by minna | May 10, 2019 | News, Parent Resources
It’s feet—not wheels—that go round on this bus. Communities around the world continue to fall in step with the “walking school bus”—a group of children walking to and from school under the supervision of a “driver” and one or more “conductors” who are adults. While...
by minna | May 10, 2019 | Learning Tips, News, Parent Resources
According to what’s been hailed as “the largest investigation of the association between playing a musical instrument and brain development”, kids who are trained in music have better attention spans, a better grip on their emotions, and are less likely to...
by minna | Mar 1, 2019 | Blogs, News, Programs
In the 1960s, Tony Buzan, a British psychologist, had become interested with memory and learning. While he was studying psychology, English, mathematics, and science at the University of British Columbia, he noticed that some students who doodled on their study notes...
by minna | Mar 1, 2019 | Blogs, News
Singaporean students have consistently ranked the best in math based on the reports of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). One of the programs established by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement...
by minna | Mar 1, 2019 | Learning Tips, News, Parent Resources
Your teacher told you to read a 300-page novel in a week. Time is short, and there is too much to read! What are you going to do? Speed reading is an approach that can help you read quickly in less time, but without sacrificing comprehension. However, it is not magic...
by minna | Feb 28, 2019 | News
We asked a few teenagers about their opinions on ambition via email and here are some of their interesting answers. Profit or Ambition? Young people are already thinking about security and pensions. But as for me, I want to become good at something first. Though...
