Right Brain Kids at Heart

Hi, everybody! It’s me, Pamela. And today’s question is: “What if I lose my patience with my child? Will it have lasting damage?” This summer, I was putting my three grandsons to bed after a very full day. We had been swimming, gardening, playing, cooking—you know, one of those wonderful days when everyone is happy and Grandma is completely worn out by bedtime. 😊 My youngest grandson, who is three, decided he absolutely could not brush his teeth. “I can’t!” he insisted. And

“Mistakes?!” you may say in wonderment. “But I’d like my child to AVOID making mistakes—I want him to have a perfect photographic memory and speed reading recall!” “Yes, mistakes! “ we say, because until you can encourage a child to jump into learning with a completely carefree attitude toward learning, all barriers will disappear. Beyond the importance of relaxing your expectations, mistakes have great value in being teachers in and of themselves. You learn more through tria

One of our students uses binoculars to do some "sightseeing" as we visit Nigeria! Here's a glimpse into classes at our physical center in Damansara, Malaysia. Getting to have our physical lessons in a carefully curated spaces gives us the opportunity to include lots of sensory play in our lessons! Students in our Wink class learned about the process of recycling paper by doing it themselves! Our students love the inclusion of little toy cameras in our World Culture lessons,