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No one who has ever watched a toddler methodically taking apart a Tupperware drawer can doubt that many children are natural-born (ha ha!) engineers. Your only job as a parent is to nurture their creativity … and, well, clean up the mess afterward. Wrap up a few of these STEM toys and books for your future scientist to blow up, burn up or dismantle.

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11 Experiments That Failed It’s one of the first and most important science lessons your kid will ever learn: most experiments won’t work. Scientists need to learn how to fail, and fail often, with grace and good humor. With accompanying illustrations from Nancy Carpenter, author Jenny Offill walks kids through twelve absurd and hilarious “hypotheses” (can you survive on ketchup and snow alone? Can a washing machine wash dishes?) that are tested with a step-by-step process and disastrous results. Kids: It’s OK to mess up. We’re

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