School holidays provide an obvious break from lessons for kids. Indeed, most people believe that this time can be used as a period of rest and relaxation – which it certainly should be! But if there is no engagement in any activities, then the holiday can cause significant gaps in education, learning skills, and socialization...
Many parents care more about academic skills which can be easily measured. But imagination, unlike mathematical progress or perfect spelling, cannot be estimated directly. Also, it evolves silently and may manifest itself in unusual and unpredictable ways. Kids who are creating their own stories, coming up with original solutions to tricky questions and thinking outside...
It’s hard to describe how exciting the start of holidays always feels like for kids. Sleep-ins, no homework, and more free time are just some of the things kids love about school holidays. However, not so many parents share those feelings once the holidays start, wondering how to keep kids busy productively. Fortunately, productive holidays...
It may be tempting to think of holiday periods as relaxed times when kids just relax from school duties, yet, quite often, these holidays end up being characterized by too much screen time, a disrupted routine and reduced socializing. Thus, many parents seek alternative forms of spending time during vacations, such as holiday camps for...
Most kids look forward to school holidays. For most parents, those breaks come along with anxiety and worries. It takes just a couple of days before routines start changing and kids become excessively attached to screens. Parents struggle with finding productive activities for kids holidays that would be fun and educational at the same time....
It is impossible to imagine the development process of children without drawing classes. It may seem to be an entertaining activity, but in fact, it represents an efficient tool to promote cognitive abilities of kids by developing certain types of coordination skills that children will apply further in their life – when writing, reading, or...
It usually starts with small things. A child who cannot sit through homework without getting distracted. A task that should take ten minutes stretches into thirty. Instructions need to be repeated more than once. Parents begin to wonder whether attention span is the issue, or something else entirely. In Singapore, where routines are structured and...
It usually starts with something small. A parent notices that their child presses too hard while writing. Or the letters look uneven. Sometimes the child avoids writing altogether. Teachers may mention grip issues or slow writing speed. Nothing alarming, but enough to raise a question. Is this something that improves with time, or does it...
Parents often ask this question when they start looking for art lessons. Should a child begin with drawing or jump straight into painting? On the surface, painting seems more exciting. There are colours, brushes, and the freedom to fill a page quickly. Drawing, by comparison, looks simpler. But once you spend some time around children...
Weekends look different from how they used to. For many families, especially in cities like Singapore, Saturday morning begins quietly. Children wake up, reach for a tablet, and hours pass faster than expected. Parents notice it too. Screens fill time easily, but they rarely leave children feeling satisfied afterwards. The challenge is not removing screens...
