Using Limits to Creativity’s Advantage (for children aged 1 to 6 years old)
As a parent and someone who spends a great deal of time at work, advising other parents on how to introduce limits and rules to their children, I sometimes find myself questioning if I might be stifling my child’s creativity. Being Montessori-trained, creativity is...
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Super Cool Don
Meet Don Bosco, the award-winning author of children’s fiction, inspired by Asian myths and pop culture. He started the publishing studio Super Cool Books in 2011. And did you know that his superpower is using stories to awaken the awesomeness in young readers? His...
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Jarett the Talented Little Trooper
In November 2014, we published Jarett’s and his mom’s artwork in our printed magazine. Fast forward 4 years, Jarett will be representing Singapore in Egypt for Awladna International Arts Forum for the Gifted in Cairo! We are so proud of him! When Jarett was 7, he was...
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The Art of Raising Creative Children
Everyone has a different idea of creativity. Some associate it solely with the arts, accessible only by those with innate talent. Others consider creativity to be a much broader concept – an approach to learning, a mental framework, a mindset. A mother of two boys...
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Inexpensive Everyday-Things that Kids Can Play With
Nowadays most kids are blessed with plenty of toys, especially on their birthdays and special occasions. Still, many of them get bored of them soon enough. Before you run out to buy more toys, here is a list of things around us which can be used to entertain the...
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Why Self-Directed Play is Important to a Child’s Development
Human beings are biologically created to be curious and to explore is our natural instinct. From birth, we want to discover everything around us. Traditional learning structures and formal lessons are not the best way for our little ones to learn. Our...
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