by Mark Harling | May 4, 2020 | Life Lab
Our first online Life Lab sessions have been a rich experience. We connected with students in their kitchens, their lounges, at their dinner tables. We met their cats, helping grown-ups and some teddies. Some were costumed, some wrapped in blankets, some bare foot and...
by Mark Harling | Apr 24, 2020 | Life Lab
We were thrilled to follow the Easter Bunny’s tracks but this time to safely deliver the LEGO kits to the letterboxes of students so they could participate in the Life Lab online program which launched this week! Providing the students with the tools and facilitating...
by Mark Harling | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Life Lab
A short introduction to our Life Lab program, proudly brought to you by Mark Harling and Angela Pezzano. If you’re having trouble seeing the video, you may try here...
by Mark Harling | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog
World Creativity & Innovation Week is a worldwide community dedicated to celebrating all forms of creativity. Yinsight is sharing the creative love by providing 2 free online workshops, each lasting 90 minutes: Iki-What? What’s your reason to wake up and jump out...
by Mark Harling | Apr 10, 2020 | Blog, Life Lab
With students and teachers heading into remote learning in the term ahead, Life Lab is no exception with it’s content and format adapting so as to continue to engage children in their learning and further developing and practising life skills. We’ll take...
by Mark Harling | Apr 2, 2020 | Blog
As part of trying to do our bit for the world, Yinsight donated 1335€ towards planting trees over the last 2 years. One Tree Planted is changing their fund raiser partner so we’re starting afresh here: https://businesspartners.raisely.com/t/mark-harlings-team....
by Mark Harling | Mar 24, 2020 | Life Lab
Amongst a Life Experience Life Lab lesson where 7 year old’s are learning about responding to their emotions rather than reacting, one of our many delightful students approached us during their eating lunch time – quite upset and crinkled forehead – so we knew this...
by Mark Harling | Mar 22, 2020 | Life Lab
In this Life Lab experience we gave 5 and 6 year old students a situation and asked them what would be an appropriate response, which they all knew – intellectually – how to address. Through the use of drumming on the Djembes, we did an activity whereby they...
by Angela Pezzano | Mar 19, 2020 | Life Lab
It does spark joy when young children are grasping concepts, sharing mature responses and can add ‘Polarity’ to their vocabulary – and actually know what it means. Their LEGO builds during this lesson embodied the multiple perspectives of polarities. Unexpectedly the...
by Mark Harling | Mar 17, 2020 | Blog
In a time of wondering and uncertainty for all due to the Corona virus (and before the confinement and social distancing measures), our Ikigai workshop helped participants sit on the veranda of their life and reflect upon their Iki-Journey. The beautiful Macedon...
