I waited eagerly for the school to begin. I was eager to take my class and start my work; eager to put my new plan into practice; eager to bring about peace and order in the class; eager to make classroom teaching interesting and win over my pupils. I felt my pulse throbbing. The bell… [ Continue Reading ]
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From pre-school to regular school the schooling process demands the parents to literally re-educate themselves. Parent’s guide to the India’s school maze.
Daycare Safety
You have just dropped your youngster off at his preschool and are worried. Will your kid be safe, will he be happy, while you are at work? Parents who leave their kids in day care often have such questions cropping up in their minds. There is nothing you could do, you sigh. Save your sighs… [ 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 ]
Picking Out a Preschool
I remember the time my nephew was beginning his sojourn into the world of formal schools. It was a hard month for my sister – phone calls, running out the door at short notice, mulling over the possibilities, waking up in the middle of the night wondering, “Are we doing the right thing?” No, she… [ Continue Reading ]
Encouraging and Handling Children’s Questions
We all ask questions when we want to know something, or when we are puzzled or curious about something. Our questions show what we do not know and what we would like to know. Children’s questions are no different; they give an important lead to what the children have already understood and what they have… [ Continue Reading ]
English and English only
The English language seems to have returned with a bang. One can see a marked difference in countries towards the language, from across different parts of the world. In the third week of June, the government of West Bengal announced that it has decided to reintroduce English as the language of instruction from Class I,… [ Continue Reading ]
Travelling to School
Across the world, every morning school-going children get on a bus and head for school. A perfectly normal activity, you might say. Except that nowhere is the need for a safe transport system more evident than in India. With a burgeoning population of more than one billion, and few laws or regulations to keep children… [ Continue Reading ]
Abraham Lincoln’s letter to his son’s teacher
He will have to learn, I know, that all men are not just, all men are not true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero; that for every selfish Politician, there is a dedicated leader… Teach him for every enemy there is a friend, Steer him away from envy, if… [ Continue Reading ]
Is your child ready to be Toilet Trained?
Do you have a child who is shortly going to begin preschool? If yes then it is time to make sure that your child is toilet-trained. Imagine the feeling. You have a terrible urge to go to the toilet but there is none in sight. As the discomfort grows, so does the panic, for not… [ Continue Reading ]
Wiser by the Day
With quiz shows like Kaun Banega Karorepati riding high on the popularity wave in India, ‘general knowledge’ or the quest to amass trivia in the mind has suddenly become fashionable among children and adults alike. It goes without saying that a child or an adult must be encouraged to explore the world around. For parents… [ Continue Reading ]
