Divya Choudary ‘Riyaaz’ or practice leads to perfection. There’s obviously some truth to this idea. When you do something often you do get better at it. Sports coaches and music teachers tend to agree. Farooq, a physical education coach, found Read More …
Year: 2013
Why I cry
Neerja Singh
A mother’s account of raising girls in the 20th century–there is joy yes, but the joy is always overshadowed by fear, concern, and frustration.
Speak up, be fearless!
Chintan Girish Modi and Sini Santosh Nair
As adults we all have these notions of when children are ready for something and when they are not. Here’s a case of how two teachers were inspired to speak and discuss sexuality when their students asked them some simple and direct questions.
Women, Children, and Shame
Geetha Durairajan
Being ashamed of the naked self–this is one of the first lessons that parents pass on to their children without realizing that they are doing more harm than good by making children aware of ‘shame’.
Outside the gender box
Pawan Singh
Sex is a taboo word for us and perhaps because of this we are also obssessed with it. Let us not keep sex under wraps and leave our children at the mercy of the bad influences in society to understand things about themselves and the opposite sex. Let us start small, be comfortable ourselves and then hold our children’s hands while they cross the line into adulthood.
Sexuality education: why we need it
Ketaki Chowkhani
In India, sexuality education has been restricted to a couple of chapters in the biology textbook. Whether the school or the home, people have been happy to scratch the surface of this important subject and not traverse beyond. It is necessary that schools and homes become progressive and comfortable environments where children can find answers to all their questions without fear and hesitation.
As the year turns
As the New Year dawns, it seems as if everything is in a blur, with time rushing by and anxiety levels of teachers and students rising . There is a mad rush to complete the syllabus and students are asked to finish their assignments on time. This is a process that continues year after year but what keeps the adrenalin flowing is the sense of newness that each year brings with it.
Empowering pupils with reading skills
Remediana Dias
How does one begin a remedial programme for children who find it difficult to read? A helpful starting point would be to address their attitudes to reading and talk to them about what readers do when they read. Sharing an entire story, preparing them to embrace the new vocabulary, using a tape recorder are some important ways to engage them in this task.
Is your child school-ready?
Manaswini Sridhar
What are the life-skills that pre-primary children need to be equipped with? How can a parent prepare a child so that it is ready to face a school environment?
Taking the skill challenge
Sindhu Sree
An innovative skill challenge event held recently by Creya Learning Solutions had children in the age group of 11-13 explore their engineering skills by building models such as cranes, windmills etc.