The importance of letting children be children Children are fascinating—the way they think, joke, create and even manipulate. The increased pressure for early childhood teachers to introduce academics earlier has become a great debate. Do we push what was once grade one material to kindergarten and what was once kindergarten material to pre-kindergarten? Most parents … Read more
Be more than an international school, be an internationally-minded school What is the meaning of an “international education”? While it may simply be understood as learning alongside a number of other nationalities, it is something much deeper. It is having a deep understanding of oneself and of the similarities and differences between us and others … Read more
No time to read to your kids? Hire someone else to do it for you “The first time I worked as a storyteller, it was for my neighbor’s child. The parents had some errands to run until late and paid me VND100,000 to read three volumes of Doraemon to their six-year-old baby girl,” says Le … Read more
Two basic mindsets that shape our lives Last month, I went for a tennis lesson for the first time in a long time. The first question my new tennis coach asked was, “How long have you been playing?” I looked at him – all 21 years of him – and replied, “23 years.” The look … Read more
Communicating before your child can talk I’VE ALWAYS FOUND it odd the way we communicate with babies. Some of us babble away to our kids as if they’re thoroughly versed in adult concepts, while others wheedle and croon in a horrid mush of words ending in ‘iddle’ – but the one thing that everyone loves … Read more
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