Creativity & problem-solving

Making – what we do

• Crafts: paper, clay, natural materials, colours.
• Free and guided building: stack, assemble, balance.
• Open tasks: one instruction, a thousand possible solutions.
• Pride in the finished object: display, gift, tell its story.

Problem-solving – what we do

• Age-fit daily challenges: “how do I open it, hold it, balance it?”
• Guidance by trial: try, observe, adjust, start again.
• Simple logic games: tiling, sequences, visual riddles.
• Learning that mistakes are part of the path — and can be repaired.

Why it is decisive before age 5

Hands-on manipulation comes before abstract thought. Every tower that falls and rises again teaches more than a long explanation: children learn to try, fail safely and try again.