The Intellectual Lives of Children The Intellectual Lives of Children Susan Engel Harvard University Press Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts London, England 2021 Copyright © 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of Amer i ca First printing Jacket photograph: Cavan Images © Getty Images Jacket design: Annamarie McMahon Why 9780674250482 (EPUB) 9780674250512 (PDF) The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Names: Engel, Susan L., 1959– author. Title: The intellectual lives of children / Susan Engel. Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020022434 | ISBN 9780674988033 (cloth) Subjects: LCSH: Cognition in children. | Children—Intellectual life. | Youth—Intellectual life. | Education. | Age and intelligence. Classification: LCC BF723.C5 E488 2021 | DDC 155.4/13—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022434 For Henry and Lina Contents 1 Prelude 1 2 Inquiry 15 3 Invention 64 4 Ideas 109 5 The Idea Workshop 168 Notes 195 Acknowl edgments 209 Index 211