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Look ma, I’m an inventor
Early-childhood educators are planting the seeds of innovation in young minds
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PAP Community Foundation (PCF) assistant chief executive Tan Lee Jee (left) and IDE Academy founder Nancy Soon (right). Ms Soon’s IDE Academy was appointed by the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation as the sole representative for Stemie (science, technology, engineering and mathematics plus innovation and entrepreneurship) education in Singapore.
ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Four-year-old Chua Howe Run invented a night patch in 2018 that won him one of the top prizes in the United States the following year.
It caught the attention of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who lauded his efforts in a 2019 Facebook post.
