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The picture shows three versions of an image of a The picture shows three versions of an image of a car – my 3-year old’s, my 7-year old’s and mine. What is apparent is that while my children reproduced their visualizations of how a car would look like, I recollected from my memory how the picture of a car would look like. If you were to delve a little deeper into this, you can understand a whole lot about how conditioning of what is familiar to us shapes our thinking process. Being with children has shown me the natural way of learning and how it can evolve to education. While not many of our houses look like a triangle above a square with a small door, strangely, we don’t think of any other way to draw a house. This is because we are conditioned to how the picture of a house would look like rather then how a real house looks like. In other words, over the years, somewhere during our transition from a child to an adult, we had stopped visualizing. My #biologyillustrations series intends to restart the #visualization process! #Illustrations can be powerful tools to restructure our perspectives of what has been conditioned all along. I promise you, it will not be those over-whelming kind of figures in #biology textbooks. Rather, you will be eavesdropping on what sperms are chatting to each other; you will be jaw-dropping at the busy life of the tiny factories inside you; and you will be falling in love with your every little chromosome – be it an X or a Y! By the way, I am a postgraduate in #biotechnology, had been a cell biologist in anti-cancer drug development, and presently a content developer of graduate-level textbooks in #biologicalsciences. Cell biology, genetics, human anatomy and physiology are my areas of expertise. And I am soon going to tell you what each one of them deals with. Meet you all soon through biology illustrations! #science #scienceillustration #sciencevisualizer #sciencevisualisation
#thingsthatmattertochildren While we believe we lo #thingsthatmattertochildren While we believe we love our children no matter what, on the other hand, handling children with love is one of the common remedies spoken of for children’s unpleasant emotional and psychological behaviour. Lack of love from parents is pointed out as one of the reasons of children’s addiction to screens or misbehaviour. How do we understand love with your children? We are humans after all, and trying to keep our children aloof from our emotions doesn’t sign building a strong family to me. When children understand our emotions and difficulties, we are creating a family in which everyone – be a child or an adult – is accepted for whoever they are. When children understand our emotions and difficulties, they are beginning to think beyond themselves. When children understand our emotions and difficulties, they are beginning to get a better understanding of humanity. If you read my F for Family time post, you would know why I say family must give a child the foundation to deal with everything that is nice and unpleasant. To a child, love is about both giving and receiving. As parents most often we feel it is our duty to keep our children comfortable at the cost of any sacrifice we do from our part. But, children feel enormously loved when they take turns to sacrifice. When once I planned to skip my dinner because the dosa batter was over, my son offered to share half of his dosas and the joy he felt in ‘giving his love’ to me was very precious to him. At the end of the day as they rest on the bed, when they are confident that they have a parent who can listen to their deepest fears of the day; when they are happy to make you fall asleep with their eventful stories, and when they are eager to know that you have something to tell them, you know that they are feeling loved. For, at the end of the day, that’s what ultimately matters to children – love! Link in Bio for full article #earlychildhood #parenting #parenting101 #mommyblogger #parentingblogs #momblogger #parentingbloggers #children #childpsychology
We experimented building a magnetic compass using We experimented building a magnetic compass using simple stuff at home. To our excitement, it worked! This is one of the hands-on activities the 7-year old astronomy enthusiast did this summer. More to come... #astronomyforkids #astronomy #scienceexperiments #scienceexperimentsforkids #earthscience
