PictureThink participated at the 15th Asian Festival of Children’s Content (“AFCC”) on 25 May 2024. We shared on the topic “The Visual Decoder for Stories” with a diverse group of writers, illustrators, translators, publishers, educators and media professionals.
Our second Visual Decoder again received impressive entries that showcased children’s creativity and ability to reflect thoughtfully about what they learn from stories. Whether they win a prize or not, all the children should feel proud of their work. The winning works were chosen based on the strength of the child’s point of view, as…
PictureThink conducted a talk for parents to explain how visual thinking using pictures worked, and how parents could use visual thinking to unlock the power of a child’s visual mind.
PictureThink conducted a public Visual Decoder for Stories Storytelling event at Times Waterway Bookstore on 11 Nov 23. We covered the story of “Mabel and the Mountain”, and taught the children how to draw out the key elements of the story using our Visual Decoder template.
PictureThink was privileged to conduct a workshop at GoodStart Conference on 29 September 2023 with a group of preschool teachers. We shared on the topic “Harnessing the Power of Your Visual Mind for Lesson Planning”.
PictureThink conducted our second public Visual Decoder for Stories Storytelling event at Kinokuniya’s Main Store on 10 Sep 23. At the end, we also showcased the winning visual decoder pictures for our inaugural Visual Decoder for Stories Contest, and presented the winners with their prizes.
We are really thankful to be part of a corporate Kids@Work event today. We conducted our Visual Decoder for Stories Programme where we read to kids ‘Flora and Nora Hunt for Treasure’ by Kim Hillyard, then taught the kids to draw simple pictures to consolidate what they learnt.
This competition showcased children’s creativity and ability to reflect thoughtfully about what they learn from stories. The judges were very impressed with the entries received and all the children who participated in this competition should feel proud of their visual decoder work. The winning works were chosen based on the strength of the child’s point…
We have launched our Visual Decoder for Stories programme. Our first event was organised as a public storytelling session at Kinokuniya Main Store on 10 Aug 2023, together with a contest for 5-8 yo children.
PictureThink Academy’s team met up with Dan Roam, our Principal, in Singapore. It was awesome to be able to exchange views and engage him in person.