The best information for parents and teachers, specially prepared for your by Smartick! Content that helps parents and teachers educate their little ones.
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 […]
Continue reading »Aug23
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 »Aug09
Barbara Oakley, world-renowned education guru, knows how to study and learn in the most effective way. Her experience began with studying Russian, and later, with becoming an engineer after being a girl who hated math, science, and technology. But, in her twenties, she decided to learn math and she did so by replicating how she […]
Continue reading »Jul16
In today’s post we are going to talk about the foundations of the Singapore Method. First off, here is a bit of history: Singapore is a very small country situated between Malaysia and Indonesia that lacked (and still lacks) natural resources. In 1965 Singapore was an island of fishermen, and now it has one of […]
Continue reading »Jul04
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested enormous sums of money to improvements in education, has decided to focus more of their efforts on math instruction. According to national math tests, students keep finding the subject as a barrier to graduating, and for going on to successful careers in science and technology. The […]
Continue reading »Jun27
Swimming pools, summer slide Summer means swimming pools, beaches, and copious amounts of ice cream. School’s out and many children have nearly two months of break. Kids are rejoicing as no school means no homework, and a whole lot of free time. This idle vacation (in terms of learning) results in a sour reality in […]
Continue reading »Jun20
Searching for fun activities for your kids this summer? In addition to their daily 15 minutes of Smartick Method, we recommend playing brain training games in Smartick Virtual World to help train memory, attention, flexibility, reasoning, and more. Brain training, also known as cognitive training or neurobics, has a similar function to exercises you might […]
Continue reading »Jun06
At Smartick, we have always been conscious that we must learn from the best and measure up to environments that have education at their forefront. The huge advantage of Smartick being online is that children can do sessions from anywhere in the world. We have had special releases in some countries, and we have just launched in Singapore: a […]
Continue reading »May25
You have probably read many articles with titles like this, aimed at high schoolers, college students, and young adults. There are a lot of tools available to help these groups of people but these tools would not be needed if learning habits and skills were taught to young children. By the time a child is […]
Continue reading »Apr11
What is Working Memory? Math skills and achievement are related to a student’s memory, or in technical terms, their mental capacity to encode, store, and retrieve information [1,2]. There are two types of memory relevant to arithmetic operations: Long-term memory allows you to remember facts (i.e. your mother’s birthday), general knowledge (i.e. the sounds of letters), personal […]
Continue reading »Feb20
How important is testing times tables? Is it crazy to test children on their times tables using a five minute exam? This is what some 7,000 Year 4 children from 250 schools across the UK are going to have to do, according to government plans. The measure has received criticism from some teachers who say […]
Continue reading »Feb14
“When are we ever going to use this?” Think about it. In which subject will students most likely ask this question? Yes, in math. And we’ve spent years admitting they are right. If math is, in general, the most hated and feared subject by millions of children in the world, it may be because they don’t see […]
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