Reading Material is Just as Important (Score 1)

What he or she reads is just as important. For younger kids - The Book of Knowledge (if you can find it) has many "how to" articles. For older kids -a subscription to the Scientific American - Yes, it's high level - but a 9th grader can read at least some of it, and the ideas - the Amateur Scientist section of the 70's and 80's - led me to my present (scientific) career.