Should parents prioritize extreme safety or thoughtfully push their kids toward independence and self-reliance? It’s a question that moms and dads have long grappled with, and in light of the recent waves of lockdowns and school closures, there are likely plenty of lessons to be learned. Alas, in addition to the many lives lost to COVID-19, the pandemic has led to significant suffering among children. While some have experienced severe learning loss with tilting disparities, others have struggled to cope with the effects of social isolation, leading to an increase in teen suicides and a string of other mental health-related issues. Whatever one thinks of the prudence of the lockdowns as a means for containing the virus, they inadvertently doubled as an extreme experiment in what happens to children when they...
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The straw wrapper worm or caterpillar is a fun and easy science experiment. Your kids will love watching the “worm” grow right in front of their eyes. My kids love learning about the butterfly life cycle and how the caterpillar transforms into a beautiful butterfly. We had a lot of fun using pasta to make each stage of the butterfly life cycle and used coffee filters to make colorful butterflies. We also got a butterfly growing kit and watched the caterpillars eat and eat until they form a chrysalis. There is nothing like watching the metamorphosis take place in person and seeing the butterflies bust out of the chrysalises. I highly recommend doing this with your kids as part of...
Lynda Hallinan plays cat and mouse with a family of unwelcome houseguests. There was a mouse in our house. It wasn’t the first, and it won’t be the last. Every winter, when Jack Frost snuffs the life out of my vegetable garden, the orchard is stripped bare and birds raid the last seedpods from my flower borders, field mice seek shelter and sustenance inside our farmhouse. Who can blame them? Every square centimetre of our home is insulated and double-glazed and kept balmy with a heat pump that simultaneously hikes up the temperature and our winter power bills. Who am I to begrudge a cosy cohabiting mouse? One year, I developed an almost companionable attachment to the house mouse that...
By the time kids are 5, they’re developing skills and more-specific interests that open up new gift-giving possibilities. Many 5-year-olds are starting kindergarten, and they’re exploring new subjects and ideas in school for the first time. Toys and kits that let them engage in project-based inquiry—such as performing simple science experiments and exploring nature—can help them make connections between what they’re exposed to in the classroom (be it virtual or in-person) and what they experience out in the world.
