Developing Soft Skills, Nurturing Creativity and Curiosity with John Tan from Saturday Kids and Doyobi

  Letting children learn through hands-on experiences, collaborating with their peers, and allowing them to always ask “why.” In this episode, I speak with John Tan about the importance of helping children keep their spark and drive to learn.   John Tan is a father to five children, an education entrepreneur, and the CEO and Founder of Saturday Kids (for ages 5 to 16) and Doyobi (for ages 8 to 12). Both are coding schools in Singapore, and a product of John’s advocacy of inspiring kids to become curious self-directed learners. In the year 2019, he was recognized as an Obama leader in Asia Pacific.   John also explains how children must be given the opportunity to express themselves and be provided avenues for them to discover and develop who they are as early as they can.    To get in touch with John Tan, find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/therealjohntan/ Don’t forget to head over to www.parents.fm to stay up to date with new and previous episodes, join our community of parents in tech, or drop me a line.