by Saara Viteli | Mar 23, 2020 | Astronaut Program, Early Childhood Education, Education Technology, Finnish Education, Fun Learning, Global Education, Life Skills, Phenomenon Based Learning, Play-based Learning, STEAM
In support of #stayhome #covid19 we at Fun Academy are happy to share our Future Astronauts Program with educators, families and recreational communities alike. Daily MIND & BODY activities and weekly MISSION and TEAM activities will bring 12 weeks of Fun Learning...
by Saara Viteli | Jan 30, 2020 | Astronaut Program, Early Childhood Education, Finnish Education, Fun Learning, Global Education, Life Skills, Phenomenon Based Learning, Play-based Learning, Press Releases, STEAM, Teacher Training
Should all children become astronauts? Fun Academy’s Future Astronaut program has been shortlisted for the Rybakov Prize and we have asked our Chairman and Co Founder Peter Vesterbacka about his thoughts on this cool project. Why on earth would we want to train...
by Claire Sanders | Jul 24, 2018 | Life Skills
We rarely hear someone say “I was sitting in a classroom focusing really hard when I had a brilliant idea”. But we do know stories of people who were inspired or had their big revelation during an everyday task. After all Archimedes was taking a bath when he made his...
by Geethika Rodrigo | Jul 19, 2018 | Life Skills
We all live on a tiny planet that we cannot leave. Unfortunately, Earth is struggling to cope with the increase in human population and the changes we make. This means little children will step into a future that is challenging and demanding. As a result we need to...
by Claire Sanders | Jul 17, 2018 | Life Skills
We all want our little ones to be good communicators. From the moment they learn to speak, we dream about listening to their valedictory at graduation or TED talk. However, communication is much more than becoming a great public speaker. It’s an essential part of...
by Geethika Rodrigo | Jul 12, 2018 | Life Skills
The world is already collaborating. From hackathons to crowdsourcing, people across the world are pooling resources and sharing ideas everyday. Collaboration is clearly supporting business owners, entrepreneurs and innovators to thrive, but can it help preschoolers?...
