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The best screen-free activities rarely announce themselves as educational. They look like a child crouched beside a flower for ten minutes, an increasingly complicated cardboard invention taking over the dining room, or a blanket fort that has somehow acquired laws, currency, and a border patrol. Children ages 5 to 9 are wonderfully capable and still gloriously imaginative. They can follow directions, make predictions, read independently, and work through a challenge, but they can also turn a...

Discovery does not always require a grand field trip, an expensive outing, or a perfectly planned activity. More often, it happens in the middle of an ordinary day: during a walk around the block, while waiting for dinner, through a question asked in the backyard, or when a child is given enough time to notice something the adults nearly missed. Little moments add up to big memories. And with a few simple changes, the day you already have can become an adventure worth remembering. Here are...

5 Simple Ways to Add More Wonder to Your Child’s Summer Not every meaningful summer memory needs a reservation, a packed schedule, or an elaborate plan. Sometimes wonder begins with a walk around the block, a patch of dirt, a favorite book, or permission to make a little mess. Children naturally notice things adults have learned to overlook. They stop for the butterfly. They want to know what is underneath the rock. They can turn a stick into a wand, a fort, a fishing pole, or the beginning...