Saakshi Khanna | ParentsSquare

Gift Ideas for the Preschool child

During this age the preschool child is learning primarily by exploring the surroundings around him. Although children have developed some self control, they still do not have sufficient knowledge or control over their bodies to avoid danger. Thus they constantly need to be watched. Hence, while selecting gift items for them you should take care… [ Continue Reading → ]

Winter Wear – What Should It Be?

Ooooh! Aaahhh! Eeeh! That’s what comes out of the mouth of children when they wait for their school bus, on an early winter morning. It’s a pity to see all those kids in shorts and skirts out there shivering, and trying to get whatever little warmth they can from the exhaust pipes of the passing… [ Continue Reading → ]

Jungle Party

Theme: Jungle Party You can have the jungle theme indoors or outdoors. Costume Ask the children to come dressed as any animal, bird or insect. They can also become trees, bushes or flowers. Decoration Keep a lot of plants in the room where you will be organising the party. You can also hire artificial waterfall…. [ Continue Reading → ]

Trying Hard to Remember!

Oh God, what was that last sentence…. Left hand corner, bottom of the page…what the hell was it? Trying to remember something that you can place in your mind but can’t recall can be really irritating. And all of us face this dilemma, especially during exams. Which tactic do we not use – writing on… [ Continue Reading → ]

Fun in Kalimpong

A heated discussion started at home the moment my father mentioned that he would take us for a holiday. And that too for five days! Everyone rattled out their suggestions about where to go and what to do. We finally decided on Kalimpong. Since we were pressed for time, we chose to fly to Bagdogra,… [ Continue Reading → ]

Pyjama Party

Theme: Fluorescent pyjama party This party can be conducted both indoors and outdoors. Costume Children have to come dressed in fluorescent colour pyjamas. It can be of any colour. The T-shirt can be fluorescent or any flat colour. Decorations You can buy fluorescent paper from the market and cut it out in different shapes to… [ Continue Reading → ]

Its all about Luck

How to play: Draw four to five circles in middle of a room in different colours. Start the music and ask the children to run around the circles. When the music stops, each child has to step in any one of the circles of his choice. An adult who is blindfolded calls out the colour… [ Continue Reading → ]

Atlas – the game for kids

How to play: Ask the children to sit in a circle and let one of them start the game by saying aloud a name of a place which begins with the alphabet A. The person sitting on the right has to continue the chain by saying a name of another place beginning with the last… [ Continue Reading → ]

Destination Gangtok

My sister was angry with my father for not having taken her for a vacation ever since her vacations started. My mother and I felt this was one issue in which we had to support her. Vested interests, obviously. We decided to go to Gangtok, mainly because it was not very far from home, in… [ Continue Reading → ]

Grab a Spoon

All you need is: 1. Spoons How to play: The number of spoons should be one less then the number of children playing. Spread all the spoons on the floor. When the music begins ask the children to crawl on the floor and when the music stops, they have to grab a spoon each and… [ Continue Reading → ]