When my son was a baby, I swore I’d never let him watch PAW Patrol. At the time, I thought of it as the kind of TV show I didn’t want my child to become obsessed with: noisy and overstimulating. But ...

While problem-solving skills are not taught directly in the classroom, they are part of everyday life building skills. It is important to provide children real world examples and some rationale behind ...

As I watched my sons, Wavhudi and Rivhavhudi, play games on my phone before bedtime, I was captivated by their enthusiasm and how deeply they were engaged – especially when the games involved maths or ...

I am in a unique position in my dual role as parent and pediatric psychologist. Like most parents, I want to alleviate our children’s suffering by doing whatever I can. We hate to see our children ...

Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates a child's senses, from touch, smell, and taste to movement, balance, sight, and hearing. For growing toddlers and children, research shows that these ...

Complex problem solving (CPS) represents an essential dimension of contemporary education, capturing the multifaceted cognitive and metacognitive processes that underpin effective learning in ...

Kim Louis told the kids gathered at United Presbyterian Church of New Kensington to pretend they were on a tropical island, somewhere green and warm. Then imagine an impending snowstorm threatened to ...

I cannot count how many times I’ve asked the internet for parenting advice. (It’s a lot.) Parenting is a wonderful and important job, but it’s also really tough — and there’s no manual! Because no ...

Mathematics education must move beyond marks and memorisation, focusing instead on reasoning, problem-solving, and creative thinking. By leveraging technology and reimagining curricula, we can nurture ...

A recent study found that human children absolutely crush AI tools in basic problem-solving and thinking tasks, with scientists determining that AI has one serious blind spot: innovation. The study, ...