PARENTING BY JYOTI KAKARANIA

  Interesting Ways To Develop Good Reading Habits In Children: Read Aloud is a must  It’s like hearing a new language through stories (like hearing the mother tongue and learning the language) and the illustrations help to understand the text and spoken word. It helps with listening skills as children understand the spoken text as they progress. Fix a time to read.  To create a good habit, things should be done at a particular time. Like the child brushes his/her teeth on waking and before sleeping. So they just know that now is the fixed time to read and they can’t skip it. Like they can’t skip brushing. Reading before bedtime is a good time and this can develop a good reading habit. Children who don’t have the reading habit can  read before self-study time  and look at it as language enrichment time. If children read regularly, their vocabulary, sentence structure, imagination (needed for creative writing) and writing skills improve and they are able to unders...

Do you worry about increasing screen time of your Child/Children? Like most of us If your immediate answer is ‘YES’, Read  further .👇🏻 Look for the solution rather than punishments. Children need to know how to and what to do in their free time. Only saying the following phrases won’t help you and child :-  “don’t watch TV “Don’t play games” “Stop watching YouTube” “Keep away all the gadgets”.  Do you find yourself saying these words more often, as children are at home due to pandemic? Well, one thing we all need to understand that due to all the technological development all over the world, screen time is here to stay. We need to channelise our child to mindful watching. So here is a hands on guide for all the parents.  Expectation setting >3D view video games before the age 12, can be harmful. >2D view games and logical puzzles shall be encouraged. Encourage children to play board games, intellectual games, puzzles from an early age to develop logical think...

Every parent wants his/her child to be a reader. Some children develop this habit on their own and some with little effort from parents can easily master it.   As a parent if you are struggling to inculcate reading habits in your children, you need to first identify the underlying problem with it.  Few of the struggles with the child/parent face can be:- 👉🏻 It sometimes happens that child has not been right phonics knowledge. Does he have issues with fluency of the language ?  👉🏻 Low vocabulary build up can also be the reason for child not wanting to read. It happens that child is only guessing the words in the books because of poor vocabulary skills. But whatever the cause, if your child feels that reading is too much work, begin by identifying and addressing his areas of weaknesses. As he becomes a better reader, he will enjoy reading much more. No, you need not need to worry at all. This is no rocket science. Just a few lifestyle changes will help....

  Mothers always remember unconditional love and acceptance are the most important building stones for developing a baby's brain (at any age).    Sit with your child in a comfortable position, mostly on a clean mat placed on the floor. So little chance of child falling off the bed/sofa. Have little or no disturbance when you carry out these activities with your baby. The room where you sit with the child must be neat and organised and have little or no noise and other distraction.  I remember from my preschool teaching days, doing the same thing. We were instructed and we followed too, to take out one material out in the room to be presented to children. To get their maximum attention. How to teach Big and Small to toddlers:-  🏻Take two plastic building blocks, one big and one small.  🏻Talk to the baby about the difference in size, 'This is the  big block  and this is the  small block.   🏻Take the small block- it fits easily in your h...

  Why?  'I am stressing !' are words which did not form part of the vocabulary of a primary school student a few years ago. Now they stress in the class before a test, next to the sports field, during an drawing competition, at the chess board, even in a dance or music concert/competition ! Our children must be taught from an early age that living life to the full requires active participation. They must realise very soon that good health and a long life cannot be obtained passively.  Children must, therefore, learn from an early age to manage their lives correctly. If they can succeed in this, perhaps some day fewer adults will complain about their stress and problems, as if they expect life to be easy ! Stress is a part of life and is today the norm rather than the exception. Stress is an individual reaction. What makes one child stress, may have no effect on another. We must teach Our Children to deal with stress and use it to their own advantage.  Then it can be ...

Can we start raising empathy rich children? Who are more human and empathetic towards humans, animals nature ! We can come together and choose to raise kids who genuinely care about others. We can stop competing and judging our children with each other that goes down to our children and hit the reset button. Can you think of the world where people stop thinking about feelings of others. It would be hell place to live in. Isn't it? If your answer is yes, you are on a good pathway in your parenting style. Here Our few guidelines to raise empathetic Children:-  # The key to raising empathetic children is to show empathy in your parenting style. Yes it all starts with us, the parents.  Can we as parents stop comparing our children reports cards with other children ? Can you as a father, stop screaming at your child's cricket/football tournament, your child's name on top of your voice and encourage other children also. There may be children who are performing much better sports ...