Maliasa
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Sparking Children's Thinkibility
http://thinkdive.com/
Child development, creativity and thinking
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Little Miracles Growing Up
http://maliasa-littlemiracles.blogspot.co.uk/
Blog about child development with a focus on creativity and thinking.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 174 )
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Creativity, Boredom and Having Nothing to Do
“Mum, I am bored, I have nothing to do!”We have developed a society where it is expected that we are constantly engaged and children should be stimulated and... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
I LOVE Writing Poems
Sometimes poems make us look at something familiar from several different perspectives. Like the poem by Wallace Stevens poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Hard and Soft Thinking
Roger von Oech, author of A Whack on the Side of the Head, distinguishes between hard and soft thinking. Soft thinking is playful, spontaneous, dreamlike, and... Read more
Posted on 09 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Frog in Love – Book Review
“Hello Frog,” said Piglet. “You don’t look very well. What’s the matter with you?” “I don’t know,” said Frog. “I feel like laughing and crying at the same... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Jörgits & the End of Winter – Interactive Book
The Jörgits and the End of Winter is a novel that explores global warming through lovable aliens. A humorous and smart cultural critique for kids nine and up. Read more
Posted on 05 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
I’m Doing Something Beautiful – Picky Eaters
Picky eaters are challenging. Often it is the parents’ perspective that is discussed and the focus is on ways to deal with picky eaters. Should we serve everyon... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Monster Dreamer – Creating Real Objects With Your Mind
Monsters and children go hand in hand. Children love to explore and their minds are like an open sea where they can dive into and explore different... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Book Reviews – Poetry
National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry Stunning photographs that are sure to capture young children’s attention. A visual threat that contains funny and... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Move Thinking Forward – Kintsukuroi
Toys, toys, toys everywhere! Many children have several toys and repairing a broken toy is not easy. How do you glue little bits of plastic together? It is... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Critical Thinking – Taking Small Crittery Steps
Small and careful steps are a characteristic of using a critical approach to thinking. Critical thinking is in many ways the opposite to the long jumps that ar... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Bilingual Children – Book Reviews
What is it like to bilingual? Well, the experiences can of course vary enormously but for a bilingual child it is a great feeling to know that she is not alone. Read more
Posted on 22 May 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Attention Fitness
is necessary so that a child can finish reading a page. A focused mind is vital to be creative and problem solving requires patience. Yet attention fitness is... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Babies, Faces and Monkeys
Babies stare at faces with brow-wrinkling focus and concentration. A newborn baby loves human faces and parents instinctively bring their faces closer so that... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
The Future of Story Telling
Stories will never die, but the ways we tell them are changing. How will we tell stories and create stories as technology changes and evolves? Read more
Posted on 08 May 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
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Drawnimal is an app for the iPhone or iPad. This app is essentially an alphabet game in which each letter pulls up an associated animal – “A” is for alligator,... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
The Book of Dreams by Shirin Ald
“In our dreams sometimes we can do things that we are not normally able to do, like breathing under water “ A lyrical and imaginative journey into the world of... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Kids Can Learn All by Themselves
“Hey kids, here’s this box, you can open it if you want, see ya!”If you are motivated, you can teach yourself anything! You can learn and discover new things an... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
A Sneetch Is a Sneetch and Other Philosophical Discoveries By Thomas Wartenberg
A common idea is that philosophy leads to nothing so it is not a particularly important subject. But can you really do nothing? Well, that question is... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
Stories 1,2,3,4 by Eugène Ionesco
This book is a real little gem. Sparkling with absurdism.“I look out the chair while eating my pillow. I open the wall, I walk with my ears. I have ten eyes to... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING -
A Sneetch is a Sneetch and Other Philosophical Discoveries
“A Sneetch is a Sneetch and Other Philosophical Discoveries” by Thomas E. Wartenberg is a treat for all those adults, like me, who love to read children’s... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING