Here’s how basic activities like music, drawing, or walking, can help a child think clearer, focus better, and even retain more of what they study.

Beginner drawing pencils should fall somewhere around the middle of the spectrum, let’s say 2 or 4B — soft enough to make a range of marks depending on how hard you push down, but not so soft ...

When children reach 6 years old, their drawings matter. Not because of those purple unicorns or pinstripe dragons but because of how kids sketch themselves and the very real people in their lives ...