Children’s Extremely Intense Interests

Researchers have studied young children’s extremely intense interests in topics like these:

Cars

Trains

Airplanes

Blue Angels

Balls

Rocks

Weather

Dressing Up

Dolls

Blenders

Tea Sets

Books

Tools

Puzzles

Dinosaurs

Dogs

Frogs

Insects

Pokémon

Space

U.S. Presidents

The Wizard of Oz

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References:

Deloache, J. S., Simcock, G., & Macari, S. (2007). Planes, trains, automobiles – and tea sets: Extremely intense interests in very young children. Developmental Psychology, 43, 1579-1586

Leibham, M. E., Alexander, J. M., Johnson, K. E., Neitzel, C., & Reis-Henrie, F. (2005). Parenting behaviors associated with early intense interests in domains related to science. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 26, 397-414.