Nivedita Mukerjee
Education consultancy for parents and schools
Tag: education
#lockdown is time to be WITH and not VERSUS the teachers
Teachers are now the one big constant in the lives of our children. We need to rally around the teaching community even more than earlier. Much like how the society needs to be with the health workers – the school leaders, management and parents… Continue Reading “#lockdown is time to be WITH and not VERSUS the teachers”
Having a difficult conversation with your growing child ? Stop! First practice to differentiate between your thoughts and feelings.
Hey, we need to talk! Think of a conversation you had with your child/student in the last couple of days that did not have the tone that you wish you/the child had had. It did not end in the result that you had in… Continue Reading “Having a difficult conversation with your growing child ? Stop! First practice to differentiate between your thoughts and feelings.”
“I want my child to grow up to be a successful adult.” Sounds familiar?
I am yet to meet a parent who is shy of telling that they want their child to be a successful adult. My question to them as perhaps you can anticipate is – How would you define success? Followed by – – How would you… Continue Reading ““I want my child to grow up to be a successful adult.” Sounds familiar?”
Have you lost a friendship? Have you kept some? It’s the friendship month – let’s talk.
Making friends, keeping friends, giving up friendships – A life-skill for us to understand and share with our children and students. Dost dost naa rahaa, pyaar pyaar naa rahaa…(friend did not remain a friend, love, did not remain as love…) released in 1970, sung… Continue Reading “Have you lost a friendship? Have you kept some? It’s the friendship month – let’s talk.”
You want to change your child’s behaviour?Here are 5 things you need to know.
Where do you think your parenting responses lie when it comes to behaviour of your child on the spectrum of – Achievement based (western approach) to Pressure based (Eastern approach)? While one is more focused on the goal, the other focusses on the… Continue Reading “You want to change your child’s behaviour?Here are 5 things you need to know.”
“Can We Bring Them Down?” An illustrated e-book for young children from TanaBana series.
“Can We Bring Them Down?”, is the third illustrated story book for young children in the series of TanaBana. It is free for you to read and share with your friends and family. Can We Bring Them Down?(Click to download PDF) If you have… Continue Reading ““Can We Bring Them Down?” An illustrated e-book for young children from TanaBana series.”
Problem solving is a skill. You can teach it to your child.
Everyting is figureoutable – Marie Forleo. You can figure it out! Just start taking action, take a grab at it and see where it leads you! The shuttle cock is stuck on the tree while your child is playing a game of badminton in… Continue Reading “Problem solving is a skill. You can teach it to your child.”
Independence by Grit
Give the gift of GRIT to your child this year on Independence Day. For our generation it is an accepted socio-cultural norm to live one’s lives on other people’s terms and expectations of us, primarily our parents. Many of us continue to perpetuate this… Continue Reading “Independence by Grit”
5 effective and time tested ideas for motivating your child
5 effective and time tested ideas for motivating your Child. “You can steer yourself any direction you choose”. – Dr. Suess. His book Oh, the places You’ll go? has been one of the most popular choices as the graduation gift for the preschool children… Continue Reading “5 effective and time tested ideas for motivating your child”
Boosting concentration and memory power in pre-schoolers
Within their first couple of parent-teacher meetings the preschool teachers repeatedly hear the following concerns, with varying degrees of anxiousness : “My child can’t sit still for 5 minutes!” “My child day dreams randomly while doing something and sits at a task unfinished.” “I… Continue Reading “Boosting concentration and memory power in pre-schoolers”
Nivedita Mukerjee 