Patterns with Rubik’s Cube
Mar 28, 2018ParentEdge
John Dewey, a 19th century philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer said, “If we teach today as we were taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow”. We must keep children...
Top 10 Ways to Keep your Child Entertained on a Long Journey
Nov 30, 2015Rima Desai
Parenthood changes so many things and one of them is travelling. It is never easy to travel with children, no matter their age, or whether you have one child or more. The flip side is that parenting...
The Numbers Magician: Teaching Children Maths Skills through Board Games, Part 2
Oct 28, 2015Rima Desai
Read Part 1 here. Last month we learnt about introducing ‘Singapore Math’ and ‘Hands-on Math’ concepts to toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners (Age 2 to 6 primarily). Today we shall...
The Importance of Self-Directed Play in Toddlers
Oct 27, 2015ParentEdge
This blog post has been reposted, with permission, from Bril’s Blog. Consider the following things and how important they are in your life. Successfully finishing a meeting and coming closer to...
The Numbers Magician: Teaching Children Math Skills, Part 1
Sep 28, 2015Rima Desai
Math is one subject we cannot distance ourselves from – whether we make a career out of it or not, Math is an essential part of life. Math is more than just mastery over basic number functions. It...
Teaching your children about the natural world
Jul 28, 2015Rima Desai
We introduce our kids to some common animals at a very young age. Which child will not know Cat, Dog, Monkey, Lion and birds like Crow, Pigeon, or Parrots? I realized that however, our children are...
Kids’ Kitchen Korner: Learning from the Kitchen
Jun 28, 2015Rima Desai
A kitchen is a storehouse of our happiness. Not only does it contain the delights that satiate our sense of taste but also does well to bond us to our family through numerous memories of dining...
Learning from Musical Instruments
May 28, 2015Rima Desai
Age: 3-7 years I define music as ‘unseen beauty’. It lifts our spirits, brings fun and creativity into life, sounds pleasant to our ears and can even calm our mind. It is the only universal...
Fun with Phonics: Teach Phonics in a Fun Way
Apr 28, 2015Rima Desai
Ideal Age: 3.5 years – 6.5 years It is fascinating to see our children grow through their different phases and one such thrilling phase is when they begin to put words together into sentences....
Cognitive Games to build Cognisant Minds
Mar 29, 2015Rima Desai
In my previous blog (http://parentedge.in/fun-and-educational-games-for-kids/), I highlighted several cognitive and ‘age old’ games for your elementary and middle school kids. This month, we are...
