

Pink Socks, Pink Shoes, Pink Tutu
What color is that? How can she know? We moms must tell her. The pink sock color is not the same as the pink shoe color or the pink tutu...


A Last Name and an Address - Identity
A child’s last name is just as important as his first name. When we asked Edie her last name, she told us it was “Boo.” Edie is three....


Ring, Ring, Ring
In English (and in Chinese) the same word can mean totally different things. The ring on mama’s finger is nothing like the ring of a...


In and Out, Empty and Full
One year olds like dumping and filling. When big sisters are making Lego cars, Carter wants to put all the Legos back in the box. Then he...

Does an umbrella keep us warm?
What does an umbrella do? Edie says it keeps her warm, because when she and her mother got caught in the rain with no umbrella, they were...

After: a very tricky word
Sometimes grown-ups don’t understand how tricky some words are. We think a child understands the tricky word after when he understands...