When it comes to focusing on a task, we all have limits to our attention spans. It varies from person to person and task to task. Children tend to have naturally shorter attention spans, so when facilitating their learning, it’s important we make lessons engaging and challenging. If we succeed, the result is fun. Fun is a byproduct of an active mind. In this article,… Read More
Who doesn’t like to be amused? To smirk, to beam, to sneer – there are many ways for us to describe when a person finds humour in things. But at the end of the day, how do we make people laugh? Jokes! Well yes, but that’s not the whole story. As we probably all know, cracking a joke doesn’t always mean instant laughter, and laughs… Read More
I wish I could say I was a professional comedian and that I knew a vast amount about humour, but fortunately, that isn’t necessary to be able to recognise what is funny nor to know how to make people laugh. What I do know for sure is that our world would be much worse off if we didn’t have humour. So where can we find… Read More
When we hear the term ‘literature’, thick, serious books spring to mind, often ones laden with melancholy. However, this doesn’t have to be the case, and if we look for them, there are plenty of great books to tickle our funny bones. Humour is important to the development of critical thinking skills, which is especially crucial for young, developing minds. After all, humour relies on… Read More
