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title: "Forbes: How To Get Your Kids Interested in STEAM"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b0db4c99-af61-4a49-b57e-9aa8e4cf8447
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/idealabkids/forbes-how-to-get-your-kids-interested-in-steam-2712015
category: "Enrichment & STEM"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
segment: "Enrichment & STEM"
published: 2020-01-13T18:13:15.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:08:59.390Z
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# Forbes: How To Get Your Kids Interested in STEAM

**TL;DR:** IDEA Lab Kids, founded by Ghazal Qureshi, provides intellectually stimulating after-school programs and plans to reach 700 U.S. locations in four years. Qureshi emphasizes the importance of STEAM topics for children's intellectual growth.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-01-13. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/idealabkids/forbes-how-to-get-your-kids-interested-in-steam-2712015).*

## Story

IDEA Lab Kids Founder and CEO Ghazal Qureshi’s role as a mother to three children led her to create a company that would provide an intellectually stimulating, hands-on after-school program, which her own community lacked. In a recent Forbes article , Qureshi emphasizes the importance of STEAM topics to children’s intellectual growth. By walking with your children outdoors, cooking at home, and keeping STEAM principles integrated in their activities, your children will be set up for success no matter what future career path they choose.

“I wanted to provide my kids with an education that was innovative and unique for them, but I couldn’t find what I felt they needed,” Qureshi told Forbes. “That initial desire grew into an idea to develop these same concepts for my community, which has now grown into an international business in a very organic way. I believe IDEA Lab Kids has been successful because my heart is and has always been in the right place — wanting to educate with STEAM concepts that are very necessary to the future growth of economies and countries around the world.”

IDEA Lab Kids has seen tremendous growth since their launch in 2011. The brand plans to reach 700 U.S. locations over the next four years.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise growth (topic)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- Forbes (company)
- women in business (topic)
- IDEA Lab Kids (company)
- steam education (topic)
- after school programs (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/idealabkids/forbes-how-to-get-your-kids-interested-in-steam-2712015). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b0db4c99-af61-4a49-b57e-9aa8e4cf8447).