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Imagination isn’t limited to fiction and fairytales—it’s also in the everyday! Imaginative play is how our children make sense of the world they live in. ✨ Through imaginative play, our children: 🤔Begin to understand people&rsquo
Imagination isn’t limited to fiction and fairytales—it’s also in the everyday! Imaginative play is how our children make sense of the world they live in. ✨ Through imaginative play, our children: 🤔Begin to understand people’s perspectives, as they take on different roles 🤔Process and internalise social norms, as they behave appropriately to the pretend world they’ve created 🤔Learn to respect boundaries, as they create rules and stick to them Children are brimming with eagerness to use their imagination. You don’t have to guide them through it; you only have to provide the ground for it to happen. No need for expensive toys with pre-set functionalities—random household items work just fine. Sit back and watch them turn a jar lid into a hat; beads into raindrops; coloured paper into medicine tablets... The more open-ended, the better! Stay tuned for more posts on how everyday items can be used to fuel endless playtime ☄️
Who said toys have to be expensive? 🥰 💎 A TREASURE BASKET is a collection of everyday items to support your baby’s play. It’s a great way for them to explore the world around them using their five senses. 👀👃👋🏼 Treasure baskets are best suited for babies around 6-12 months old (when they’re able to sit up). Ensure items are new and/or thoroughly cleaned, and always supervise their play! 🔴 COMMENT “LINKS” and I’ll send you 3 great links on creating your first treasure basket! . . . #children #parenting #education #school #holistic #kids #development #nurturing #montessori #earlychildhoodeducation #childhood #home #teaching #teacher #play #treasure #playtime #toys #toy #parents #parenthood #parent #learn #learning #family #screen #screentime #screentimealternatives #fun
💝 COMMENT “LINKS” to learn more about functional play! Play is a child’s work — and functional play is one of the first ways that your child learns about the world. In functional play, a baby / toddler engages with an item
💝 COMMENT “LINKS” to learn more about functional play! Play is a child’s work — and functional play is one of the first ways that your child learns about the world. In functional play, a baby / toddler engages with an item with their senses: What does it do? How does it sound? What happens when I drop it? They are little scientists, always eager to experiment and explore. Stay tuned for more ideas on how you can support this stage of their development!
Screens are the only way to keep your children calm and well-behaved during... a long car ride. a ten-stop train journey. mealtimes. dinner with your friends in a nice restaurant. a family gathering. Maybe it’s not the only way to occupy t
Screens are the only way to keep your children calm and well-behaved during... a long car ride. a ten-stop train journey. mealtimes. dinner with your friends in a nice restaurant. a family gathering. Maybe it’s not the only way to occupy them, but every other options is too expensive, too energy-consuming, too difficult to think about. You simply don’t have the time. Maybe you’ve tried the other methods, but they don’t work. Your kids are just too hyperactive. They get too jumpy and noisy without a screen. You don’t want to embarrass your family in public. Does any of this sound familiar? What if I told you that... ⚡ Their hyperactivity, their inability to be calm without a screen, their brain’s response to having a screen (and having it taken away)... is a result of YOUR conditioning. Yes, they can’t control themselves at this point, because their brains and bodies have been trained to need the screen. ⚡ The behavioural issues will only get worse in future, as they become more and more dependent on technology for entertainment, if you continue to wire their brains this way. ⚡ You can still turn things around!! ⚡ And no, it doesn’t need to involve spending more money on overpriced, bulky toys, or constantly expending your energy to feed their hyperactivity. ⚡ In fact, it can start with things you already have at home. ⚡ Yes, the behavioural challenges might persist for a while. But persevere, and you will see the change sooner than you think. More to come in the week ahead!
In Lev Vygotsky’s work, he emphasised the crucial role that social interactions and cultural context play in a child’s cognitive development. In other words, we are shaped by the people and the environment that we grew up around: their m
In Lev Vygotsky’s work, he emphasised the crucial role that social interactions and cultural context play in a child’s cognitive development. In other words, we are shaped by the people and the environment that we grew up around: their mindsets, their beliefs, their priorities. These “others” — our parents, our teachers, and their values — greatly influenced what we learnt, how we developed, and the person we became. In what ways do you see your parents in yourself? In what ways do you see yourself in your children? What will our children love and prioritise? And how do we help them grow into healthy, confident individuals, unhampered by the fears and limiting mindsets that WE might have as adults?
