Children

Study the highs and lows of the human condition using stories which make the headlines. This book highlights how the newspaper can be used in the classroom to teach values such as acceptance, compassion, loyalty, integrity, resilience and sportsmanship, among others. Its creative ideas, based on news articles, infographics, photos and comics, will prompt students to reflect on their relationships and choices, and help them gain a better understanding of their emotions, as well as who they are in relation to their schools, families and communities.

Ah Kong's clock has been telling the time for generations. Over the years, it has become a friend and part of the family. But one day the clock suddenly stopped. Do we take time for granted?

This book is uniquely positioned to provide lesson material in line with the 5 Core Competencies of the Ministry of Education's Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programme - Self Awareness, Self Management, Relationship Management Skills and Responsible Decision Making.

Eureka! contains eight inspirational stories on famous innovators from various social and cultural backgrounds, supplement with activities formulated to give children a deeper understanding of moral values.

Eureka! is fully coloured and beautifully illustrated, and is written by LRD's resident teacher-journalist to suit children aged 7 and above. To help young leaders through the the character-building lessons in the book, Dot characters highlight key points in the story and guide them through the activities in each chapter. The eight dots are:

• Persevering Dot - The Wright Brothers, who invented the first plane after many trials and errors. 
• Determined Dot - Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone after decades of experiments and research. 
• Purposeful Dot - Samuel Morse, who developed an efficient code of communication for the telegraph.
• Adventurous Dot - Ferdinand Magellan, who led an expedition to the Spice Islands.
• Creative Dot - Michelangelo, the renowned Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer.
• Resilient Dot - Marie Curie, who overcame poverty and social prejudice to become a two-time Novel laureate.
• Motivated Dot - Louis Braille, who devised a system of writing for the blind.
• Innovative Dot - Dr Yoshiro Nakamatsu, who has over 3,200 inventions to his name.

Each story helps explain abstract moral values to children by showing them how these values were put into action, and lets them discover how displaying these virtues can benefit themselves and others.

One day you awake to find a Blue Whale in your room. It's no different from the wind blowing a moth or a paper bag across your path. Once you get over the whaleness of the moment, your day goes on, like it did yesterday, and most likely, like it will tomorrow. Today however.....