by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2014 | What's Happening
Last night, we also had a birthday to celebrate: Tony informs us he will be 8 on Friday, but we will leave you to ponder on the (simple) mathematics behind his reasoning. A clue can be found in the fact that his son will also be 8 next month…
by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2014 | What's Happening
The Haribo advert shows us how difficult the concept of delayed gratification can be. In the advert, the children are unable to resist the one Haribo sweet in front of them, even though they have been promised more if they can resist! Delayed gratification or deferred...
by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2014 | What's Happening
When I was at school, I learned about two dimensional and three dimensional shapes. I always liked two dimensional shapes (squares, rectangles, circles etc.) more than their three dimensional counterparts (cubes, cuboids and spheres) because they were easier for me to...
by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2014 | What's Happening
A worldview (in German, ‘Weltanschauung’) is how we actually view the world and what we really believe to be the way things are. It ‘refers to the framework of ideas and beliefs forming a global description through which an individual, group or culture...
by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2014 | What's Happening
The first sign of immaturity we looked at last night is one any parent of a toddler is very familiar with! – namely, wanting our own way. This facet of our characters is, sadly, not limited to temper tantrums known as the ‘terrible twos’ (we learn to...
