On 12/30/08, Donna music/TN wrote:
> My daughter has a major case of "Why does this work", and
> with all the lights and decorations recently, is asking a
> lot of questions about electricity. I brought home The
> Magic School Bus and a few other books from the library,
> but in general, they seem to either completely overshoot
> her comprehension (and sometimes, mine-it's been a LONG
> time since I took physics, or any science class, for that
> matter), or they're "The light in your house turns on using
> electricity", which doesn't answer the "HOW and WHY"
> questions she has. And except for the static electricity,
> sticking balloons to walls stuff, most of the experiments
> seem a bit much for a 4 yr old!
>
> Any suggestions? Or should I hope that next week she's back
> to some other interest (although this has lasted several
> weeks already). I didn't have any trouble finding age-
> appropriate stuff for dinosaurs!

Can't be much help here. At 4 my son found the Magic
Schoolbus book on electricity to be just about the right
level. (At age 2 he wanted explanations of how compact
fluorescent light bulbs worked---a much more challenging
question.) The SNAP circuits toys are a pretty good intro
for 4- or 5-year-olds who are really into electronics, though
they are aimed a couple of years older.
>

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