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               Global pandemic: COVID-19 The Coronavirus outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubai, China in December 2019. Soon it turned out to be a global pandemic.  Social media was flooded with scary news and updates/ instructions on how to stay safe and contain the spread of the virus. I won't repeat the same news of the number of deaths and those affected in different countries of the world, such as Italy,  USA, so on and so forth. It's difficult to estimate the heavy losses in terms of health, fitness, lives, economy and education. Fear and anxiety seem to have promised to not leave us for ever. The greatest source of anxiety over Coronavirus has been watching the news through social media. The need of the hour: Positivity: Instead of blaming each other,  let's take it positively. Otherwise it will worsen the problem day by day and soon there will be an increase in the amount of people becom...

  Significance: Why the concept of child or childhood is so important??? The amazingly rapid progress in the care and education of children in recent years may be attributed partly to a generally higher standard of life, but still more to an awakening of conscience. Not only is there an increasing concern for child health (it began in the last decade of the 19th century) but also a new awareness of the personality of the child as something of the highest importance. Today it is impossible to go deeply into any branch of medicine or philosophy or sociology without taking account of the contribution brought by a knowledge of child life.  Now let's discuss, what is the concept of child and childhood, what are the characteristics of childhood in brief.                   Childhood has not been defined and experienced in the same ways in all societies and at all times. According to UNICEF, childhood is the time for children to be ...

Play-way method of teaching and learning As already discussed, if you force a child to start writing ABCs from the very first day, he/she will lose interest and develop fear for studies as well as the teacher/school. In order not to have school phobia, some very interesting activities may be introduced to them gradually.  Interesting activities: Holding objects: For example, first you have to build on the strength of the child's holding capacity. Just encourage the child to hold an object with hand. At first you the child may be given a big size soft toy to hold by itself. The child will feel secured and quite relate to it. Gradually, smaller objects can be given to hold.  Jigsaw puzzle:  It would be better if you can arrange for some sets of attractive pieces. You can, demonstrate at first once or twice by removing all the pieces from the board and try to act like fixing the puzzles set. Then give the child an opportunity to do the same. Initially, ...

                        EARLY CHILDHOOD Though not all, but many of you, as parents of small kids or teachers/freshers supposed to deal with kids, might be wondering how to handle these tiny tots with care, what, when and how to start teaching these kids???? Well, this is the right place for you to have some idea or gain knowledge on the topic. Having more than 22 years of teaching experience and observing students, batch after batch, every year, as well as observing my own kids from the beginning till the present(they're quite grown up now), I think I might share some tips, which may help you in this regard. (In fact I have come across many such questions on several platforms, like "What skills should I be teaching to my 3-year-old?", "What should we start teaching young children?" etc.) Thus, here we go! All the best for your future endeavors, dear young parents/guardians/care takers/teachers. I'm sure ...