iOi in Your Home
Through hands-on STEAM activities spanning science, technology, engineering, the arts, and maths, we help children transform curiosity into confidence. For parents and caregivers, it’s an opportunity to pause, connect, and explore creativity alongside their children through shared moments of making and discovery.
Parents on Their Experience with Our Activities
I’ve seen [my child’s] creativity come out a lot more and she’s challenging herself a lot as well... She’s made lots of different ideas, seen other people’s examples and tried to improve those as well.
[My children] are getting new knowledge about something that will benefit their future. Maybe tomorrow they will say ‘I’d like to be in technology’ or ‘I’d like to work in IT’, something like that. It’s the first foundation stone in their life.
Why our work?
At the Institute of Imagination, children learn through making, building, experimenting, and asking questions.
Rather than sitting back and being told what to do, children are encouraged to try things for themselves, whether that’s designing, inventing, testing ideas, or working together to overcome challenges. Along the way, they build confidence, curiosity, resilience, and creative thinking skills that support learning both inside and outside the classroom. For parents and caregivers, it’s a chance to see children engage with learning in a way that feels full of possibility.
Constructionism
Children learn best by making, building, and exploring together. Hands-on activities help ideas stick, while encouraging confidence, creativity, and independent thinking.
Learning Through Play
Play is a powerful way for children to explore and understand the world. Through hands-on, playful experiences, they naturally develop creativity, problem-solving, collaboration and critical thinking.
Habits of Mind
This approach helps children build confidence, resilience, and creative thinking skills, supporting them to become curious, adaptable learners.
Embodied Cognition
Children learn more deeply when they can move, touch, build, and explore, turning ideas into experiences they can truly connect with and remember.
Tinkering
Tinkering encourages children to explore freely, learning through curiosity, experimentation, and discovering what happens when they try something new.
Theories underpining our work
Try these activities at home
Our activities are designed to fit your schedule and resources. You can choose from quick, low-effort options or dive deeper with more comprehensive activities that explore techniques in depth and involve some additional preparation.