Here's a new series of #biologyillustrations to ex Here's a new series of #biologyillustrations to explain simple concepts in #biology. I promise you, it will not be those over-whelming kind of figures in biology textbooks. Rather, you will be eavesdropping on what sperms are chatting to each other; you will be jaw-dropping at the busy life of the tiny factories inside you; and you will be falling in love with your every little chromosome – be it an X or a Y! As adults, it may not matter to us whether we understand or not how our body works. It will work anyway, whether we understand it or not. But, if we did, believe me, we will be fascinated from how our grandmother’s nose came to be on our face to how something as tiny as a single cell can be the cause of death. By the way, I am a postgraduate in #biotechnology, had been a researcher in anti-cancer drug development, and presently a content developer of graduate-level biology textbooks. #Cellbiology, #genetics, human anatomy and physiology are my areas of expertise. And I am soon going to tell you what each one of them deals with. #scienceillustration #scienceillustrator #sciencevisualizer #illustrations #visualization #scienceeducation #visualeducation #visualscience #illustrationartists #illustrationart #illustratorsoninstagram #biologist #biologylovers #bio #biologyart #biologyteacher
#thingsthatmattertochildren What should my 2-year #thingsthatmattertochildren What should my 2-year old know? What should my 3-year old know? What should my 4-year old know? And, what should my 5-year old know?! These are common questions asked in parenting forums. Of course, we want our children to be equipped with knowledge. They are our biggest responsibilities and we may want them to breathe ‘success’ as early as they can; as early as we can push them to. Well, every parent’s goals, ambitions and dreams on their children could be different. And there’s no right or wrong in it! But, what are children supposed to know? Last week, as I was taking my girl on her stroller to the school, she pointed to a pile of cow dung on the road and asked me what it was. I said it was an animal poop. She wanted to know if it was a doggy’s. I said a cow’s. Next, she pointed to a dog’s poop and asked me if it was a cow’s poop. I said doggy’s. For the rest of the ride, she was deeply observing all the poops on the road and making a guess of the animal. She sure thinks her mom is an expert because she can in one glance at a poop tell which animal did it 😎 While as adults we want to make our children learn a lists of things – alphabets, numbers, countries, capitals, flags, currencies, colours, shapes, animals, their houses, their young ones, national bird, animal, insect, reptile….., what children want to know could be something like this – about the poops on the road! A child’s natural interest to know something may not seem significant to adults, like in our example, the animal poop on the road. But, it is actually that curiosity in the child which is the real beacon towards knowledge. What your child wants to know, matters, and that should form the most of what your child should know! Link in Bio for full #blogpost #earlylearning #earlychildhood #childeducuation #parenting #childdevelopment #parenting101 #parentingblog #mommyblogs
What fun to read this book on Christmas eve! Imagi What fun to read this book on Christmas eve! Imagine Santa is stuck up in the chimney. You try to pull him down and all that comes to your hands are his boots and shorts 😄 I am Santa's Secret Elf, written by Katherine Sully and illustrated by Julia Seal, can be hilarious to little children. The little girl in the book swaps places with Santa's elf and gets to ride with Santa on his sleigh, delivering gifts around. It brings out the thrill of secret Santa, takes us on an imaginative ride with Santa, and is nothing like anything we've been told about Christmas. #kidlit #Childrensbooks #bookstagram #kidsbooks #kidsbookstagram #christmasbooks #christmas #christmaseve #christmas2019 #santa #elfontheshelf #elf
Hakuna Matata! Here's something exciting for our l Hakuna Matata! Here's something exciting for our little Simbas! @tupperware_india launches a range of lunch box and water bottle sets, inspired by Disney's fantasy films, The Lion King and Frozen 2. The Disney Lion King set includes MyLunch container and 2 (750 mL) water bottles. Disney Frozen 2 set will be posted shortly. What's special about this set? .. 🍱 The MyLunch container lets you keep food separate and fresh with two inner compartments and a removable sealed inner container. 🎒 It’s compact and sleek design makes it easy to carry in a briefcase or a child’s bag pack. 🧒 MyLunch has been designed especially for kids. The tabs on the container make it easy to open. 🍛 The liquid-tight inner container gives kids and adults the confidence to carry lunch around without any leakage. 🍶 The liquid-tight Cool N Chic bottle is an easy and sustainable way to carry water or your favorite beverage on the go. 🍹 The ergonomic shape of the bottle makes it easy to hold and the flip top cap makes it easy to open. 🧽 The wide mouth makes the bottle easy to clean and refill. 🏆 MyLunch is an award winning product, which has won ‘The Economic Times Polymers Awards 2018’ in the category of Houseware & Kitchenware. 🔖 The Disney Lion King MyLunch set is priced at Rs.1260. #TupperwareIndia #MoreTimeLiving #ChooseGOOD #ChooseTUP
