Wondering what to feed your kids? Try a little dirt. 😉
If you need one more reason to get your kids outside to play, soil microbes may be the extra nudge you need. Hidden inside the dirt is soil bacteria that scienc...
What friends teach children
Children thrive with a little help from their friends When I was a child, my sister and I used to get together with the neighbour kids and create shows. There w...
How language shapes the way we think
There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world — and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we th...
Why kids need daylight to thrive and learn
Do kids need daylight? Studies confirm that kids benefit in multiple ways when they are exposed to outdoor levels of illumination. Gwen Dewar, the author of the...
Gender Swapped Fairy Tales – ‘Handsome and the Beast’ and the ugly brothers
The compendium has flipped the genders of our childhood princes and princesses, a simple switch-up that makes the stereotypes embedded in our traditions appear ...