Short answer: I loved visits to the library and the local science museum. Long answer: Provide lots of opportunities for unstructured play and exploration. I'v

Short answer: I loved visits to the library and the local science museum. Long answer: Provide lots of opportunities for unstructured play and exploration. I've intentionally filled my adult house with "tools" of all varieties for my young daughter so that no matter what she's into, she has an outlet. Practically speaking, this means that she will always have access to: paper, pencils, crayons, rulers, tape (so much tape!), cardboard boxes, old digital cameras, batteries / flashlights, garden implements, woodworking tools, a soldering iron, several musical instruments, sports balls, a well-stocked kitchen, LEGO, etc etc etc. These were the things I appreciated from my own childhood. Re: #2 - The biggest world-impacting thing 20 years from now can be guessed at but is unknowable. The best chance to ride this new unknown trend is to develop curiosity and adaptability. One item to watch out for: though you shouldn't push your daughter to excel everywhere, you should definitely push her in at least one area that's hard and intimidating for her. If you don't, she'll get bored in school. Worse, when she encounters something difficult she'll think there's something wrong with her and give up rather than work through it like everyone else. The sooner she learns this lesson the better. "Working on things that don't come easily" didn't really sink in for me until later in life so I have a bunch of regrets around missed opportunities.