Guest Column: The power of curiosity
Dr. Stewart Burgess
Dr. Stewart Burgess is CEO and executive director of the Children’s Museum of Memphis, as well as a developmental psychologist with an extensive career in early childhood learning.
“As children will spend most of their early lives in classrooms, fostering curiosity outside of school can help make their educational journeys more fun and fruitful.”
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