Let your kid be a kid

If you can take a day off work and let your child skip school, they will remember it his entire life.

You can spend some enjoyable time together: take them to the local bookstore and eat their favorite ice cream. But you will need to make it clear that it is an exceptional day.

It is important for kids to have a daily routine but occasionally, small changes in their daily habits can stimulate their brains to think in different ways, which will provoke curiosity.

It can be something as simple as changing the bar of soap they no...

Reading a tale before bedtime is a good habit to get kids to sleep. However, always reading the same stories can get monotonous.

• To make it more fun, you can tell them stories with open ends so they can use their imagination to fi...

• When your child asks you something like ‘why does it rain?’, you can explain to them the cycle of rain and at the end of your rationalization, you may mention the forms of water without explaining it in detail.
• If they are interested, it may call their curiosity to ask you more about...

Do you know how music affects your brain? People who study music actually tend to use both sides of their brains.

This makes them better at lateral thinking, which means being able to solve problems through a creative approach.

If this is an option, take your kids to a foreign country to experience new cultures, see diverse places and meet new people.

One of the main reasons why we travel is to satisfy our curiosity and traveling makes us more curious. So getting your kids into this stimulating circle at an ea...

Experiencing the process of making a cake – from the ingredients to the final result – can be quite amazing for a child.

And, doing it themselves, will awaken all their senses: hearing how to do it, seeing the transformation and colors, touching unusual textures, smelling t...

Discovering new cultures is a great way to nurture curiosity. And local food is an excellent way to find out more about a new culture, its flavors, manners, and tradition.

Take your kids for a lovely meal in an authentic Japanese, Thai, Indian, Vietnamese or Spanish restaur...

You could leave a good morning note under their pillow, organize a treasure hunt for a snack, or invite someone they like for lunch and don’t tell them until the loved person arrives.

Kids are continuously asking questions and sometimes they can be quite tough to answer. To be able to give them a constructive response it is necessary to understand why are they asking that question.

For instance, when they ask you ‘why do you have to go to work?’ they don’t want to he...