The whistle blows. The first runner sprints towards the cone. The rest of the team watches eagerly. Just before the next runner sets off, they hear three simple words: “You’ve got this!” The runner smiles. Then they’re off. It only takes a few seconds. But those three words change the relay. Traditional relay races like […]

A Jenga tower stands in the middle of the group. One child reaches carefully for a block. The tower wobbles. Someone whispers, “You can do it.” Another child reminds the group, “No blaming if it falls.” Already, the game has begun teaching something important. This adapted version of Colour Jenga, called Buddy Tower, keeps the […]

A team of children races across the playground, excited to find the next clue. Suddenly, they stop. One child points towards a tree. Another notices something moving beneath a leaf. A third quietly says, “I’ve never seen that before.” For a moment, the treasure hunt pauses. Curiosity takes over. That is where the real learning […]

Two children sit across from one another. Between them are four small piles of stones. One child reaches forward and removes two stones from a pile of five. The other pauses. Their eyes move slowly from pile to pile. They are not simply choosing stones. They are thinking. This is Nim, a classic mathematical strategy […]

The lights are dim. A distant dinosaur roars through the speakers. Children instinctively sit a little straighter. On the board, a message appears: “Welcome to Jurassic World. Your mission is to escape the park.” Suddenly, the classroom disappears. For the next few hours, the children are no longer simply completing science activities, solving mathematics problems […]

Imagine walking into a classroom. A bowl of water sits quietly on the table. Without saying a word, the teacher places a clementine into the water. It floats. The children smile. Then the teacher peels the very same clementine and gently places it back into the bowl. This time, it sinks. Suddenly the room fills […]

Welcome back to our STEAM Series. So far, we’ve explored what STEAM is, why it begins with questions rather than answers, what makes a learning experience meaningful, and how transversal skills often develop naturally within authentic challenges. But before we begin exploring the classroom activities themselves, there is one final question that deserves our attention. […]

Welcome back to our STEAM Series. In the previous articles, we’ve explored what STEAM is, why it begins with questions rather than answers, and what makes a STEAM experience truly meaningful. But there is one question that naturally follows: Where do the transversal skills actually develop? It’s easy to imagine that skills like creativity, resilience […]

Welcome back to our STEAM Series. So far, we’ve explored what STEAM really is and why it often feels so different from more traditional approaches to learning. We’ve reflected on curiosity, inquiry and the importance of allowing children to investigate rather than simply receive information. Naturally, this leads to another question: What actually makes a […]

Welcome back to our STEAM Series. In our first article, we explored why STEAM is much more than an acronym and how it reflects the interconnected way children naturally experience the world. This time, I’d like to explore something that I believe sits at the very heart of STEAM: the difference between telling children something […]