If you have a child, this is a good place tobe. I will share my experiences as a mother and a school teacher. By the way my “child” is now 36, married with a family of his own and mybusiness partner! What’s more I have been engaged with the field ofeducation even longer! Times are …
Do you enjoy reading to your child? Try it if you aren’t doing it on a regular basis. Theadvantages to you and your child are too many to count! Just imagine this – you snuggling upwith your child for a bedtime story session. What better way to end the day? Now contrast thiswith a TV …
Think back on your time as a child. Did you slip into mom’s high heels and wear her lipstick?Did you pick up dad’s razor and give yourself a “shave” to feel grown up? Yes, you did! We’veall done it at some point of our growing up. Similarly we subconsciously imbibed theirmannerisms, lifestyle choices and thought …
As infants grow, their movements become less clumsy – they’re more in control of themselves.Try putting a couple of grains of rice in front a baby and watch the effort it takes for him or herto pick it up. Careful though, that grain will go straight from the hands into the mouth! The gigantic effort …
A great way to keep children occupied at home and develop a sense of responsibility in them isto get them to help around the house with small chores. Not to mention what a favour you aredoing on them by teaching them essential life skills. Even children as small as 2-3 years can help by putting …
Time to rejoice! Baby is able to hold up her neck. She’s moving a lot more than she did a monthago….now she’s crawling, and even attempting to stand up and lift things! The progression you’re seeing is all due to gross motor development i.e. the strengthening of thelarge muscles of the arms, legs and torso. …
Make the most of every opportunity that you get to spend time with your child. Extract somelesson from every situation. Observe together. Out for a drive? Get your child to observe the trees. Are they green? What kind of leaves do theyhave? Are they similar to or different from the other trees in that area? …
Reciting rhymes is an important part of your child’s introduction to a language. The more rhymes are said in families, the quicker the simple everyday language of these rhymes becomespart of your child’s speech. Building up a personal collection of rhymes is important, as the morerhymes children know, the more rhymes they want to know. …
Once my husband and I were travelling from Bengaluru to Kochi by train. Our co-passengers were a family of five – an Indian father, an American mother, two children – a boy around 7 years old, and a 5 year old girl. The fifth family member was their American grandmother. Ourjourney together was roughly 3 …
Did you ever feel a pang when you saw your friend’s child crawl and yours was nowhere near it? Or when someone’s child was getting better grades? It’s natural, right? It is, but that’s somethingyou need to train yourself to get out of. Every child is unique – we need to not just understandthis, but …