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Time
Time brings together 12 topics and 64 questions, from “How did people measure time before mechanical clocks existed?” to “Why do we get older each year?”. Choose what your child is curious about today.
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12 focused sets make it easy to follow the questions your child is asking today. Each topic opens its own complete collection.
Inventing clocks and calendars
- How did people measure time before mechanical clocks existed?
- Who invented the first mechanical clocks, and how did they work?
- Why did calendars need to be standardized?
Calendars and months
- What is a calendar?
- Why does each month have a different number of days?
- What are the twelve months of the year, and why twelve?
Clocks and watches
- What is a clock?
- What is a watch?
- Can you point to a clock in your home?
Telling time on a clock
- How do you read a clock face?
- What exactly do the hour hand and minute hand mean?
- How many minutes are in an hour, and how many hours are in a day?
Day and night
- Is it day or night right now?
- Why does day turn into night?
- What are morning, afternoon, evening and night?
Time zones and why they exist
- Why do time zones exist in the first place?
- How exactly was the world divided into standard time zones?
- What is the international date line, and how does it work?
The physics of time
- How does Earth's rotation actually define a day?
- How does Earth's orbit around the sun actually define a year?
- Why isn't a year exactly three hundred and sixty five days?
Days of the week
- What day is it today?
- What is a week?
- Is today a day you go out, or a day you stay home?
Time zones and cultures
- What is a time zone?
- Why is it a different time in different countries at the same moment?
- How do different cultures around the world mark time today?
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
- What have you done today so far?
- What do yesterday, today and tomorrow mean?
- Can you remember one thing you did yesterday?
Seasons as a time cycle
- What makes one year exactly one trip around the sun?
- How do we divide a year into seasons as chunks of time?
- What are a solstice and an equinox?
How humans perceive time
- Why does time seem to fly when you are having fun?
- Why does time feel so much slower when you are bored or waiting?
- Why do memories affect how close or far away the past feels?
Why "why" questions matter
Around four and five, children ask "why" about everything, and that is exactly how they learn. Every question is a small door into how the world works. A short, honest answer keeps that door open, while "because I said so" quietly closes it.
You do not need to be an expert. Answering "let us find out together" is often better than knowing, because your child learns that not knowing is the start of discovery. Each card gives you a simple answer to start from, then a question to keep the chat going.
menu_bookFor parents: Why does my child ask "why" all the time?When the questions run out, a story
Gentle stories where your child is the hero and Grow the friend.
Grow and the Stars
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Grow and the Magic Bridge
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Grow and the Cloud Full of Feelings
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Grow and the Waterfall Hair
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Grow and the Silver Thread
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Grow and the Big Cup
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Grow and the Steps That Come Back
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Grow and the Very Big Bed
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Grow Stays Close
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Grow Waves Goodbye
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Sources
Answers are simplified for young children and checked against child-friendly science references.