As a child’s muscles develop and they find themselves able to move in new ways, they are eager to test the limits of their bodies: “How strong am I? How fast can I run? How loud can I go?” At the same time, as he learns about himse
As a child’s muscles develop and they find themselves able to move in new ways, they are eager to test the limits of their bodies: “How strong am I? How fast can I run? How loud can I go?” At the same time, as he learns about himself and his environment, he seeks greater control over his actions and decisions. He’s learning that his choices have impact. That he can influence the world around him. ✨His assertiveness isn’t defiance. He’s building an understanding of who he is and what he can do. As he gets more acquainted with his body and his sense of agency, he’s building his confidence, independence, resilience, and a strong sense of identity. How can we support toddlers at this stage? 💡Let them take small risks - under your watchful eye, of course! 💡Allow them to participate in routine tasks, like small household chores. This helps them feel like an important and valued family member, too! 💡Ask for their thoughts and feelings using open-ended questions. Acknowledge and validate them, too. 💡Let them make their own choices. 💡Allow time to play in wide, open spaces where they can test their abilities safely. What other ways do you help them build their agency and identity? Let me know! ⬇️
Every video by 8-year-old music producer @milesmusickid leaves me in awe of how a child can truly become a genius at anything they set their heart on. 🎵 The key: THEY - not their parents! Take it from his parents themselves! When @bonham.parents were asked how they fostered Miles’ interest in music, they said… ⬇️ “First and foremost - let your child’s interests (not the parents’ interests) lead them on their journey. The most important thing is to always let your child’s personal interests guide them (and therefore you).” 💡 How often do we let our kids take the lead on their learning? —— A loose paraphrase from Montessori’s “To Educate the Human Potential”, Ch. 1, p. 9: “How can we ever sustain interest in a child - a growing human being - when we CONFINE his education to a single subject, a tiny shoebox of information so bite-sized that he can memorise it? 📦 How can we FORCE a child to be interested, when interest only comes from within? The only thing you end up giving him is obligation and exhaustion! Instead, we can introduce the child to the idea of the UNIVERSE. 🌎 When presented in the right way, it won’t just build interest - it will inspire a sense of WONDER... His interest spreads to everything in the universe, because everything is linked to the universe.”
“Boys are always very naughty; you must beat them.” “They can’t do anything; I must teach them.” “She’s so lazy and playful; I must force her to sit down.” What do you believe? That your child is hel
“Boys are always very naughty; you must beat them.” “They can’t do anything; I must teach them.” “She’s so lazy and playful; I must force her to sit down.” What do you believe? That your child is helpless, keen on defiance, and not inclined to learn? That you must teach them how to do everything? That they will get sick and injured if you let them play out in the open? That they can never behave appropriately in public unless you appease them? 💡Or... that they naturally LOVE to learn and explore, and are discovering more about the world and themselves every day? And that your responsibility is to give them what they need to learn and thrive as fully as possible? If you believe your child cannot learn anything about the world without you, you would spoonfeed their every step. Sure, they’ll learn it your way, but the learning environment can be stifling. You deprive them of the confidence, resilience, and independence that comes from self-exploration. Ironically, they end up becoming what you believe of them: fully reliant, unable to make decisions with your input. 🌈 Singapore’s Early Childhood Development Agency believes that children are CURIOUS BY NATURE, and are COMPETENT LEARNERS. Given a supportive environment, children are able to make their own choices, overcome challenges, and understand the world around them. If we believe that children love to learn, and are capable of finding things out on their own... then our role as parents and educators is to CURATE THE ENVIRONMENT. If kids are always learning, then every space is a classroom. Every experience is a learning opportunity. Every adult is a role model. How does that change the way we guide them? Better still... how does that change the way we live? 🤍
