The Discovery Chronicles

    Volume 1. Issue 1
  
   Discovery Academy of Innovation Press

We are charting a new course!

School Reimagined:

The Discovery Academy of Innovation is opening in Makati

The Asian Parent Philippines | March 17, 2020

"The Discovery Academy of Innovation is a different kind of school. Something that you haven’t heard of before. The school focuses on play, design, innovation, and creative learning. This comes at a time when the Philippines ranks one of the lowest in innovation (117th out of 127 on the Global Innovation Index 2017) and places 76th out of 137 countries for quality of math and science education (World Economic Forum 2018)”

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Discovery Academy of Innovation in Makati:

A Preschool for Future Changemakers

Philippine Primer | November 19, 2019

"The Discovery Academy of Innovation is a preschool that makes learning an extraordinary experience. The school utilizes play, interest-driven and project-based learning to bring out a love of learning among children. The team of Rosanna Lopez, Justine Tajonera, and Nicole Concepcion founded the school with the ultimate goal of showing kids that learning is fun and is important for them to develop the ideal qualities to be future changemakers.”

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New Preschool in Makati now accepting enrollment inquiries

Philippine Daily Inquirer | 13 Nov 2019

"DAI will provide a safe, engaging learning environment where content experts, innovators and changemakers come together and utilize technology, play and human-centered design to positively transform the world.”

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One way to raise future-ready kids is through play-based learning.

by Hanna Fernando-Pacua, Smart Parenting | Nov 22, 2019

"We can say that life has become a little bit more complicated for the young ones. Aside from the added distractions, they are also facing 21st-century problems like climate change, growing social intolerance, and the rise of artificial intelligence. As we approach the future, technology is taking over human jobs, and we have to get our kids ready for it. "

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Curious, kind
Adventurous
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This week, it's going to be all about our Superhero Academy: Adventures in Filmmaking

Our kids love to think of themselves as superheroes, but what if they could really become one? Kids plunge into the minds of famous comic book creators like Jerry

This whole week we’ve shared with you the highlights from our first to fifth days of Biblio-TECH Virtual Book Club: The Haunted Library Edition. Today, we’re sharing with you what our book club members’ parents thought about this on

Sharing some highlights from our fifth (and final) day of Biblio-TECH: Virtual Book Club on The Haunted Library.
On our last day, we talked about the concept of plot and recounted our favorite moments in the book using shadow puppets.

The kids craf

Sharing some highlights from Biblio-TECH: Virtual Book Club on The Haunted Library.
On our third meet up, we discussed our favorite ghostly encounters from The Haunted Library. Spooky!

We also created our very own ghost journals, detailing ghosts w

Sharing with you some highlights from Biblio-TECH: Virtual Book Club on The Haunted Library.
During our fourth meet up, the kids took on the role of detectives and explored their very own fingerprints!

Fingerprints are used by detectives to find ou

Let's usher in the new normal in education with Rosanna Lopez, our founder and Chief Innovation Officer of @sparklelabph and Discovery Academy of Innovation on Saturday, June 27 at 3PM. Join the discussion on the FB page of @edamama.ph and get tips

Sharing some highlights from Biblio-TECH: Virtual Book Club on The Haunted Library.
As we continued breaking down a story into its component parts, we discussed the concept of setting. We challenged each book club member to recreate their favorite s

We just concluded our Biblio-TECH Virtual Book Club on The Haunted Library. It was such an exciting read! Sharing some of the highlights here.
We kicked off our first session with a discussion on character as an important element in stories. Here we

"Pioneers, such as Erik Erikson, Anna Freud, and Dorothy Burlingham, revealed that to pass successfully through the stages of early childhood, children require sensitive, nurturing care to build capacities for trust, empathy, and compassion.&quo

"Every kid has that moment when she realizes that the adults she admires aren’t perfect. Few children ever learn, however, that the same is true for the inventors and intellectual giants whose distinguished portraits permeate their history

"As an elementary school science teacher, I find this not easy to admit, but some of my students’ most rewarding and meaningful classes over the years have happened when I have taken a back seat and let my students 'tinker.'" - Aaron

Join Teacher Nicole, our Co-founder and Chief Learning Officer, on Friday, June 19 at 3PM as we engineer our way through the story of Andrea Beaty's “Rosie Revere, Engineer”. Like Rosie, we will explore everyday problems, simple machines,

Studies show that resilience has a positive influence on academic performance of students as well as their social and emotional wellbeing. "I believe there are three main areas to focus on: a child’s competence, their tolerance to mistakes

“We ask that, once it is safe to do so, the loosening of lockdown is done in a way that allows children to play with their peers, without social distancing, as soon as possible. This may mean that close play is only permitted in pairs or small

“People can often do more, change more, and learn more—often far more—than they’ve ever dreamed possible. Our potential is hidden in plain sight all around us.” - Barbara Oakley, author of Mindshift: Break Through Obstac

The importance of falling in love with learning

At SparkleLAB and the Discovery Academy of Innovation, we believe that young people learn best when they are happy and engaged with the subject matter in meaningful ways.
Our playful, interest driven

"Researchers and experienced educators have found that often students don’t have good study habits and skills, or that they rely on strategies that don’t work, frequently at the urging of teachers and parents." - James Paterson,

"A job for life is a thing of the past, for people of all ages – robots could replace you, or your whole industry could move overseas." - Maddalaine Ansell, Chief executive, Universal Alliance.

How can we prepare young people today f

Front Desk: Online Tutoring and Academic Enrichment Services

Welcome to our Front Desk. We’re glad to meet you! Here, we offer a one-stop shop for your child’s academic enrichment needs. Our suite of services range from homework help and

Curious about Biblio-TECH? Here's what moms have been saying about our program. “Diego really enjoyed the Minecraft Book Club. It has been so hard to get him to read books but he was so willing to read when he joined the Club. He loved all the