doclori,
Any advice (books, shows) for a little boy that loves physics, machines, and that sort of thing? I've found every physics picture book I could (friction, what is gravity?), but he is ready for something more advanced. He needs something visual like discovery shows. What did your son like?
He really likes the Basher books (if you search for "Basher" in books on Amazon, you'll find them), especially the physics one, but some of the others are great. DH made fun of me when I got the physics book, but the kid really likes them.
On TV: There's a series (Discovery or Science channel, I forget), called "How the Universe Works," which he loves, and there was a good 2-hour special by Stephen Hawking called, "The Story of Everything."
Lego, erector set, lincoln logs, anything building. And he reads 4th grade nonfiction chapter books from the school library.
More and more, google and wikipedia are resources. What do I know about subatomic particles? Who knew that protons are made of something else called "quarks?"
