Learning to learn with play
The important thing is that every child desire to learn. Learning to learn is the skill that allows us to organize our learning pattern through the best strategies and tools according to our needs. The European Commission considers it a “key competence” to be an active, responsible, and free citizen, able to face everyday life […]
How to combine physical exercise and quality time with children
Often during the day, we are super busy, almost always out of the house and in a rush, the only thing we want to do is just to come back, to relax, and to enjoy some quality time with our kids. So it is easy to give up our time for our jogging outside or […]
On the wings of imagination: the Symbolic Game
As a kids, every place can become magical, thanks to the symbolic game. The kitchen of my house often became the Little Mermaids’s kingdom, and, with a dive from the couch, I could meet many fish, starfish, hidden treasures, the witch, other mermaids, King Triton and the Prince Eric.
The importance of play in kids’ life
Play is one of the fundamental activities in children’s life, since playing allows them to simulate reality, acquiring important skills for their adult lives. This is what affirms Doctor Peter Grey, an evolutionary psychologist, interested in the role of play in human lives, but mostly in its effects children’s development.
Mash&Co and the 21st Century Skills
Technology has already changed the transmission of information and the way we communicate. School education adapts to this change teaching to students using the 21st century framework for the acquisition of skills related to creativity, collaboration, problem solving and innovation.
