Fun Academy Blog
How To Learn Everyday Subjects From Fun Animal Facts
We all enjoy a good game of Trivia. There’s something unjustifiably satisfying about gathering information on random things and showing off this knowledge. But what if we could learn key subjects and important Life Skills this way? We combined a book on...
How To Help Preschoolers Make Free Choices
In Finland preschoolers get time every day for ‘free play’ in kindergartens. Moreover, they are given the freedom to pick and choose, what and how they learn. But what exactly does this freedom entail? How can we ensure they make smart choices? Do little...
Why It Is Important To Learn Things Your Way
We all have unique strengths, interests and capabilities. Our personalities, passions and aspirations are as diverse as the way we look. Thankfully today we can personalize everything from pizza toppings to phone contracts. However, in many parts of the...
How Characters Help Kids Learn About Feelings
We all love characters. From Oliver Twist to Elsa we rally around them and follow their journeys with awe. There's hardly a dry eye when Simba loses his dad and gets banished from the kingdom. We held our breath when Merida was scampering to reverse the...
Why Space Exploration Is A Great Theme For PBL
For centuries space has inspired the greatest minds in many fields, to explore, discover and create. It is impossible to not feel awestruck every time we see an image capturing the view from far above. We believe space exploration is a brilliant way to...
Chronicles Of Future Astronauts Training – Mission Vietnam
Lời chào hỏi everyone! This August I went on the most amazing Fun Learning Mission to Vietnam. It all began at the Trường mầm non Tân Thời Đại Kindergarten in Hanoi. I spent a week supporting teachers on how to train every preschooler like Future...
4 Reasons Why We Need Fun Learning
The Fun Learning approach is a holistic pedagogical strategy to make learning gratifying, engaging and effective. At Fun Academy we develop learning solutions based on this approach to give children everywhere the best start in life. But this raises the...
Fun Learning Team And The Mystery Under The Bed
This is a story about a Fun Learning adventure four quirky aliens went on, right here on Earth. Tuka, Waaba, Maco and Soca are best friends and lifelong learning buddies. Together they make up the Fun Learning team and spend their days exploring, learning,...
Learning Can Happen Anywhere. Here is why.
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...
How To Get Kids To Take On The Responsibility Of Protecting Earth
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...
How To Help Preschoolers Develop Communication 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...
Why Kids Should Develop Collaboration As A Life Skill
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...
