The recent school holiday,  saw the start of my Creative Maths Holiday Programme for Primary Children. It was an enriching experience for the children as it gave them the opportunity to explore their different learning styles.

An activity using the m- Wizy cards to discover the magic of mathematics.

Creative Maths is a programme for children 7 to 12 years old  that promotes creative thinking skills by solving problems using mathematics as a basis. Each activity provides children with the opportunity to apply skills or ideas they have learnt in mathematics to help them solve puzzles and questions. Each activity in turn aims to nurture children’s creative thinking skills.

It was created  by Madam Teoh Poh Yew and you can find out more about her work by visiting her website at:  www.creativewizard.com.my

Alif, an 8 year old, working with a 7 piece puzzle called tangram to form numbers.

The children work together and share their ideas among themselves and discuss solutions to the problems. This provides a very conducive and favourable environment for children to develop their overall development in the area of language as well as enhance their mathematical knowledge and not to mention the social emotional aspect as well when they interact with each other.

The demands for academic performance in school sometimes leaves little room for children to think independently. Creative thinking skills is a tool we all need to nurture and it is not something that is only present in a selected few.

Xue Kee, a 10 year old, explaining her rational to her classmates.

As a facilitator and a teacher for the programme, I have to be careful to provide just enough support for the children and not to impose my understanding.  All in all we had an interesting week.

With kind permission from the parents, I have included some pictures of our recent holiday programme.