https://growney.app/blog/ Short reads for parents about the questions children ask. Space, dinosaurs, the world, the body, money and growing up. en https://growney.app/blog/how-to-teach-a-child-to-read-a-map/ https://growney.app/blog/how-to-teach-a-child-to-read-a-map/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 How to teach a child to read a map without drills. What scale, the key and the compass rose mean, what research says about young children and maps, and five games. https://growney.app/blog/why-babies-have-more-bones/ https://growney.app/blog/why-babies-have-more-bones/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 How many bones a baby has compared with an adult, where the extra ones go and what the soft spot is. A simple explanation and a game for finding your own bones. https://growney.app/blog/how-big-is-the-sun/ https://growney.app/blog/how-big-is-the-sun/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 How big the Sun is compared with Earth, and why it looks so small. Simple answers for a child and a model with a basketball and a pin. https://growney.app/blog/why-do-children-ask-why/ https://growney.app/blog/why-do-children-ask-why/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 How many questions young children ask, what research says about all those “whys”, and how to answer when you are tired or simply do not know. https://growney.app/blog/how-do-fossils-form/ https://growney.app/blog/how-do-fossils-form/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 How a dinosaur bone turns to stone, why fossils are so rare and where to look for them. Explained with the Natural History Museum in London, plus an easy home experiment. https://growney.app/blog/how-astronauts-live-on-the-iss/ https://growney.app/blog/how-astronauts-live-on-the-iss/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 How astronauts sleep, eat and wash on the ISS with no shower and no crumbs. Simple answers for a child and a space day game to play at home. https://growney.app/blog/teach-child-to-save-for-a-goal/ https://growney.app/blog/teach-child-to-save-for-a-goal/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Why waiting is so hard for children, what the famous marshmallow test really showed, and how to help them save for a bigger purchase with a jar, a drawing and patience. https://growney.app/blog/how-to-say-hello-in-ten-languages/ https://growney.app/blog/how-to-say-hello-in-ten-languages/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 What "ciao", "namaste", and "kia ora" actually mean, why people bow in Japan and touch noses in New Zealand, and a fun world-travel game for your living room. https://growney.app/blog/why-are-birds-called-dinosaurs/ https://growney.app/blog/why-are-birds-called-dinosaurs/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Why the pigeon in the park is a cousin of T. rex. What birds and dinosaurs share, how scientists proved it, and a simple game with a chicken wishbone at home. https://growney.app/blog/why-are-planets-round/ https://growney.app/blog/why-are-planets-round/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Why Earth and Saturn are round while a moon of Mars looks like a potato. A simple explanation of gravity, a circle game and a modelling clay experiment. https://growney.app/blog/why-did-t-rex-have-short-arms/ https://growney.app/blog/why-did-t-rex-have-short-arms/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Why T. rex had a huge head and tiny arms. Three ideas from scientists, a 2026 study and a simple game that lets children feel it for themselves. https://growney.app/blog/how-much-screen-time-doctors-recommend/ https://growney.app/blog/how-much-screen-time-doctors-recommend/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 How much screen time the WHO and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend for children, why a video call with Grandma is different, and how to make a family screen plan. https://growney.app/blog/why-different-time-in-other-countries/ https://growney.app/blog/why-different-time-in-other-countries/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Why is it already evening in Kyiv but still daytime in London? A simple guide to time zones, the Prime Meridian, and the date line, complete with a lamp and orange experiment. https://growney.app/blog/why-is-the-sky-blue/ https://growney.app/blog/why-is-the-sky-blue/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 How to easily explain to a child why the sky is blue and the sunset red, complete with a quick kitchen experiment and a fun fact about Mars. https://growney.app/blog/when-to-give-pocket-money/ https://growney.app/blog/when-to-give-pocket-money/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 When a child is ready for their own money, how to choose the right amount, and what to do if it's all spent in a day. What research says about forming money habits. https://growney.app/blog/why-the-moon-changes-shape/ https://growney.app/blog/why-the-moon-changes-shape/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 How to explain the phases of the Moon to a child. Why it's sometimes round and sometimes a thin crescent, and how to show it at home with a lamp. https://growney.app/blog/what-colour-were-dinosaurs/ https://growney.app/blog/what-colour-were-dinosaurs/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 How scientists reconstructed dinosaur colours from tiny pigment grains in fossilised feathers. Three real examples and what we still don't know about T. rex.