“Truth or Dare?” – three words that most of us have encountered at some point in our lives. What was at one time a popular game...

A friend recently laughed as she described her four-year-old’s car ride home from preschool. Within fifteen minutes, she had answered questions about why clouds move, how...

One evening after a refreshing monsoon shower, I watched a little boy standing at the edge of a puddle outside his apartment building. He looked at...

A close friend recently called me, sounding completely exhausted. “My son is wonderful at preschool,” she said. “His teachers tell me he shares his toys, follows...

A few weeks ago, I watched my neighbour’s four-year-old spend nearly an hour turning a cardboard box into a “rocket.” There were no expensive toys, no...

One of my favourite childhood memories begins with a rainy afternoon and a sheet of old newspaper. My grandmother patiently folded the paper, crease by crease,...

One Saturday afternoon, heavy monsoon rain changed my neighbour’s carefully planned outing into an unexpected day indoors. At first, her three-year-old was disappointed, standing by the...

Every parent knows the feeling of opening a preschool lunchbox at the end of the day only to find most of the food untouched. You may...