The immediate response is “Adults”,” Environment”, “family”, “extended family members”.. etc. In today’s times, our children do not have the luxury of extended families or running on the streets to meet their friend at the end of the neighborhood. We parents did that in 90s. It…
This morning my ‘seven going on seventeen’ daughter said, “Mom! a lot of times you are wrong. But. ….(pause) I will try that out.” Wow! That is all that matters. I sighed in ‘relief’! My child and me will always have our differences, and there…
The best theory to help teach a child something new would be the Theory of mind. This theory explains the ability to understand people’s feelings, thoughts, and perceptions, as well as their own and how to predict behavior. Assisting a child in understanding is a…
I always ask myself “am I the way I am because I was born this way, or because of the way I was raised”? but this topic has really clarified my thoughts. I love cooking too and I do that everyday. “cooking gene” that is…
PRE-BEGINNING: When I crossed my street, I was asked ‘which street you live on? When I crossed my neighborhood, I was asked ‘which high school I went to? When crossed my city, I was asked me “where did you grow up?” When I Cross my…
The teachers observe the children to gain understating of what interests them the most. From their observations the Teacher is able to create strategies to challenge and provoke learning for increasing curiosity in the child. Overall, we work through collaborative projects to encourage the children…
Resilience: Resilience is the ability for a child or an adult to come back from stress, challenges, failures or trauma. Everyone undergoes Resilience in their life; it is something we can build in ourselves and in our children. In children its coming out of their comfort…