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With this post I want to introduce an incredible individual, Marvin Hall, whose Halls of Learning organization is dedicated to empowering young learners through education. A former math teacher and lifelong lover of mind challenging puzzle play, Marvin has dedicated his life to creating innovating new learning opportunities for children in Jamaica. Photography by Joanna [...] I am thrilled to share the following guest post by Pia Prenevost! In her blog The Crack and the Light, Pia shares her journey raising her son Jonathan who struggles with a severe speech/language disorder. Teaching J-man To Play Adorable. That defines my son J-man, with big blue eyes and those lashes that cosmetic companies would [...] Last week I attended the Sandbox Summit, a conference that explores how technology affects the way kids play, learn, and connect. Fittingly, the Summit was hosted at MIT University with the support of the school’s esteemed Media Lab and the Education Arcade. An incredibly diverse group of individuals came together to share their expertise, [...] I recently had the pleasure of being introduced to Michele Wong, coFounder of HATCH, the company behind My Plate-Mate. This guard attaches to any standard plate to prevent messy spills at mealtime and promote independent self-feeding… if that isn’t real-life problem solving I don’t know what is, it’s no wonder her family is drawn to [...]  Just returned from a fantastic trip to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Expo in San Diego! Here we unveiled our new online Brain Lab and met loads of excited, innovative educators whose students will test program during the month of May!
At the show, ThinkFun CEO Bill Ritchie presented not [...] Heading out to sunny San Diego for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Annual Expo tomorrow! If you’ll be at the show, please stop by Booth #1649 and say hello, I’d love to meet you! (and as added incentive… I may or may not be wearing a cape!) A not-embarassing-in-the-least photo from [...] Here’s a photo of a real-life Rush Hour traffic jam sent to me by Laura Efinger, a pediatric occupational therapist (and big Rush Hour fan!) in Cairo, Egypt. Laura writes, “I have attached a picture of some Cairo traffic, which may explain why we love Rush Hour in Egypt! Some is parking and [...] Can playing games make you smarter? This is the kind of question that causes many traditional educators to roll their eyeballs… and the kind of Holy Grail dream that drives companies like ThinkFun to develop our new programs and continue to innovate! Last month, I was contacted by Allyson Mackey, a doctoral student who works in [...] The following is an excerpt from one of my favorite blogs Unwrapping the Gifted. I finally had the pleasure of meeting its author, Tamara Fisher, last fall at the NAGC Annual Convention in St. Louis! In her recent post All in the Name of “Fun,” Tamara asked her gifted students to respond to the [...] |
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