The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (IB PYP) pedagogy has inquiry at the core of learning. The programme encourages learners to inquire...
To get an insight into this question, let’s go back to a simpler time when we studied with just one single aim - to score well, the...
Six years ago, I started my journey as an educator by teaching early years in a non IB curriculum school. Since they had their ...
The disciplined process of analysing facts, information and making informed decisions based on the analysis is called 'critical thinking. Skills like decision-making, observation...
A school system can never be any better than the teachers teaching in it, if you want to start a revolution in education, make it happen...
With the humongous number of options that parents are offered nowadays when selecting the most suitable international school...
The first year at college is a learning curve for parents and students. Here are five tips on what you can do over the next few months, before your child moves away...
As parents, we want the best for our children. But many of us are only too aware of the pressures that our children face nowadays...
Children are natural entrepreneurs - they are curious, inventive, and enthusiastic. However, most of them lose these qualities...
Mental health includes our entire being - our emotional, social and psychological self. It affects what we sense, how we feel...
The moment a child takes birth, it makes an announcement of his/her arrival with the first cry. As children grow, parents start modelling...
The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice - Peggy O’Mara. This quote resonates with me as my perceptions and...
True independence evolves from the confidence to be ourselves, and the awareness to know who we are and what we want. Our children may be dependent on us today...
An ancient Chinese proverb says, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a...
Your child's immune system works hard to ward off disease-causing bacteria. Usual precautions such as practising proper hygiene and self-isolation can protect...
Stress is a commonly used word, yet the outcomes of it are not so common. Not finding a pair of socks or a shirt that goes...
Like an all-consuming black hole, this pandemic has consumed everything in its wake, everything in our lives that we once took for granted. As we stand in the shadow of...
Children are born with an innate drive for life and learning. At the heart of this discussion of cognitive growth and development lies...
During the stages of early childhood, play takes on a big role. To create an environment where your child will learn the most...
When asked to write about social skills and looking at how the virtual world has not only captured our imagination but our entire being, made me wonder if these skills...
The Corona Virus or COVID-19 outbreak has led to the shutdown of all schools and institutions across the nation...
Classroom teaching and learning has witnessed greater revolutionary changes than what it was seen just a decade ago...
A familiar scene which plays out in most homes with young children is one where your child has come back from school and has had a sumptuous lunch followed by a nap...
The process of grading – based on assessments – formative or summative; and the pattern of representing them...
A child's safety is always the biggest priority for every parent. With numerous cues in our environment that can potentially become a risk, you want to protect them from...
Non-compliant behaviour is a common part of teenage development. It is a temporary phase that passes as the child matures...
As teachers in charge of young, impressionable individuals we often find ourselves in a position where we are...
As the year winds down and we find ourselves, like our students, starting to cross out the days on the calendar, I have always found...
We are all collectively responsible for complete safety of our young children to ensure that their childhood is safe...
Feeling anxious has been reported as a very common experience by most of the teenagers with a variety of behavioural symptoms being exhibited. It is possible, however,...
I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day. Stop Procrastinating And Do It Now!...
“Technology is neutral. It depends on how it is used,” said Rick Smolan, the celebrated National Geographic photographer...
There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all!"- Jacqueline Kennedy. Books are a handy resource packed with information...
‘Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st Century --- S. J. Perelman. STORY 1: Justin Bieber stated he was...
"Habit" according to the Oxford dictionary simply means something that you do often and regularly, sometimes...
Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We’re online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers...
I am sure we all will agree paying attention is the most difficult task that one needs to perform. Who wouldn't like to be lost in ‘La La...
Starting preschool is always an emotional experience, both for our little learners who are being initiated into an entirely new routine...
Erratic sleep habits seem to be synonymous with the 'trendy' lifestyle amongst the young children, especially the teenagers...
Preschool as the name suggests is an experience that the child goes through during their initial years of development...
Ever wondered how our life would be without our friends? Dull. Pale. Meaningless. Fruitless. Exactly! As adults if we feel how doomed...
Being in the field of education for the past 15 years, I have seen approaches to teaching and learning evolve. Current research...
Sharing knowledge and encouraging one and another to study is one of the main features of a group study. A study group...
Teaching and learning styles have gone through generations of changes. If we look back and think of the best practices across the globe, there have been...
Skill is the ability to do something well. Skills have been an important part of the intellectual growth of a human being...
2 am feedings, terrible twos, bruised knees, early morning woes, back to school blues - You have survived them all!...
As summertime approaches, kids look forward to overseas breaks, picnics, slumber parties and an interlude from studies!...
A Diet Of Positivity. When I was asked to write on this topic I did not realize that there was any other way to be in a classroom...
According to the Dictionary definition, "Social Media is websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking....
What better way than this quote to encapsulate how to achieve wellness. Before we dwell on the how, let’s take a quick look...
The internet can be a nasty place, between predators, malware, explicit content and often parents find themselves in a...
Children are natural entrepreneurs - they are curious, inventive, and enthusiastic. However, most of them lose these qualities just like a vestigial organ as...
Google defines “trend” as ‘a general direction in which something is developing and changing’. We can all agree that the education space is...
Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget rightly said, "Knowledge is a consequence of experience." More the experience in the practical world better...
Take a moment, recollect the first time you scraped your knee, now recollect the first time you experienced heartbreak...
In today’s time, it is not enough to have a graduation degree if you wish to make a real difference in the lives of your students...
In today's time, there are many schools that still follow the conventional methods of teaching the learners in their classrooms...
To begin with, I would like to recount why I chose to teach as my career. In 2005, I completed my schooling from the Senior...
The educational system, school, and teachers - all play a vital role in a child’s school life. However, the most influencing...
The 21st Century has seen much advancement in many fields. The Education Sector, especially in India, is undergoing...
When it comes to healthy eating and food preferences, school children may fall anywhere within this wide range of the spectrum...
Teachers/Parents often spend a lot of time thinking about how to motivate the students and get them interested in learning...
Go back to the time when you were a student and think which teacher made a lasting impression on you? Was it the one...
