Daisy's School of Thought

I am a mother of three who wants to optimise her children's potential and change the world through education.

I establish and manage physical schools for children from birth to teens;
create digital schools through writing awards-winning programs and books;
This page is another school of mine - my school of thoughts. Here, I write about my findings and journey in raising extraordinary kids.

Kids in Art Class

Learn | Play

How a child learns and develops cognitively

Baby's Grasp

Love | Parenting

Building a child's social & emotional intelligence

Baking Ingredients

Eat | Move

Optimising a child's physical intelligence

Life Etc. Tote Bag

Life | More

Life doesn't always fall neatly into our buckets.

World jobs reset. Who has it all in the future?

World jobs reset. Who has it all in the future?

Someone said these. “The greatest teacher, failure is.” “You must unlearn what you have learned.” Have you guessed I was quoting Yoda? The great teacher tells us that the greatest lesson we can obtain isn’t learnt through class or books, but through failing. Making deliberate mistakes is the number one trick in a teacher’s book to keep the students engaged, scaffolding them to derive the right answer. The understanding is etched on a child’s mind more so than the repetitive m

Start Small, Dream Big

Start Small, Dream Big

<Start Small, Dream Big> Recently, we have two group of students who undertook an assessment on the same syllabus. Group 1 were given sufficient rest before a positive start in a pleasant environment, parents were involved and given transparent information about the assessment (goals, objectives, how it would be conducted), and the children were exposed to a balanced myriad of activities. Group 2 started early on the preparation of the assessment, given more chances to practi

Raising Thriving Children Who Become Thriving Adults

Raising Thriving Children Who Become Thriving Adults

A couple of weeks ago, a parent questioned our timetables. She was concerned over the slots we had labeled as ‘free play’. I explained free play could be either one of the following activities – running in the playground, reading or playing in our creative play corner. It is a great chance to establish friendship too. ‘I organize play-dates so she has a chance to make friends. Which one of the three would my child be doing each play period?’ she needed a definitive answer.

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