“The Pygmalion effect is a phenomenon where the greater the expectation placed upon a person, the better he or she performs. In 1968, Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson performed an experiment where they gave every student in a single California elementary school a disguised IQ test without disclosing the scores to the school’s teachers. The teachers were told that some of their students (about 20% of the school chosen at random) could be expected to be “spurters” that year, doing better than expected in comparison to their classmates. In reality, these spurters had the same or lower IQs than the other students. The spurters’ names were made known to the teachers. At the end of the study, every student was again tested with the same IQ test. The result? The spurters showed large gains compared to everyone else, even though their initial IQ scores were the same or lower. Rosenthal and Jacobson concluded that merely increasing expectations can dramatically enhance achievement.” — Excerpt from “Black Hole Focus” by Isaiah Hankel, PhD
How do you get a kid interested in learning? Every video by 8-year-old music producer @milesmusickid leaves me in awe of how a child can truly become a genius at anything they set their heart on. 🎵 The key: THEY - not their parents! Take it from
How do you get a kid interested in learning? Every video by 8-year-old music producer @milesmusickid leaves me in awe of how a child can truly become a genius at anything they set their heart on. 🎵 The key: THEY - not their parents! Take it from his parents themselves! When @bonham.parents were asked how they fostered Miles’ interest in music, they said… ⬇️ “First and foremost - let your child’s interests (not the parents’ interests) lead them on their journey. The most important thing is to always let your child’s personal interests guide them (and therefore you).” 💡 How often do we let our kids take the lead on their learning? —— A loose paraphrase from Montessori’s “To Educate the Human Potential”, Ch. 1, p. 9: “How can we ever sustain interest in a child - a growing human being - when we CONFINE his education to a single subject, a tiny shoebox of information so bite-sized that he can memorise it? 📦 How can we FORCE a child to be interested, when interest only comes from within? The only thing you end up giving him is obligation and exhaustion! Instead, we can introduce the child to the idea of the UNIVERSE. 🌎 When presented in the right way, it won’t just build interest - it will inspire a sense of WONDER... His interest spreads to everything in the universe, because everything is linked to the universe.”
Imagination isn’t limited to fiction and fairytales—it’s also in the everyday! Imaginative play is how our children make sense of the world they live in. ✨ Through imaginative play, our children: 🤔Begin to understand people&rsquo
Who said toys have to be expensive? 🥰 💎 A TREASURE BASKET is a collection of everyday items to support your baby’s play. It’s a great way for them to explore the world around them using their five senses. 👀👃👋🏼 Treasure baskets a
💝 COMMENT “LINKS” to learn more about functional play! Play is a child’s work — and functional play is one of the first ways that your child learns about the world. In functional play, a baby / toddler engages with an item Screens are the only way to keep your children calm and well-behaved during... a long car ride. a ten-stop train journey. mealtimes. dinner with your friends in a nice restaurant. a family gathering. Maybe it’s not the only way to occupy t In Lev Vygotsky’s work, he emphasised the crucial role that social interactions and cultural context play in a child’s cognitive development. In other words, we are shaped by the people and the environment that we grew up around: their m As a child’s muscles develop and they find themselves able to move in new ways, they are eager to test the limits of their bodies: “How strong am I? How fast can I run? How loud can I go?” At the same time, as he learns about himse
Every video by 8-year-old music producer @milesmusickid leaves me in awe of how a child can truly become a genius at anything they set their heart on. 🎵 The key: THEY - not their parents! Take it from his parents themselves! When @bonham.parents w
“Boys are always very naughty; you must beat them.” “They can’t do anything; I must teach them.” “She’s so lazy and playful; I must force her to sit down.” What do you believe? That your child is hel
“The Pygmalion effect is a phenomenon where the greater the expectation placed upon a person, the better he or she performs. In 1968, Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson performed an experiment where they gave every student in a single Califo
How do you get a kid interested in learning? Every video by 8-year-old music producer @milesmusickid leaves me in awe of how a child can truly become a genius at anything they set their heart on. 🎵 The key: THEY - not their parents! Take it from