The World Health Organisation notes that quality early stimulation boosts cognitive development by 20-30% in under-resourced settings, reducing stunting impacts (affecting 35% of Indian kids under 5 per NFHS-5). That is why before students learn to read and write, they can learn by TOUCHING - MOVING - LISTENING - IMAGINING. That’s the magic of foundational learning. If set strong, it can just change the whole decorum of how the kid lives their life...
Suicide cases have been continuosly increasing and has somewhere become the leading cause of death among young people worldwide. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) records over 1.8 lakh people die by suicide every year and in this, students hold more than 8% of these deaths. In fact, in the last decade, the student suicide cases have increased by nearly 65%, highlighting how important it has become to track the mental health crisis among chil...
We are living in the digital era where children are playing, learning, expressing, building bonds, and shaping every sphere of their life through their digital spaces. There are school whatsapp groups, online games, social media, messaging apps, and even online classes at times, making the internet a natural part of their childhood. And even though parents have been working on calculating their screen time, monitoring them, there’s a quieter but m...
Not long ago, the maximum screen time kids used to have was a short cartoon after homework. A lot would be able to relate to the stories of - Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and SpongeBob SquarePants But today screens have somewhere be...
Across the world, the conversations around childhood are changing. With the rise in screen time and shortening attention spans, the hands-on experience is gradually decreasing, worrying the generation of parents, educators, and child specialists. To address these issues, one important term is highlighted again, i.e., PLAY. Play is no longer considered a time out from learning but is now known to be "one of the most powerful way...
