by Miniland Educational | Apr 10, 2018 | Child development and emotions
There’s a famous and apocryphal quote that goes, “if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid”. Achild is not a fish (of course!) but this saying underlines a simple fact: Intelligence is not a single,...
by Miniland Educational | Apr 3, 2018 | Child development and emotions
Different people excel at different things — this is a statement that very few would disagree with. Howard Gardner, a development psychologist and professor at Harvard, explored this idea in regards to intelligence with his theory Multiple Intelligences (MI). He...
by Miniland Educational | Mar 27, 2018 | Child development and emotions
There are many ways in which people can understand and perceive the world. In fact, Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory suggests that there are seven ways people can perceive information. Howard Gardner is a professor at Harvard University who developed the Theory...
by Miniland Educational | May 2, 2017 | Child development and emotions
As a teacher it helps to have your students prepared for school before they arrive. This is our advice that we give parents to assist the process: It’s never too early to start preparing your child for their first day at school, and it’s important that you spend some...
by Miniland Educational | Apr 13, 2017 | Child development and emotions
I remember the days of kindergarten as fun, joyous days that were spent painting, drawing and in the outdoors – you probably do too. Times have changed however, and there is a lot more competition for school places that puts pressure on the standards and level of...
by Miniland Educational | Mar 30, 2017 | Child development and emotions
For the 3rd year running, the Tomorrow’s Classrooms Today Conference (TCTC) is taking place in May. Teachers, professors, parents and other experts from the education and technology industry will be in attendance. Many will be there to listen to speakers, take part in...
