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55 playful experiments that encourage tinkering, curiosity, and creative thinking from the creator of Tinkerlab.com - hands-on activities that explore art, science, and more. For children two and up.Kids are natural tinkerers. They experiment, explore, test, and play, and they learn a great deal about problem-solving through questions and hands-on experiments. They don't see lines between disciplines; rather, they notice interesting materials and ideas that are worth exploring. This book is about creative experiments, in all fields, that help kids explore the world.Children gravitate toward sensory experiences (playing with slime) , figuring out how things work (taking toys apart) , and testing the limits of materials (mixing a tray of paint together until it makes a solid mass of brown) .