3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #175, 14th November 2023

Happy Children’s Day. This is celebrated each year on November 14, in India. It is a celebration dedicated to honoring and cherishing the well-being of children. What do we understand by well-being? especially when it comes to children? Parents and educators, institution owners and policymakers? What do children themselves understand by their own state of well-being? What is the single most important parenting strategy according to you?

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Three images of the week

Two Thoughts of the Week

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. — Rabindranath Tagore

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow. — APJ Abdul Kalam (former Indian President)

One Video of the Week

Everyone loses their temper from time to time — but the stakes are dizzyingly high when the focus of your fury is your own child. Clinical psychologist and renowned parenting whisperer Becky Kennedy is here to help. Not only does she have practical advice to help parents manage the guilt and shame of their not-so-great moments but she also models the types of conversations you can have to be a better parent. (Hint: this works in all other relationships too.) Bottom line? It’s never too late to reconnect.

Guest Expert of the Week

Reading with Ms. Meenu.

Reading makes us do strong brainstorming.

We all seem to think that brainstorming should be easy. We’ve all experienced meetings or readings when ideas pin-ponged back and forth and sometimes, we frantically scribbled notes and sketched partial concepts on a whiteboard. If you’re an introvert who’s been part of a brainstorming session, you may have sat quietly and it’s the same thing that happens with students.

We as educators should avoid traditional brainstorming. 

·         Encourage your students to be more prone to groupthink. 

·         Have students brainstorm in isolation first. Give them time.

·         Have a firm rule that there are no dumb ideas in the brainstorming phase.

·         Experiment with group structure.

·         Be clear about the specific topic of a Brainstorm.

·         Don’t use a timer.

The best brainstorming happens when students engage in divergent thinking. Divergent thinking is a process of seeing multiple options and viewing solutions in a different way. Divergent thinking is what happens when you find connections between things that initially seem disconnected. It’s also what happens when you find unconventional uses for a specific item.

Keep Brainstorming!

Meenu Gera, Consulting home and school librarian and reading guide.

Dear reader,
I have been a research scientist, a journalist, and an educator for over 3 decades. I read and, I write. With this weekly newsletter, I share what I read, learn, and, experience. At the same time, I engage with students, parents, and teams of teachers across K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and ed-tech organizations.

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