Reply #39: Get toys and books that teach the kid to be curious about the world

[XemaSab]

Get the kid a globe and an atlas, get the kid a magnifying glass and a pair of binoculars, help him plant and tend a garden, let him "help" you cook and talk to him about the different things in the food and where they come from, and take him on random outings to fun and educational places.

Get books of fairy tales, historical fiction, and science fiction. Get him books about dinosaurs and the planets and the birds. When he gets a little older, the Eyewitness books are great, and they will last him for a long time. Get him a good adult dictionary.

A curious mind is open to all things, and reasoning will follow from there.