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Coping with Grief and Loss [ Blog Post ]

  This pandemic has seen grief and loss not only throughout the country but also across the world. Whilst it is difficult for any individual to bear loss of a loved one, such a loss becomes even more incomprehensible to children.   Grieving can start at an early age; children grieve, but they grieve differently from adults. They may seem to go in and out of grief and they show their grief in less direct ways than most adults - one day they may seem to be more like their normal selves and at other times they seem to become demanding, sad, angry despondent and moody. Children come across many kinds of grief, loss and separation, sometimes it may come very early in their life. This can be due to many reasons: ·        Losing a parent/parents ·        Losing siblings ·        Losing grandparents ·        Losing relatives- Cousins, Aunts, Uncles close to them ·        Losing their close friend /neighbour ·        Facing war and violence ·        Experiencing natural calamiti

Fostering Self Esteem in Children [ Blog Post]

"Love me, hate me, but don't ignore me" Self esteem is about how people feel about themselves - the judgement and opinion of their self. Self esteem determines the success and failure of every human being and it's importance cannot be overemphasized. As parents we can help develop children's belief in themselves. Each child has the psychological need to be loved and feel worthy - a need that travels through time to adulthood and remains an integral part of his/her existence. Self esteem is not dependent on family wealth, education, parents occupation, social class or residing in a certain area or locality. Self esteem is intrinsic in an individual and created when a child is born. It comes from the quality of relationships that exists between the child and all those who play a significant role in his/her early life and childhood. When children grow into adulthood with good self esteem, they are able to work constructively on any problem that they may e

Announcement: Winners of the online competitions for educators and students!

We are pleased to announce the winners of the ' Share your story for Educators - COVID19 Pandemic & Online Classes ' and Online Essay Competition for students- " Is the concept of a Guru outdated ". 'Share your story for Educators - COVID19 Pandemic & Online Classes' First Prize : Haripriya Cheenepally, Mumbai Second Prize : Sushma Sharma, Gurugram Online Student Essay Competition - "Is the concept of a Guru outdated" First Prize : Rohini Ghosh, Jesus & Mary College, New Delhi Second Prize: Riya Arora, CCA School, Gurugram Congratulations to the winners!  We would like to thank all our participants for their submissions.

COVID19 and effective online classrooms

  Dr Marcus Specht, professor of Advanced Learning Technologies, Open University Netherlands had said many years ago and I quote: “ The students in the future will demand the learning support that is appropriate for their context.  And they’ll want it, at the moment, the need arises, not sooner; not later." This moment has now come, not only in India but in the entire world. COVID19 has created challenges we hadn’t foreseen, challenges we didn’t think were so imminent. In India, we had been talking about integrating technology with in-classroom teaching. Indeed a lot of effort had been made in this direction and experts had also  accepted the difficulties and challenges that came with bringing to the students these innovative changes;  and making both the student and teachers comfortable with technology. It was almost overnight that the education scenario changed and teachers were certainly caught off guard, faced with the daunting task of teaching 30-40 students from thei