Reflections from facilitators, field notes from parents, and the research that shapes how we think about learning at Sparkling Mindz.
Where do you find shapes around you? Take a few seconds and look around. What do you see? Maybe a square wall or a…
The recent floods brought an unexpected visitor—a small crab, missing one of its pincers, who found its way to us. Before we knew, we…
Children learn through Hundred Languages! During ITP (Invitation to Play) in Sparkling Mindz Preschool, they play with hundreds of materials that have their own…
Children make connections all the time, that’s one of the ways they make sense of the world around them. The more their connections expand…
“I put some thoughts in my head,I take a cloth in my hand, spread, wrap,Spread, wrap,Shake it all about,I get new ideas, I get more…
‘Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la la la! No no, not Christmas but jolly because our preschoolers are in…
An environment is a living, changing system. More than the physical space, it includes the way time is strucutured and the roles we are…
“The child is made of one hundred” – Loris Malaguzzi This Children’s Day our preschool children explored their 100. What does this 100 stand…
Inspired by the nature, Reggio-Emilia system, and wanting to use less of the non-degradable materials, our facilitators decided to take things into their own…
Every morning children sing different SM welcome songs to greet each other before beginning the day at school. One morning, our 2 to 4…