Tag: teaching

3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #186, 30th January 2024 Play is hard work, and so is learning. Why is it so difficult to understand for parents and students that learning to play and learning to learn are both hard. Play is not a party, and neither is learning. The… Continue Reading “3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV”

3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #185, 23rd January 2024 This year, India marks the 75th Republic Day on 26th January 2024. How do you think we have done so far? What do you think of our education system dear teachers, students, and parents? How do you see us going… Continue Reading “3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV”

3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #184, 16th January 2024 We have been having holidays, festivals, celebrations, and thus rituals. The start of the new year has brought my thoughts to – What is a ritual? Do you recognize the rituals you have in your classroom? in your school? in… Continue Reading “3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV”

3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #183, 9th January 2024 How is your, your child’s/ your student’s relationship to their cell phone? is it a tool, a device, or an attachment you/they can’t do without. Do you/they use it for learning something? finding something? connecting with someone? getting the work… Continue Reading “3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV”

3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #182, 2nd January 2024 You can wish the universe to conspire with you to achieve or goals, your wish to be fulfilled. Nothing wrong with that. But it would remain in the realm of positive thinking and may not move into possibility until there… Continue Reading “3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV”

3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #181, 26th December 2023 Reflecting on the year gone by. Looking forward to the year coming ahead. Picking out the aspects of our teaching-learning-living moments we enjoyed with our children/students. Activities that we want to do more of with our students and fellow teachers.… Continue Reading “3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV”

3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #21 / December 1,  2020 Are you a teacher struggling with online teaching? A parent figuring out home schooling? A student finding it difficult to cope with effective note taking? Here are some tips for you in this week’s newsletter. Don’t miss listening… Continue Reading “3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV”

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3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Issue #007/ August 25, 2020 What kind of praise is ineffective, useful or powerful for your student? Do you over-hover during your child’s online class session? Is peer pressure always negative? Do schools kill creativity? Find pointers to these and understand computational thinking in… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

You are not alone with your little one during #Lockdown. Lean-in.

“Mummy I don’t like this (online) class. I can’t share this rubber (eraser) with my friend”. How can parents and teachers  help this little one in her personal, social and emotional development when physical classrooms are closed? Preschools are normally alive with the sounds… Continue Reading “You are not alone with your little one during #Lockdown. Lean-in.”

“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.”