Amazambane Opiyano ingumkhiqizi wamathoyizi okufundisa wezingane zanoma yimuphi ubudala. Sekuyiminyaka engama-20, i-PPT idala amathoyizi ajabulisayo, afundisayo, futhi ahlukile kanye nezinsiza kubantu abasha nabadala ngokufanayo.
I-PPT iheha zonke izizukulwane ngamathoyizi ayo abonakalayo: Dig Kits (Dig'em Up!), Diggin' Geology, ne-SciencExplore (Crystal Growing).
Umbono Wethu
Sikholelwa emandleni omdlalo aguqulayo ukuze alolonge izingqondo zabasunguli bakusasa, ososayensi nabaholi.
Mission yethu
I-Piano Potato ihlose ukuchaza kabusha ukudlala nemfundo kuyo yonke imizi ngokuhlinzeka ngamathoyizi nemikhiqizo ye-STEM eqanjiwe, esezingeni eliphezulu.
Imiklomelo iwiniwe
Imikhiqizo enikeziwe
Amalungu ethimba le-R&D
Amazwe nezifunda ezihlanganisiwe
Lapho ukuqamba okusha kanye nokudlala kuhlangana khona ukuze kwakheke umuzwa ongalibaleki wezingqondo ezifuna ukwazi zayo yonke iminyaka. Umkhiqizo wethu, oqanjwe ngezambane elithobekile - ukungena kokuqala kwengane kwisayensi ngokuhlolwa kwebhethri yamazambane yakudala, kuhlanganiswe nobuciko bobuciko bepiyano, - kuhlanganisa ukuzibophezela kwethu ekukhuthazeni ukufunda ngokudlala. KwaPiano Potato, sikholelwa emandleni omdlalo wokuvula amandla ngaphakathi kwengane ngayinye.
Dlala ukuze ufunde!
I-Piano Potato Toys yasungulwa ekuqaleni kuka-2000 futhi manje isingumdlali obalulekile emakethe yamathoyizi. Umgomo wethimba lethu ukuchaza kabusha amageyimu nemfundo yawo wonke umndeni ngokunikeza amathoyizi e-STEAM aqanjiwe, ekhwalithi ephezulu nemikhiqizo. Ithimba lisungula, lidizayine futhi lithuthukise amakhulukhulu emikhiqizo emisha unyaka ngamunye futhi lisebenzisana eduze nabaklami, abadwebi bezithombe, amanyuvesi, izikhungo zemfundo kanye nezikhungo zocwaningo lwe geological ukuthuthukisa imikhiqizo "yokufundisa" ngempela. Imikhiqizo yepiyano Potato ithengiswa ezitolo ezinkulu, ezitolo zezincwadi, kumawebhusayithi okuthenga, amapulatifomu e-e-commerce kanye neminyuziyamu esukela eMelika, eYurophu naseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Manje itholakala emibukisweni emhlabeni wonke, noma kuwebhusayithi yethu, futhi maduze izogcwalisa amashalofu eduze nawe.
Kusukela ngo-2005 kuze kube manje, nanka amabhizinisi nezindlela ezithathiwe ezisiholela lapho sikhona namuhla.
I-K&M yaqala ukubambisana ne-Scholastic Inc. umshicileli wezincwadi zezingane owaziwa emhlabeni wonke.
KwaPianoPotato, sikholelwa ngokuphelele emandleni aguqulayo okudlala ukuze alolonge isizukulwane esilandelayo. Amathoyizi ethu akhuthaza ukusungula nokucabanga ngenkathi efundisa amakhono abalulekile. Singabalingani ekudlaleni, esizinikele ekwenzeni umthelela omuhle ezimpilweni zezingane emhlabeni wonke, yingakho sithi 'Dlala ukuze Ufunde!'
Sihlose ukukhuthaza umcabango wezingane kanye nokudala, ukwakha uthando lwempilo yonke lokufunda nokuhlola.
Sizibophezele ekwenzeni okusha okuqhubekayo ekwakhiweni kwamathoyizi nasemfundweni, siqinisekisa ukuthi imikhiqizo yethu ihlala iphambili ekufundeni kwe-STEM nokudlala nakho.
Njengabaholi emidlalweni yesayensi namakhithi, sibeka phambili ukudluliselwa kolwazi kuzithameli ezisencane, okubangela ukukhula kobuhlakani kanye nelukuluku.
Sikholelwa emandleni okuhlangana, ukukhuthaza ukudlala komphakathi nokusebenzisana phakathi kwezingane, imindeni, kanye nabafundisi ukuze sakhe ukuzizwisa okuphusile kokufunda.
Siphakamisa izindinganiso eziphakeme zekhwalithi nokuphepha kuyo yonke imikhiqizo yethu, siqinisekisa ukuthi ihlolwe ngokuqinile futhi ithobela imithetho yakamuva yokuphepha ukuze sinikeze abazali ukuthula kwengqondo.
Njengomkhiqizi wamathoyizi onomthwalo wemfanelo wethu othi "okuncane kuningi, nciphisa imfucuza, futhi wengeze inani," umgomo wethu udala ikusasa eliluhlaza ezizukulwaneni ezizayo ngokugwema ukupakishwa ngokweqile, ukwehlisa ukusetshenziswa kwepulasitiki, nokusebenzisa ezinye izindlela ezibolayo nemvelo ezinobungani.
Imikhiqizo yethu igunyazwe i-[STEM.org] kanye ne-[Good Play Guide™] nezinye izikhungo ezigunyaziwe zokuhlola umkhiqizo we-STEM. Ukuzibophezela nokusebenzisana kusisizile ukuthi siwine imiklomelo eminingi yemboni, okuqinisekisa ukuhluka kwemikhiqizo yethu nokuphepha kanye nokubonisa ukuphishekela kwethu okuqhubekayo kokwenza kahle. Lezi zindondo zisiqhubezela ukuthi siqhubeke sithuthukisa futhi sikhule, siqinisekisa ukuthi asilokothi sizithele ngabandayo. *Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, sicela ukhululeke ukuxhumana nethimba lethu lezentengiso noma nini.
Xhumana nethimba lethu namuhla ukuze uthole induduzo mayelana nedizayini yangokwezifiso eveza ngokugcwele umbono wakho, noma ukuthi ungaba kanjani umsabalalisi.