What are the best ways to promote curiosity at home?

Start by letting your kid ask a million questions—even the weird ones like, “Do fish get thirsty?” Create a home where it’s okay not to know everything and even better to go find out. Try new foods, explore local museums, or build a volcano in the kitchen. Read books together and take nature walks without a plan. Ask “what do you think?” more than “what’s the answer?” Show your own curiosity too. Wonder out loud, make guesses, and Google things as a team. Kids mirror what they see. If your household treats learning like a scavenger hunt instead of a pop quiz, curiosity will thrive. Just be prepared for an endless stream of “why” questions.