One of the main foods of curiosity is exploration. Explore the new, the obscure, the beautiful, the weird, and everything in between. Here are some ways to expose your child to knowledge in ways that might make them just that little bit more in love with the world.

Documentaries. Watching free documentaries and shows on the PBS app is a great way to grow your child’s curiosity. Even without a Passport subscription, many interesting documentaries are available for viewing. You would be surprised what little minds can understand, and overjoyed with the loves and passions that can grow out of watching good documentaries! Some of the best options include: Nova and Nature.

PBS Kids App. The PBS Kids’ app is a great source of content that doesn’t “feel” like it’s teaching, but helps your little one grow in huge, tangible ways. Many shows on PBS are also calm and have even pacing, helping your little one stay grounded in an increasingly fast-paced world.

Library Trips. Visiting the library is a perfect way to help your little one grow in their love of knowledge. Books on their interests, fiction books about new ideas, and books they just like to read—any kind of reading is good reading.

Khan Academy. This site is a free, online educational content platform, with classes on everything from elementary school science and math to the early universe to African art. This platform may require going in and selecting content your child may love, but once you have a game plan: this website builds futures.

Discovery Place (and other local museums). Visiting a museum is a great way to explore curiosity in other times, places, and people, and creativity through interaction with exhibits and with activities. Local museums have different specialties to introduce your child to different interests: Historic Brattonsville is perfect for learning about history, and Discovery Place for science— you can find so many incredible places to explore in this area!

Working to help your child explore the world around them in ways that help them love learning can create a lifelong tendency to explore, to create, and to think about the world in novel ways. This might just help your child to a world-mover: to see the world so distinctly they change it for the better.