Learning
Eight Lessons Our Kids Learnt The Hard Way
When it comes to learning life lessons, nothing beats personal experience. Sometimes it is not enough to tell a child not to do something. Elaborate explanations don’t work and there are times when the wealth of our experience does not mean much to them. Sometimes, children just need to experience it for themselves. Here are eight... »
4 PC Games For Playing And Learning
Children are very much digital natives who tend to gravitate towards the computer and all things digital. What better way, then, to sneak in some learning than on the computer. There are many good software available that entertain and teach at the same time. Here are four that young children will love. My First Maths Adventure... »
Freedom To Be Nurtures Creative Spark In Kids
All children exhibit a potential for creativity, just as all children show a potential for intelligence. Unlike intelligence, however, not many children get to live up to their promise for being creative. This is primarily due to the fact that every child’s creativity is not properly nurtured, says Ashfaq Ishaq, executive director of the International... »
Get Crafty With Everyday Items
The next time you are about to throw out a used container or an old t-shirt or the cardboard roll that holds the paper towels, think again—your kids may find it useful. Children love fantasy. And they enjoy working with their hands, learning as they go along. With a little bit of imagination and an assortment... »
PC Games Help Kids Think Better
As parents, we can’t help but worry about the effects that digital games have on our children. Will playing too many digital games affect their studies? Are these games too violent? Will they harm our children’s eyesight? Do they encourage thinking skills? For those of us who are digital immigrants, it can take a big... »
Homeschooling Delivers The Goods
As homeschoolers, we find that we are often asked to justify our decision to raise our children outside the school system. We are constantly bombarded with queries about our homeschooling from all quarters: the sincerely concerned, the intellectually curious, the secretly disapproving, the intensely doubtful and the hopeful wannabes. Homeschooling is quickly moving into the mainstream... »
Homeschooling Is Parenting
As part of our Interview Series, we talk to David Tan, father of two and a homeschool advocate in Malaysia who has been providing a voice for the many homeschooling families mushrooming in the country. Like most parents, David would like to see his children achieve their full potential and make a difference to their... »
Love, The Basis Of All True Learning
Not too long ago scientists believed that babies were born with their brains completely wired but new research has since revealed that the brain carries on growing at a very rapid pace, especially during the first three years of life. Newborns arrive with about 100 billion neurons or brain cells, which form connections called synapses... »
Brain Research Supports Montessori Method
“Spotlight the good and the good will grow” According to Phyllis Wallbank, this was one of Maria Montessori’s most profound ideas. Children need positive remarks and attention and if parents are too busy to provide these in sufficient quantities, they will resort to behaving badly in order to get the attention that they need. Founder of... »
How to Practise the Piano
To practise means to repeat with intention. To this end, music teachers should bring parents into lessons and show them how their children should practise at home. Put another way, parents should make it a point to sit in to lessons and find out what their children should be doing during practice time at home. It... »
