Author Archives: Arvinder Kaur

November 28,2015

“A to Z” of Reading For Your Children

By Arvinder Kaur
literacy / school readiness / teaching alphabets
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“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.” –Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis There are thousand of wonderful ways to get your children to Reading. Some ways must be very common and obvious to you, while others may not. Let’s see how we can tea

July 24,2015

Emotional Abuse in Children

It is very easy, as an adult, to yell at our children at times. Often parents/ caretakers are found very angry at their kids. But the point to ponder upon is that when does this scolding or yelling cross the line into emotional abuse? When the adults constantly belittle a child and make her feel [&h

December 12,2014

Understand Your Child’s Emotions

By Arvinder Kaur
Child Discipline / Child's wellbeing / parenting / Thinking
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“To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is a great ease to a man’s heart”. ~Francesco Guicciardini If you think all that hugs and kisses, cuddling and skin –to-skin touch during his infant stages or being a toddler is sufficient to built that emot

October 31,2014

How to keep Highly Active Children busy in winters

By Arvinder Kaur
Child's wellbeing / Kinderpillar Playdates / parenting
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“Facilitate opportunities for children to have active play inside or bundle them up and send them outside”- Shari Steelsmith Parents of highly active children face many challenges all year round. But specifically, when the weather gets cold, they feel that children must stay indoors. So, particu

October 01,2014

Playing with Puppets Builds Children’s Brains

By Arvinder Kaur
Brain building / exploration time / parenting / Thinking
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Have you ever had the wonderful experience of introducing a puppet to your child? Children as young as babies are enthralled by the magic and creativity of puppet play. They light up when they see and hear an adorable puppet actually talking to them! While we understand that puppet play is good for

August 06,2014

The Power of Praise for Children

By Arvinder Kaur
Child Discipline / Child's wellbeing / Classroom Management / parenting
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“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – The Dalai Lama We have all seen it. How children “bloom” with praise and “whither” with criticism. But how do we help guide children to have good behavior? One key is in praising the good behavior. There is the old adage that says,

June 17,2014

“How to Teach Children to Love Learning.”- Part 4 (Home Connection)

There are many ways to communicate the educational value of your early childhood classroom to parents. It is important for you to help families recognize your focus on teaching their child to love learning, so they can also value it as an essential part of their child’s development. The main mes

June 06,2014

“How to Teach Children to Love Learning.”- Part 3 (Classroom Settings)

By Arvinder Kaur
Classroom Management / Kinderpillar / literacy / Multiple Intelligence / school readiness / science / teaching alphabets / Thinking
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Arranging Your “I LOVE LEARNING” Classroom The way you arrange your setting has a strong effect on children’s opportunities to fall in love with learning…and life. If you strictly control how children use space and spend time, you limit their chances to make decisions, and experiment with ma

May 29,2014

“How to Teach Children to Love Learning.”- Part 2 (Role of a Teacher)

By Arvinder Kaur
exploration time / literacy / Multiple Intelligence / Questioning / school readiness / science / Thinking
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YOU (Teacher)Create the EnvironmentYou are the important ingredient in teaching a child to love learning. In fact, you are the cornerstone of the classroom environment. No matter if you are in a tiny basement classroom or a huge sunny space, it is your interactions with children that turn any place

May 21,2014

“How to Teach Children to Love Learning.”- Part 1

By Arvinder Kaur
Brain building / Child's wellbeing / exploration time / literacy / Thinking
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Children innately love learning. It is as much a part of their life as breathing. Very early in life children begin exploring their body, their skills and the sensory world around them. They may not think to themselves, “Oh, I am learning” but that is exactly what they are doing as they investig