendency to want to explore | | | | educational and fun. Kits never come with ants. They |
| their environment and discover the world around them. | | | | instruct you to either collect some from around the |
| A great way to instille a love for learning and an | | | | house or you can have a small tube of them delivered |
| interest in science, one of the best things you can do | | | | to your house. Most come with some sort of sand or |
| for you child is get them a science toy. There are a | | | | soil in which the ants build their tunnels. Newer models, |
| number of science toys out there designed to provoke | | | | though, come with a thick gel which the ants not only |
| your child's interest in learning and give them a better | | | | burrow through but they can also eat it.A third toy |
| understanding of their environment.One of the most | | | | which will encourage your child's interest in science is |
| popular science toys for children is the chemistry set. | | | | the microscope. Children can learn a great deal about |
| Chemistry sets range in price from around $20 to | | | | the natural world with a microscope. There are a |
| upwards of $200. As you can tell from such a price | | | | plethora of microscopes on today's market. The sky's |
| range, there is a wide variety of options when buying a | | | | the limit when it comes to pricing on these instruments, |
| chemistry set. The difference in price is usually due to | | | | but they can also be found at very reasonable costs. |
| the amount of equipment and chemicals included with | | | | You can buy a good microscope for around $40. |
| the set. Many parents are concerned with their child's | | | | Spending less will get your a pretty shoddy instrument. |
| safety when experimenting with chemicals. As with | | | | And if you want nothing but the best for your child |
| most activities, a child should be supervised while | | | | then you can easily spend in excess of $700! Kids can |
| playing with a chemistry set, but the chances of them | | | | find things all over the place to look at under a |
| blowing up the house or even seriously injuring | | | | microscope and you can also buy them prepared |
| themselves are pretty slim. Another concern parents | | | | slides. A set of 10 such slides will cost about $20 and |
| have with chemistry sets is what to do when the | | | | have things to look at like bacteria, a sliver of leaf, and |
| chemicals are depleted. Again, this isn't a big deal | | | | animal skin.Recent news reports have stated that |
| because most sets come with catalogs from which | | | | there aren't enough scientists being produced in |
| you can restock the set for a reasonable price. You | | | | America. Maybe your kid will be the next Einstein. It's |
| can also order refills online.Another popular science toy | | | | got to be someone, right? Why not your kid? |
| is the ant farm. Who didn't have one of these when | | | | Encourage learning and an interest in science by giving |
| they were a kid? What you probably didn't know is | | | | your child a science toy.Gregg Hall is an author living in |
| that they have a more scientific-sounding name: | | | | Navarre Florida. |