Reflections from facilitators, field notes from parents, and the research that shapes how we think about learning at Sparkling Mindz.
What are PFCs, you may ask. Perhaps if I say PTA (Parent- Teacher Association meetings), it might click? Here at SM, our PTAs are…
T is visibly upset, screaming and crying, sitting on her pink mat, “I want H to sit next to me not Ash!!!!!!!” Now both…
The 4 year olds were making a circle with all of the colourful chairs around them for their usual Monday circle time. They had…
What would you do if you ever felt like you weren’t part of a group, that you had no friends, that you felt like…
It was take home issue time for Cubs (4 to 5 year olds) today, just before they went home for the weekend. Children were…
At SM, the facilitators have something called an Inspirational Standup (ISU) every morning right before the classes commence. The purpose is to get inspired…
The 3 to 4 year olds at SM were having their Movement Song today and they were running, walking, jumping, clapping, singing…and just pretending…
The day for the 3 to 4 year olds had just begun where they all sat down after the Welcome Song. Since the new…
To get all the 3 and 4 year olds back together in the class post snacks break, the facilitator started singing ‘Green Grass Grows…
From employers constantly struggling to provide it to their employees to the employees constantly striving to achieve it, ‘Work-life balance’ has been a critical…