Answer Your Preschooler’s “Why” Questions and Help Him Learn

Parenting Tips for Your 39-40 Month Old Child

It may be hard to answer questions all day long, but your child will have hundreds! He wants to learn about everything. When your child was two years old, he may have asked questions like, “What is this?” Your 3-year-old will want to know “Why?”

Don’t be surprised by questions like:

• Why are you doing that?

• Why is the ceiling high?

• Why do the clouds move?

• Why aren’t the clouds moving?

• How did you do that?

• What is this for?

Although you may get tired of answering so many questions, this helps your child learn. If a child gets no answer, he may stop asking. Answering questions encourages curiosity. Try to give simple answers. Avoid too many details. If you have not given enough information, your 3-year-old will ask for more! Try asking him what he thinks the answer is.

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