Tag: parenting

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Woman taking a book from a free lending library box by the sidewalk

Issue #315, 14th July 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ Book desert. Some homes have book deserts. Some schools have book deserts. Some classes have book deserts. Some schools have book deserts. And then we expect our children and students to be good readers, speakers, writers. Textbooks don’t do… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

School common area featuring middle school, lower school play zone, and upper school lounge with students

Issue #314, 7th July 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ We are an anxious lot. Parents and educators. Scary stories are thus easier to sell to us adults who are the primary and secondary caregivers, nurturers, and teachers of children entrusted to us or born to us. Are teens… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Boy using tablet, handheld gaming device, smartphone, and video game console in different indoor and car settings

Issue #313, 30th June 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ Do you keep your phone next to your bed when you go to sleep? Is it the last thing you look at and the first thing you look at when you get up? What is the total screen time… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Classroom monitoring system with tracking technology versus small group individualized education for ages 8-12.

Issue #312, 23rd June 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ This weekend we went to visit the British Schools Museum. The last Monitorial Schoolroom in the world. Also known as the Madras System or Bell-Lancaster method was an early 19th-century educational approach designed to school hundreds of poor children… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Grandmother with family enjoying a tablet on a couch

Issue #311, 16th June 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ Show up, reach out, check in. Connect, connect connect… that is something we need to weave into our parenting and our school/college/university education. Children, adolescents, adults are growing up to be more lonely and alone in this hyperconnected world.… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Audience members using mobile phones at a community workshop on social media AI

Issue #310, 9th June 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ Phone-based childhood. Social media influenced teenagers. What is it doing to our children’s growing brains and to each of us as social beings when we already know that much of our social bonding involves bodies? When we eat food… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Indian primary children in STEAM lab activity

Issue #309, 2nd June 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ How does my phone work? How does my hotel key card work? How does my smart ring work? How does my induction cooktop work? How do things around us, which we interact with every day, all the time, irrespective… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Upfest 2026 street art Biennale Bristol UK

Issue #308, 26th May 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ I am at Upfest 2026 this week. The street art Biennale in Bristol UK. We had visited this town in 2019, and while going on a walking tour themed on graffiti – writings and drawings made on the walls,… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Students sitting, walking, and working near Makerspace and STEM Center on campus

Issue #307, 19th May 2026 When you walk into a school, how do you assess its environment? What makes some schools more optimised for learning? What are some of the key markers of a learning community and a learning environment you are looking for as… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Young woman reading a book titled 'A Journey Among Stars' on an airplane at night with a cup of coffee, headphones, and journal on the tray table.

Issue #306, 12th May 2026 When do you read? Which are your favourite places to read in? How do you read – paper books, e-books, or audiobooks? What makes you pick what you read – a friend’s or a teacher’s recommendation? a book review? a… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”