Benefits of Mindfulness & Mindfulness Exercises for Children
What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is a practice that all parents should consider teaching their children. Naturally, kids are usually mindful, especially in their play, but they later get to a stage...
View Article8 Friendship Books: Books to Gift Your Friends
Readers read for so many reasons, to escape reality, for a taste of adventure, to find meaning to life, to gain knowledge, and sometimes, to ward off loneliness, to find friends and human connections....
View ArticleStorytelling: The Defining Art of Learning
It is often said that learning is a continuous process, and as we live everyday, we learn. In spite of the various innovative ways being sporadically created to aid learning, storytelling as a tool for...
View ArticleGratitude in the times of Covid-19
So we too, like almost everyone, went over to our terrace at 5 pm yesterday, the day of the Janta curfew. It felt almost as if people got a task to do, finally, after spending that long Sunday trapped...
View Article5 Must Watch Movies Adapted from Young Adult Books
YA or Young Adult is quickly emerging as the most popular genre in Literature of late. And even though the genre is meant for ages fourteen to eighteen, YA books are known to be read across ages...
View Article4 Books for Mischief Makers
Once upon a time, books were about the do-gooders, the rule-followers, the ever-obedient. They were all about being nice. And naughty was punished. And then came authors like Roald Dahl who challenged...
View ArticleWhat are the Benefits of Storytelling / Reading Stories to Children?
“Granny,” said the little boy. “Could you tell me another story?” He was sitting on his grandmother’s lap and she had her arm around him as they waited for the bus in the parking lot outside the...
View ArticleHow to Manage Behavioural Changes in Children during Covid-19?
COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of unexpected changes in our lives and thrown our emotions in turmoil. As adults we may be able to figure out how to cope with the anxiety and stress caused by these...
View ArticleHighlights of NEP 2020: Building Life Skills in Children
A good old proverb goes like this – give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. To elaborate what this means is, it is better to teach someone to...
View ArticleHow worried should we be about increasing screen time?
The Coronavirus ended the big debate – AND SCREENS WON! We saw the digital slide consume us all, and most of all our kids. Now that the vaccines are here and there is some hope that we may see light at...
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