Latha Vydianathan
Little kids, very often, can surprise us. While they may be dependent on us for many things, they are also capable of teaching us a thing or two.
Category: Notes from a Teacher’s Diary
Math can be fun!
Sadaf Sayed
When you introduce math to children through interesting and fun facts, children will find it easier to like the subject
Learning through reflections, working from strength
Varun Gupta
Reflections are a wonderful way for teachers to learn and grow in their profession. As they observe their students in different situations and their own interaction with their students, teachers become better at what they do.
Books in the time of COVID
Anshumalika Rai and Nimesh Ved
The pandemic struck different chords in different ways. When schools remained open with only teachers attending, what brought them together and how did they reconnect? From books, music, poetry, as well as having fun – the teachers did it all. This was the effect of the Book Room that was started with a lot of promise and enthusiasm to get children and teachers to read together.
Stories: a way to know and live life
Varun Gupta
Stories are not just meant for entertainment. They are a means to learning about life and how we can live it.
Where there is a will…
Seema Satti
Libraries have always been physical spaces we can go to, to learn and lose ourselves. But COVID has now forced us to rethink libraries. Here’s how a resourceful school librarian made sure that her students always had access to books during the pandemic.
A hypocrite
Trisha Chakraborty
Isn’t the adult community a hypocritical one? We want our children to grow up with all the right values but don’t want to practice them ourselves. Children grow up observing and learning from adults, how then do we except them to do right simply by giving them moral value lessons?
Six ways to improve your child’s communication abilities
Damayanti Bhattacharya
Communication skills are one of the most important skills in life that we need to pass on to our children. Here are a few tips from an experienced educator on how we can do that.
Are we ready for ‘hybrid education’?
Kiran Sangeeta Murali
With schools reopening across the country, will students be able to adapt to the new routine? Reorganizing and restructuring a student’s day bit by bit, a small step at a time will help them deal with their offline time-table gradually.
To be or not to be
Nidhi Gaur
In today’s times, most of us are plagued by the dilemma of having to make choices in our lives. What we decide helps us on the path of self- realization and discover our true selves. Gandhi’s concept of Nai Talim helps facilitate this reflective ability in children. It initiates an individual’s journey to self-exploration and reflection. The author recounts an example from a Nai Talim school.