There is High Tech & Low Tech, but the best for fostering our children’s imaginations is NO TECH! Take the simple cardboard box. It can be a race car; just insert child and push them around on the floor (place a upside-down rug mat underneath to save the wood floor and to make it easier…

It was our twin boys’ first Christmas. They were 9 months old. We were at the grandparents; it was Christmas morning, time to open their presents. Cameras were clicking; tissue paper flew in great abandon; boxes big and small were open; enough toys and games for twenty children emerged. Then when everything was displayed, our…