Junk matters! (Link in Bio) If we believe in the i Junk matters! (Link in Bio) If we believe in the inventions it can shower and in the imagination it can explode in our little one’s brains! #thingsthatmattertochildren When I recently heard this quote, I thought Mr. Edison would have been like my son, collecting junk in childhood :) Well, ask me who collects more junk in my house – the boy or the mom? I promise myself not to be silly again to keep aside the wheels of a broken toy car another time, foreseeing its potential use for one day which never came, only to promise it every other time. And now when my little boy wants to keep aside, the straws of milkshake cartons, the bottle caps, the ice creams cups, I cannot but laugh to myself thinking of from where he got those junk genes! That's how we have a HUGE junk drawer at home – which occupies more space than all of his toy cars and trucks! Check the post link in bio to find how my boy used a worn-out battery-operated tea light, an old plastic handle, and a fruit juice carton came alive in his inventions. Do you have a junk drawer in your place too? What cute inventions do you remember your kids made with their favourite junk stuff? Share in the comments. There’s a mom waiting across miles to listen to the stories of your little inventors.. #junk #inventions #earlylearning #earlychildhood #imaginativeplay #creativeplay #childdevelopment #freeplay #parenting #parenting101 #mommyblogger #mommyblog #momblogs #parentingtips #parenting101 #parentingquotes
Just arrived! 3.5 kgs of preloved books that are a Just arrived! 3.5 kgs of preloved books that are as good as new from @preethystr If you know the excitement of seeing this lot a books, and all for yourself, you'll know how our brains are flooded now with dopamine and serotonin 😍 I spent enough time in choosing each one. The collection includes books on thoughtful themes, and I'll post as we read one by one. #kidsbooks #kidsbookstagram #Childrensbooks #kidlit #preloved #prelovedbooks #bookstagram #booksforchildren
Sometimes, it feels alright to leave them on the p Sometimes, it feels alright to leave them on the plant instead of harvesting. Check the chillies bonding 😍 #gardenlove #balconygarden #vegetablegarden #veggies #terracegarden #gardening #homegrownveggies #homegrown #gardeninspiration
Independent play (Link in Bio) is a child’s abil Independent play (Link in Bio) is a child’s ability to initiate and play for a considerable time without depending upon another child or adult to accompany them. . All it needs from our part as parents is to closely follow our children’s playtime, allow them to play with no or minimal interference, get them things that they need for their play, and most importantly, stay away from playing for them. . If there’s a kitchen cabinet filled with kitchen vessels reachable to their hands, that would be their favourite toy shelf. When you find this inconvenient and begin to empty the lower racks of the kitchen or place child locks all around the house, that’s the first block you are placing on your child’s natural development of play. Spare at least a few hours in your child’s day for unstructured play. It is in their free play time that they experience the joy in independent play. The collection of toys your children has and the way it is organised are also among the important factors for independent play though a child can play independently with no toys as well. Include a few varieties of open-ended toys like wooden blocks, jenga blocks, magna tiles, clippo or legos. They can give them opportunities to find a number of possibilities to play. Having loose parts in your children’s play stuff can add fun and interest to their playtime. Buttons, shells, paper cups, bricks, marbles, nuts and screws are some examples of loose parts. #earlychildhood #earlylearning #childdevelopment #playtime #independentplay #earlychildhooddevelopment #thingsthatmattertochildren
Blogpost update! Swipe for a quick 5-week organiza Blogpost update! Swipe for a quick 5-week organization schedule (Link in Bio). Hop in, let's sort, declutter, re-organize for a better breathing space in 2020! #home #homeorganization #homeorganizing #indianhomes #organization #organizationideas #homeorganizationideas #organizationinspiration
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