We have reached an interesting (and disturbing) tipping-point in our society, when we can even talk in terms of ‘play versus enrichment’. For young children, play is enrichment – play is how a child learns to make sense of the world; to put together the intricate pieces of experience that lay the neural foundations of...
Amongst all the preschools in Singapore, MindChamps PreSchool was among the first to check out the Shark Ball Pool and other features at Pororo Park Singapore, which opened officially yesterday. The park, a 1,000 sq m indoor playground in Marina Square, is themed after a cuddly penguin called Pororo, a popular animation character from South Korea. Source:...
What Reading is Not Reading is not about reading aloud nor is it about memorising sounds using phonics methods and decoding letters and words. Rather, it is about engaging with and actively understanding the concepts formed by the written text to activate your child’s thinking processes. How to Deepen Comprehension By thinking through the narrative (the...
The brain of a child is a work in progress – it does not respond the way an adult’s brain does. Studies have shown that the mind of a child is most receptive when it is engaged via the emotions. Hence, positive feelings of enjoyment, security and calm promote learning. And by learning, we do...
Experts worldwide agree that reading is a process involving a number of key skills – with mastery of phonics being just one. Here are easy steps to encourage your child to be an avid reader: 1) Engagement Actively engaging your child to develop the love for reading and writing If your child is actively engaged,...
This is an important question, but often it is asked for all the wrong reasons – and with a misguided notion of the true nature of writing. Many parents, realising the demands that will be placed on their children in the ridiculously competitive educational environment we have created for them, ask the question as a...
