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Parenting

Why pretend play is so important in early childhood (3-5)

February 19, 2025

How play is different from entertainment. Why pretend play is so important for young children aged 3-5

Categories Blog post, Parenting, Play Tags dramatic play, imaginative play, open-ended play, pretend play, small world play, symbolic play

How to Have a Meaningful Conscious Halloween: 3 Points to Consider

October 22, 2023August 20, 2023
Halloween Decoration Set

How to have a meaningful conscious Halloween? Here are some points to consider: the Christian roots of Halloween; the pagan roots of Halloween; how children deal with scary stuff.

Categories Blog post, Parenting Tags children and Halloween, Halloween, Samhain festival, the Christian roots of Halloween, the pagan roots of Halloween, the symbolic meaning of Halloween

Believe it or not, There are Good Reasons to Read “Danny, the Champion of the World”

January 28, 2023July 15, 2022
wooden pleasant

Is it a good idea to read “Danny, the Champion of the World” by Roald Dahl? Here is how it could benefit our children. Beyond controversy.

Categories Blog post, Books, Parenting Tags children's books, danny the champion of the world, living books, roald dahl

How to Encourage Symbolic Play

January 28, 2023May 30, 2022
wooden toy people

How adults can foster symbolic play (also known as dramatic play, imaginative play, pretend play, small-world play, make-believe play.

Categories Blog post, Parenting, Play, Toys Tags dramatic play, imaginative play, open-ended play, open-ended toy, pretend play, small world play

6 Ways to Develop the Sense of Wonder

January 28, 2023May 29, 2022

Why children need to develop a sense of wonder while interacting with nature. Based on Rachel Carson’s ideas from the book “The Sense of Wonder”.

Categories Blog post, Books, Parenting, Play Tags experiencing nature with children, how to raise a naturalist, observing nature with children

Celebrating the Elderly

April 26, 2022
wooden granfma figurine

We come from a culture in which the elderly are focused on being useful and active, helping their younger relatives and living with or near them. Of course, this traditional approach has been thinning out for decades and is not …

Read moreCelebrating the Elderly

Categories Blog post, Books, Parenting Tags children's books, living books, respect for old people, tales about elderly people
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