I don’t think one size fits all here. I have two kids in this age range and they respond to different approaches. My daughter is very creative and loves to spi

I don’t think one size fits all here. I have two kids in this age range and they respond to different approaches. My daughter is very creative and loves to spin up ideas and stories. When she asks me a question about the universe, I throw it back at her. “Daddy, why do flies have such thin wings? Why don’t they break?” “Well, what do YOU think?” She’ll then invent some explanations, we’ll have fun questioning them, and eventually look up some real answers. My son is much more execution-minded. He usually asks questions because he wants to understand how to build something. With Legos. In Minecraft. Whatever. He’s less interested in creative word play and more interested in creative building. Sometimes I can use the same tricks as with my daughter. “How do you think it works?” With him, I can often reframe the question and make him grapple with his goal at a higher level. “Sure, here’s how a gear box works. But what do you really want to accomplish here? Is there a better way to do this?” I haven’t read any books, this just seems to work for us. In either case, it’s critical to encourage kids to ask questions, and to teach them how to ask effective questions.