1. Kim and Carrots: The best thing about an empty box is its endless possibilities. The children in this issue discover that a box can be a child-sized table, a cozy house, or even a secret hiding place. So offer lots of time for independent exploration: your child may want to push her new box around the room, open and close its flaps, or simply bang a lively rhythm on its side. After a while, see if you can pick up on your child’s interests. Listen to your drummer’s patterns and then join in. Offer a teddy bear as a passenger when your toddler pushes the box around the room. Or drive a toy truck over to the child who is opening and closing the flaps. Who knows? That box…
