This week the Tykes team received the three beautiful Island Friends books courtesy of We Are Lucky. Having supported the Island Friends project through their successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, our backer’s reward finally arrived...
READ MORECode-it Cody is the second book in the Clever Tykes series which follows the story of computer whizz Cody. What the blurb says When the Computer Club competition is announced, Cody and his friends must put their coding skills into action. Cody...
READ MOREHang on just a minute, a perm?! No, not a perm; a P.E.R.M – a positive entrepreneurial role model. We thought we’d do some research and see if Google could find us any positive entrepreneurial role models. Not sure what we’re on...
READ MOREWe know we need to do more than just ‘teach’ people entrepreneurship – ‘learning’ is a very different process, particularly from the creativity and attitude angle. We established this in more detail in this post...
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READ MOREThis week we received a copy of Enterprising Child to get our teeth into. Written by mother and businesswoman, Lorraine Allman, the book is a resource for parents looking to nurture their children’s creativity and enterprising spirit...
READ MOREWalk-it Willow is the first books in the Clever Tykes series and she was the first character to inspire children with her story. Willow loves dogs, especially her big, shaggy dog, Stomp. Stomp is a real handful but Willow has learnt exactly how...
READ MOREToday we came across an article by Geoff Percival in the Irish Examiner online. You can see the original article here. It provides some great quotes from Professor Suzi Jarvis who is the founding director of the Innovation Academy at University...
READ MOREIn recent years the Great British Bake Off has inspired many of us to get our aprons on and our rolling pins out, and this is definitely a Good Thing. As someone who spends their time encouraging children to grow and cook their own food, I’m...
READ MOREWhat do you think about the concept of teaching entrepreneurship? Most people tend to fall into one of two categories. Some say “you’re born with ‘it'” and that “you cannot teach ‘it'” –...
READ MOREOne of the most viewed TED Talks is Sir Ken Robinson’s How Schools Kill Creativity. He performed it back in 2006 and it is well worth a watch if you’re not one of the 40 million who already have. It is a brilliant piece which shakes...
READ MOREI’d like to start by drawing your attention to an article I came across on LinkedIn which James Caan posted recently on entrepreneurship. The post outlines some of the barriers facing people who are not “born with the ability to be an...
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