Nivedita Mukerjee
Education consultancy for parents and schools
Tag: school
Holiday Learning Pack by Scholastic – A review
” If you eat me today, what will you do for the rest of your life? Spare me and I will bring you three scrumptious books every day.” “A three-course meal every day? For the rest of my life? I will never have to… Continue Reading “Holiday Learning Pack by Scholastic – A review”
“Sorry” the magic word.
“Sorry” the magic word. When did you last say “sorry” to your friend? Your sibling? Your teacher? Your parent? Anyone? How did you feel after saying “sorry”? What did it make the other person say/feel when you said “sorry” to them? Was it easy… Continue Reading ““Sorry” the magic word.”
Do you think your child is lazy?
Take a couple of minutes to answer these 15 questions about your child: 1.Is s/he spending more time than usual on phone? 2. Is s/he regularly falling behind in his/her homework? 3.Is s/he often oversleeping or taking extra time in the bed after waking up… Continue Reading “Do you think your child is lazy?”
“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?”
The 3 Aces of parenting for you to keep up your sleeve
The jury on parenting is always out. Whenever you think you have mastered the art and science of parenting, a new theory, a new paradigm, a new style is propounded with research, case studies and analytics to back it. However, over the years as… Continue Reading “The 3 Aces of parenting for you to keep up your sleeve”
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.”
Kozhukatta – a children’s book review
Sumi Chandrashekharan’s ‘Kozhukatta’ was read once by me a couple of weeks ago sitting with her, sipping tea in the patio, in about 5 minutes. Yes, it’s about 8 pages, illustrated story book and that’s the time it would take it for an adult… Continue Reading “Kozhukatta – a children’s book review”
“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.”
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