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