Tiny Thinkers at the kidsREAD 15th Anniversary Carnival
Did you catch Tiny Thinkers at the National Library Board's (NLB) kidsREAD 15th Anniversary Carnival?
Thinzar, the President of Tiny Thinkers, explaining the Junior Computational Thinking kits to the children at booth.
On 9th November, Tiny Thinkers was invited to celebrate the 15th anniversary of NLB's kidsREAD programme. Tiny Thinkers had a booth for children to kickstart their Computational Thinking journey with our Junior Computational Thinking kit. The kit, developed by Tiny Thinkers and supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), allows children to plan a character's story and also included hands-on activities for parents to complete with their children at home.
President Halimah Yacob with (from left) Ms Low Tze Hui, Manager of Infocomm Media Development Authority and her son, Thinzar, President of Tiny Thinkers, Candice, Co-Founder of Coding Lab
Thank you to President Halimah Yacob, Mr S Iswaran (Minister for Communications and Information), and Ms Low Tze Hui, for stopping by our booth to find out more about Tiny Thinkers and our goals for the children of Singapore!
Luke showing President Halimah Yacob what he learned from the Tiny Thinkers Junior Computational Thinking kit. (Source: President Halimah's Facebook page)
Tiny Thinkers is proud to have been able to collaborate with NLB to reach out to more parents about the importance of Computational Thinking in today's digital economy. This is especially relevant as this year's kidsREAD programme was focused on promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics.
A volunteer from Amazon Web Services guiding two young children through the Junior Computational Kits.
Throughout the year, we worked closely with NLB to hold free one-hour workshops titled 'Tiny Thinkers On The Go' at Tampines and Jurong Regional Libraries, where our Junior Computational Thinking kits were also distributed. We hope that participants of all our Tiny Thinkers events enjoyed completing the kit activities and that this jumpstarts their interests in computational thinking!
Thank you to all the Amazon Web Services (AWS) volunteers from AWS InCommunities and Connect@Amazon for collaborating with us for this event!
We also want to thank our Amazon Web Services volunteers who helped us to guide the children and spread the word about computational thinking among the event's participants! We couldn't have reached out to as many people without their assistance, persistence and love.
Mr S Iswaran, Minister for Communications and Information, dropped by our booth to have a chat with Thinzar, President of Tiny Thinkers, and our Amazon Web Services volunteers.
Tiny Thinkers will also continue to collaborate with NLB next year, where free Junior Computational Thinking Kits will be given out to 3,500 participants of the kidsREAD programme to equip them with the tools to be digitally-ready.
More children trying their hand at our Junior Computational Thinking kits!
If you weren't able to get a kit this year, fret not! We know that as parents, we all want to give our children a headstart in this digital age. Do keep a lookout on our Tiny Thinkers page (or Facebook page) for updates on what we're doing and on our future events!
Another Amazon Web Services volunteer assisting participants in Computational Thinking.
2020 definitely looks like an exciting year ahead for our Tiny Thinkers!
About kidsREAD
A nationwide reading programme launched in 2004, it encourages positive attitudes towards reading and aims to inculcate good reading habits among young Singaporeans of all races, and especially those from low-income families.
For more information, please click here.
About Tiny Thinkers
A non-profit campaign by Coding Lab that aims to empower and educate parents to kickstart their little one's journey in Computational Thinking.
For more information, please click here.
(Written by Cheryl Tang)