Sep21
“Prevent children from being bored” is the dogma which shapes the busy schedule of our little ones: school, extracurricular activities, dozens of toys, tablets, television, cell phones… all trying to eliminate the dreaded phrase: “Dad, mom I’m bored.” The art of knowing how to get bored provides them with psychological growth at a mature level. […]
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Smartick families come from all over the world. Today, we are excited to chat about one of our families from Florida! Gisel contacted the Smartick team earlier this summer to learn a bit more about the program. As a parent and teacher, she’s truly committed to her children’s learning. We are delighted that an education […]
Continue reading »Sep17
Today’s post about division is directed towards parents, to enhance their childs conception and processing in a practical way. Combined with their daily 15 minute math session on Smartick, I am sure they can perfectly understand division by the end of summer. Like every learning process, especially when referring to children, it is convenient to […]
Continue reading »Sep13
Who wouldn’t want to give their child something unique, non-transferable and invaluable? Begin by cultivating the responsibility that will help your child become a competent and independent person with ambitious goals in their life: Teach your child what responsibility means and the various types that exist: With themselves. They are the protagonist in their own life and […]
Continue reading »Sep10
In this post, we are going to learn all about Cartesian coordinates: what they are, what they are used for, and how they work. Additionally, you will see some examples of coordinate exercises that children do during their personalized, daily Smartick sessions. What are Cartesian Coordinates? When we play Battleship we say a letter for […]
Continue reading »Sep07
I was moved by the beauty and truth hidden in the words that psychologist Carl Jung used to describe “Giftedness”: ”Great gifts are the fairest, and often the most dangerous, fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang on the weakest branches, which easily break.” The concept of “Gifted and Talented” refers to intellectually gifted children, but it […]
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Barbara Oakley’s NY Times Op-Ed has stirred much debate. In fact, it was one of the most emailed articles last week. Why? It touches on a fundamental element that can be found across many disciplines: practice. On one side of the discourse, there are those inspired by Barbara Oakley or Angela Duckworth who believe practice, […]
Continue reading »Aug30
If we understood the enormous effect that our most basic expectations have on children’s lives, perhaps we would choose to be language gardeners to know how to take care of our words. In 1965, Rosenthal and Jacobson coined the term Pygmalion Effect, after a research project they carried out in a California school that aimed […]
Continue reading »Aug27
The Importance of Math Education in Singapore Singapore is very aware that math learning is a fundamental part of any education system with the objective to prepare citizens for the twenty-first century. This is reflected in the document describing the education reform that was first implemented in 2013. The nation knows that the development of […]
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In barely 10 years, phones have gone from being a simple form of communication to becoming an indispensable necessity for people’s lives. The internet, social media…experts call it “the era of over-connection.” So, how are we going to demand that our little ones leave the technology bubble if we are not even able to manage […]
Continue reading »Aug20
In today’s post, we are going to take a look at activities that you can practice in your everyday life, as a game, to familiarize yourself with units of measurement in the Metric System. With the activities’ help, you’ll stop seeing units of measurement as “abstract entities,” with which you perform calculations guided by rules […]
Continue reading »Aug17
Commit to Learning Why is consistency such an important element in Smartick? To commit to something and hold ourselves accountable is part of the learning process. This rings true for all academic disciplines: math, sciences, humanities, and arts. Learning to play the piano requires practice, so does picking up a new language, and of course, […]
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