The Radiant Spectrum was set up by Samantha Soh, a music teacher with more than 10 years of experience teaching music, with the last 2 years focusing on special needs children. She’s worked with kids on who are non-verbal, selectively mute, who have attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and also those who are on the autism spectrum. Due to a gap in the market, she’s specially come up with her own curriculum catered specifically to students on the autism spectrum based on her interactions with her students. She takes students as young at 4 years old to old as 17 years old and adapts the less ..read more

When I need to buy a present for a kid aged 0 – 7 years old, I inevitably end up looking at Little Llama’s website. Founded by Dave, working in education, and Joan, a Speech and Language Therapist keen on curating the best toys for children, I have been impressed with the concept of open-ended play that the toys offer. Put simply, open-ended play is when you make an object anything you want it to be. A couple wooden blocks could become building, trees in a forest, a robot, humans in a convention, you get the idea. That sounds pretty basic, doesn’t it? However, what Little Llama off ..read more

/oa/ phonics worksheet with helping words Your student will be able to learn the sound of the /oa/ phonogram as they fill in the blanks based on the colourful pictures provided. Simple and self-explanatory, this is a good starter or review worksheet for the busy teacher or parent wanting to teach the /oa/ phonogram. $1.00 ..read more

As we settle into Term 1 of a brand new year, here are 7 questions that I’ve been pondering: Why do we send our kids to school? Why does Singapore have a $1 billion tuition industry? Will our education prepare them for the future? Are our kids happy at school? Is igniting a love for learning important? Or is doing well more so? Does our education system foster innovation, creativity, kindness, empathy, and tolerance that’s essential for our country even as we forge ahead together in this brand new decade? Ultimately, what is the true purpose of education ..read more