The talk is all about STEM educations these days, with AI and computing deemed as the future. It is no longer good enough to learn how to use apps and such, but to create them as well so as to "future-proofing" our next generation! Almost everything we use in our lives these days involved some form of computing and AI, be it your television, fridge and many other common equipments, as we continue to progress as a Smart Nation!
Steffi, Leroy and Stacci got reacquainted with coding, which they had briefly tried before at other events, as well as having go at various interesting stuff during a 3-day camp that they took part in during the June holidays at The Lab, located in Katong V. Coding always sounds as if it is solely for geeks, and that it is difficult and not meant for 'normal' people but from what I heard from the kiddos, simple basic coding was definitely made fun at the camp!
As it was a drop off camp, I didn't know exactly how the day went for them and can only find out at the end of each day on what they experienced. Leroy was especially excited to tell me at the end of the first day, that they got to go to the supermarket to choose and buy fruits with the trainers for them to set up an experiment on voltage. They even had a competition amongst the groups to see whose setup produced the highest voltage and learnt more about circuitries.
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| Happy kiddos going on a field trip! |
They also dabbled with the Tynker, an app for the little ones to learn about coding in a fun way through puzzle-solving etc and it is definitely great to have good guidance along the way as they figure things out. It is not all about classroom work as they also went on a day trip to HP Learning Academy for a look at the state of the art, multi-million dollar venue to find out for themselves on their technological advances.
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| Some of the 3D printers available at the school. |
There are so many things one can do with 3D printing nowadays, and the kiddos told me that they got to try some basic 3D modelling and also printed out the models they built on the program. I would love to learn about that too, so that I can print out props for their cosplaying! Now that there are even drone academies and competitive tournaments for drone races, maybe learning how to control one is not a bad thing. It is not too difficult as it involves only simple controls on a mobile app, but provided good dexterity exercise for the little fingers, as they tried to take down targets by launching missiles from the drone.
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| Having a go at flying a drone! |
Sending the kiddos to the camp was one of the best decisions I made for the holidays as they gained more knowledge on the technologies available now. It also provided a great opportunity for them to socialize and make new friends too. Well, you need not wait for the next holiday for such learning to be available for your child as The Lab has a series of regular classes that touches on the various stuff the kiddos tried during the camp, but in much more depth of course!
Thanks to the school, we will be having a giveaway of $500 worth of classes to 2 very lucky readers who complete the following -
- Like and follow The Perfect Father on Facebook;
- Like and follow The Lab Singapore on Facebook; and
- Like, Share this Facebook post and Tag 3 friends in the comments on before 31 Jul 2019
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| Relaxing with the trainer after the camp! |
Meanwhile, you should really check them out at https://www.thelab.sg/ to find out more about the classes they offer for children of different ages and how your child can benefit as well!
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