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• Back to School with a Curious Mind

  

  What morning routines do you have?I have always valued quiet time in the morning. I’d rather get up half an hour earlier to have some time to dream over the... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Be a Creative Thinker

  

  A common picture of a creative thinker is a person sitting still lost in his own world, questions marks are surrounding the head. There is a frown upon his head. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Battle Bunny – Book Review

  

  Jon Scieszka’s writes the most intriguing and rebellious books that appeal to kids as well as adults. Huge Fan! After the unreliable narrator in The True Story... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Think Dive into the World of Monsters

  

  The idea of monsters has never scared my daughter. Giggling noises can be heard as she searches for monsters under the bed, in the cupboard,  in the... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Critical Thinking for Curious Children – On Planet Fruitcake

  

  What happens when you let you imagination run riot in school?Meet Philip, the imaginative main character in the new book “On Planet Fruitcake” by Anne Fine. We... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Ways That Daydreaming Help Kids to Pay Attention

  

  “Are you listening?” ““Watch were you are going!”“Stop dreaming and. . . “We spend a lot of time telling children to pay attention. They may be struggling to... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Storytelling

  

  Children love stories!Storytelling fosters imagination and creativity and transports children into magical worlds and faraway places. Imagination is about makin... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Ugly is Interesting

  

  “Nooooo”, I wailed, “I don’t think she is ugly at all.”Though she is ugly to look at, she’s not nasty, and one night so she flew with Daisy on her back!These... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Asking Questions That Open the Possibility Door

  

  Explore the learning potential and creative thinking benefits of shifting the way you ask your child questions. Good questions help children to think outside th... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• What Are You Thinking?

  

  Shhhh. . . be quiet! Children are often told to solve problems quietly. Talking to yourself is seen as a sign of madness. Unless children are working in a group... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Get Brillant Ideas

  

  Parenting benefits from creative thinking. We are constantly asked to solve problems, find new ways of teaching and supporting our child. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Looking for Something in the Clouds

  

  Imagine it is summer holiday – the whole family is lying on the grass, staring in the sky and familiar animals appear in the fluffy marshmallows. Cumulus... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Encourage Your Child to Explore

  

  Everyone wants children with an open-minded outlook on life. We wish that our child can embrace the world with a curious attitude. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Laughing is SERIOUS WORK

  

  Make them laugh and they will come back for more. Books that make children burst into serious laughing are a great way to encourage them to read.Laughing is a... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Musical Train

  

  Making music might seem like a bit of a mystery to a young child. But the musical train will show some of the secrets involved in music making. This modern... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Summer Reading

  

  Why not spend this summer reading books together. Reading aloud to older children – who can comfortably read to themselves – has several benefits. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Talk with Your Hands

  

  Move your hands to give your child nonverbal cues -  something tat everyone can do to support the vocabulary learning.Children learn an amazing number of... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Sparking Children’s Summertime Imagination

  

  Summertime is an exciting time for children. All of a sudden, they have nothing but free time. Time to be lazy and lie on the grass a watch the clouds. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Babbling Amazing Toddlers

  

  Toddlers love to talk and they learn an amazing number of new words every day. Yet deciphering the words of two to three-year olds may be tricky. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 FAMILY, LANGUAGES, SCHOOLING

• My Neighbor is a Dog by Isabel Minhós Martins

  

  Would you like a dog who loves saxophone music as your neighbour? Or finding  sheets belonging to an elephant on the washing line? Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING