The best information for parents and teachers, specially prepared for your by Smartick! Content that helps parents and teachers educate their little ones.
Feb22
Joining the conversation? If you haven’t already heard, we’ve released a new video mini-series featuring a leading education expert! Dr. Barbara Oakley graciously offers her insights on an array of interesting topics ranging from education, future careers, screen time, and of course, math. She is a Professor of Engineering at Oakland University and the author of […]
Continue reading »Feb14
Hearing occupies a very important place in learning. ”Hearing is not the same as listening.” Thanks to our sense of hearing we learn to: Speak and recognize sounds in our environment. Understand through spoken language. Locate sounds and adjust their intensity. Filter through noises that bother us when we need to concentrate. Listen at an […]
Continue reading »Feb08
The positive and negative effects of over-connection are two heads of the same coin. The Digital Age is hiding great potential but crossing the fragile and thin line that separates both realities is so easy that it could potentially become our enemy. Here I will leave you with some recommendations to help our little ones […]
Continue reading »Feb04
In this post, we are going to talk about the learning experiences that the Singapore curriculum tries to encourage. Learning experiences that create opportunities In Singapore, they are very aware that learning mathematics is more than just concepts and procedures. Cognitive abilities, such as metacognitive abilities, are very important and these processes are learned through carefully constructed […]
Continue reading »Feb01
The latest article from the World Bank about education in the world makes it very clear what still needs to be done about the disparity of academic performance between and within countries. It is a devastating diagnosis, to the point of calling it a ”global learning crisis.” The world in this state is a […]
Continue reading »Jan24
Communication is the most powerful virtue that humans possess but with it, we find a double-edged sword. It is well known that the language and behaviors that little ones show the world are, by and large, a reflection of their role models (parents and educators). That is why it is necessary to tip the […]
Continue reading »Jan04
Sometimes we forget that a family home is a puzzle where we need all the pieces to fit. In other words, a family is the sum of its members. It is shown that if we involve our little ones in household chores early on, it supports their psychological development with skills such as their sense of […]
Continue reading »Dec27
Teaching our little ones to solve problems in mathematics will make them successfully cope with life’s challenges. What are the benefits of learning to solve problems? Help them to understand learning. Memory is very fragile and you can start forgetting knowledge if it is not tied to something emotional or practical. In this way the practical […]
Continue reading »Dec21
I think that our self-esteem is the foundation that sustains our home. If the house is built on muddy terrain, if it’s missing beams, if it is not solid – a small blow will begin to make it falter and fall down regardless of the number of floors that have been built above. So, let’s […]
Continue reading »Dec13
Like Mahatma Gandhi said, “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory,” and how right is he? Educating our children on the values of consistency, perseverance, and effort will make them become fighters for their own destiny, avoiding the conformity of a simple life. But how do you […]
Continue reading »Dec07
In Smartick we are clear about the convenience of children to dominate math, feel comfortable solving problems and exercises, and even learn to “love mathematics.” But we also give a lot of importance to logic and reading comprehension, which is essential to the acquisition of new knowledge across all subjects. One of the most important milestones […]
Continue reading »Nov26
In this post, we are going to talk about the Theoretical Framework of the Singapore Method, which revolves around mathematical problem-solving. Concepts The Singapore Method groups mathematical concepts into 6 sections: Numbers Algebra Geometry Statistics Probability Analysis These content categories are closely related and are interdependent. In the different stages of learning, like in different […]
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