Preschool
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How Many Hours Should You Sleep?
Sleep is the best meditation. – Dalai Lama Sleep is essential at every age. It is required for a healthy body and brain. Insufficient sleep has been linked to the development and management of a number of chronic diseases and conditions, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and depression. For young children, sleep is Read more
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4 Easy Craft Ideas for Kids
It is a struggle to keep children engaged. “I’m bored” is a common phrase most parents are tired of hearing. First of all, we have to understand that it is okay for kids to be bored at times and it is not our duty as a parent to keep them entertained. Read about the importance Read more
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Fun Home Experiment – How to Make a Temporary Tattoo?
“When we make Play the foundation of learning, we teach the whole child.” -Vince Gowmon Experimentation is the foundation of a creative mind. Starting off the process early in a fun-filled way is one of the greatest gifts that you can give your child. It builds a sense of wonder, curiosity and questioning that will Read more
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How to Prepare Children for School Reopening
The road to freedom –here and everywhere on earth-– begins in the classroom. -Hubert Humphrey With the Covid cases on the decline, many schools have slowly started reopening physical classes across the country. With children undergoing the stress of online classes and not meeting and playing with their classmates, it is understandable that they are Read more
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Letting Your Kids Fail
“Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.” – Robert T. Kiyosaki Seeing children fail and flounder is difficult for any parent. We all want our children to succeed, to be happy, to never see the face of failure Read more
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Game to Develop Creativity and Thinking – ‘Follow the Instructions’
Almost all creativity involves purposeful play. Abraham Maslow This is a fun filled game which can be played by two or more players. It helps build creativity in children and an ability to observe in detail and give instructions in detail – a skill which is essential in building algorithms as they grow up. Age Read more
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Phonics – How to Teach Easily at Home
In the recent past, phonics has become an important way to teach English language to children. It is especially important and useful for reading at an earlier age. Some months back (when we could still go out and meet other people), I met my friend, a mother of a 4-5 year old boy. Both she Read more
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Fun Activities to do at Home with Children
With lockdowns happening throughout the world due to coronavirus, we are getting much more time at home and with our family. Not being used to it, most of us really don’t know how to make the best use of this opportunity that we have. I was talking to a parent recently and she said – Read more
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How to Raise Creative Children – Let Them Find Solutions
Creativity is an important skill for success in the future and therefore it is important for us to develop this skill in our children. Here are simple ways to make our kids creative. Read more
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Developing the Habit of Reading in Children
Reading is habit which is extremely useful for young minds. See how you can develop this habit in your child and the type of books they can read. Read more
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