Articles in the First Steps Category
April 2012, First Steps »
Aditi Mathur and Ratnesh Mathur
Do rewards and good behaviour go hand in hand? Connecting rewards to disciplining gives control to the parents and is parenting all about control? What then is the ideal way to discipline a child? This article talks about how rewards create more problems than solutions both for the parent and the child.
First Steps, March 2012 »
Aditi Mathur and Ratnesh Mathur
Beginning with the March issue, Aditi Mathur and Ratnesh Mathur are writing a series of articles breaking down popular myths related to children and learning. This first article encourages readers to stop propagating this myth of the child and childhood. Want to know why childhood is a myth? Read the article.
February 2012, First Steps »
Aditi Mathur and Ratnesh Mathur
What is the purpose of language? Is it to communicate or express one’s thoughts? This article states that the purpose of language is to help children think, to play around with thoughts, to analyse or even to imagine. Here are eight Es of verbal and linguistic intelligence. Follow them closely.
First Steps, November 2011 »
Since time does not always permit us to take our students out to observe and learn from nature, why not use our natural intelligence to bring the essence of nature into our classrooms and the subjects we learn. Here is how we can do that.
First Steps, October 2011 »
In our series on multiple intelligences, this time we take a look at Visual intelligence. Visual Intelligence is about seeing from an active and playful mind. It’s about seeing the present, the future and the past. It’s about seeing, carrying, playing with, and creating images. Visual Intelligence is not about Art class. It’s about Art class in every class.
August 2011, First Steps »
This article explores the multiple intelligence theory in the form of a story about two children and their experiences in different classrooms
First Steps, July 2011 »
It is important, especially in the primary years, to ensure that a child’s education revolves around the child itself. This article gives you ideas about how you can convert a child’s experiences, emotions, and thoughts in to his/her teachers.
April 2011, First Steps »
Although cooperative learning is the catch phrase in education today, a lot of schools still believe in getting each child to learn on his own. There is a lot of advantage to allowing children to learn together in groups. Here are some tips on how you can incorporate coopertaive learning in your classroom.
First Steps, March 2011 »
The mind-body coordination is absolutely essential for any learning to happen in children. When children take part in kinesthetic activities, they relate to each other in a more beautiful, fundamental and natural way. Here are some activities that will help you make children move.
February 2011, First Steps »
Which child does not like music? Find here several ways in which you can bring music into your classroom and enhance your learning environment.

