Children start to tune into faces from the day they are born. They start to recognise the extra cues we give when we are communicating such as making eye contact, facial expressions and body language.

While people in many parts of the world would be glimpsing a cheerful celestial smiley face, observers in Singapore instead saw a “sad face” lighting up the pre-dawn sky. The phenomenon occurs ...

Use words like 'happy face' or 'sad face' when drawing, so that your toddler starts to link facial features with different emotions.