What Dora the Explorer Can Teach Us About Engaging Young Minds

Chilly weather has presented me with an opportunity to watch television with my 4-year-old granddaughter, Brooklyn, who controls the remote. Her favorite show is the wildly popular preschool phenomenon, ‘Dora the Explorer.’  This program looked so simplistic and unimaginative to me, I thought I’d never make it through an entire 21-minute episode. However, after watching…