Faefold Journal
What to Do When Your Preschooler Says "I'm Bored"
"I'm bored." You suggest coloring. "No." Blocks? "No." Want to go outside? "No." Play with your animals? "No." Five minutes later, you are somehow searching for "easy activities for bored...
What to Do When Your Preschooler Says "I'm Bored"
"I'm bored." You suggest coloring. "No." Blocks? "No." Want to go outside? "No." Play with your animals? "No." Five minutes later, you are somehow searching for "easy activities for bored...
How to Encourage Independent Play in Preschoolers
Help your preschooler play more independently with simple changes to the environment, easier starting points and less adult direction.
How to Encourage Independent Play in Preschoolers
Help your preschooler play more independently with simple changes to the environment, easier starting points and less adult direction.
Why Does My Child Get Bored With Toys So Quickly?
You buy something you are sure your child will love. They are completely absorbed in it on day one. A few days later, it is sitting untouched. Meanwhile, the cardboard...
Why Does My Child Get Bored With Toys So Quickly?
You buy something you are sure your child will love. They are completely absorbed in it on day one. A few days later, it is sitting untouched. Meanwhile, the cardboard...
The Protected Space
Why Children Build Forts and What It Gives Them
Why do children build forts, dens and hideaways? This article explores the research behind child-created spaces and their possible roles in imagination, autonomy, privacy, social play and calm.
The Protected Space
Why Children Build Forts and What It Gives Them
Why do children build forts, dens and hideaways? This article explores the research behind child-created spaces and their possible roles in imagination, autonomy, privacy, social play and calm.
Learning Through the Hands
What Happens When Children Create in Three Dimensions
What happens when children build, decorate and move through a three-dimensional space? Research connects hands-on spatial experiences with problem-solving, mathematical thinking and a stronger sense of ownership.
Learning Through the Hands
What Happens When Children Create in Three Dimensions
What happens when children build, decorate and move through a three-dimensional space? Research connects hands-on spatial experiences with problem-solving, mathematical thinking and a stronger sense of ownership.
Why the Cardboard Box Outperforms the Plastic Playhouse
What Neuroscience and Architecture Teach Us About Play
A research-based look at why children often choose a simple cardboard box over a finished playhouse, from loose-parts theory and divergent thinking to ownership, spatial learning and child-led play.
Why the Cardboard Box Outperforms the Plastic Playhouse
What Neuroscience and Architecture Teach Us About Play
A research-based look at why children often choose a simple cardboard box over a finished playhouse, from loose-parts theory and divergent thinking to ownership, spatial learning and child-led play.