Made-up stories that children make !

Children do make imaginative stories. Many a times these enthrall us. But sometimes parents get worried if their child is becoming a liar. I always consider it as part of blooming of the creativity. It is not only the logic that is part of genuine creative process. Imagination and fantasy are also integral to it. Child’s imaginative made-up stories should not cause a concern just because these are not factual truth. Let the mind take its flight into invented truth. All inventions start out of dreams.


Yes, I do agree that if the content is shocking, we’ll get disturbed as parents. In such cases we should try to find out the very germination of that content instead of taking it too literally on the face value as factual. A TV programme that the child had watched may have the roots of the twisted tale. An unrelated piece of conversation may have shaped up like this. Some incident in the family or neighbourhood might trigger a very different storyline in child’s imagination. Mind has very complicated ways of processing the information.

As you appreciate the imagination of your child, do not ignore the unhealthy part of it. Always keep a watch on your child’s behaviour. Most of the times made-up stories are not worrisome but if the same is also reflected in child’s behaviour then you should try to get to the root of it. Do not panic and do not subject your child to ‘interrogation’. Try to find out in a cool indirect manner.

If it is just a wild imagination of the adventure in the world of fairies, demons and flowers, then enjoy it and appreciate your child’s creative talent.

KITE School : Quiz Competition

Diwali vacations ended on 22nd March and the first event after that at KITE School has been Quiz Competition held on 24th March.
It was heartening to see that the tiny tots were quite well prepared.

Here are the winners:

Sr. KG
First Prize - Khushi Rana and Jaxx Barla
Second Prize - Veda Gupta
Third Prize - Linze Mazgaonkar

Jr. KG
First Prize - Trisha Tiwari
Second Prize - Mohnish Joshi
Third Prize - Manohar Charania

Nursery
First Prize - Jay Survase
Second Prize - Anushka Chakraborty and Mohnish Shajit
Third Prize - Vedanth Dattani

Congratulations!!!

Preschool is the first lesson of responsibility

As we have completed the first term of this academic session, let me share few thoughts about the fundamentals of preschool learning process.


Preschool is the stage when tiny tots start ‘learning’. And this does not refer to academic learning. This is essentially ‘learning about oneself’, ‘learning to grow meaningfully’. The first step to enter in this realm of learning is to develop a sense of responsibility.

As an aware parent you have to play a key role in this scenario. You should motivate your child at this stage to start taking responsibilities. You can start entrusting small responsibilities in early years, such as, filling his/her water-bottle from the filter to carry school.

This process should be initiated carefully. It is important that the child enjoys the responsibility and he/she should consider it as a special privilege—not a chore. Therefore you should smartly start this training and also keep track of it.

Next time if the child carries out that responsibility without your prompting, then make sure that you acknowledge this very evidently. Your child should undoubtedly ‘feel’ that he/she has done something good.

When parents show their ‘approval’ such responsible behaviour is aptly reinforced.

Now the festive season is at hand and you’ll get many opportunities for this. But be cautious. Be reasonable. You should be sure enough that the responsibility you are giving to the child is not unsafe for the child in any way. Don’t force anything and don’t impose something which may be beyond the child’s capacity. It may backfire.

Wishing you joyous celebrations!

KITE School Field Trip to Fruit Market

First, let me apologise for not posting for a while. But we assure you that now you'll see this page updated regularly.

KITE School organised a field trip to fruit market for Playgroup and Nursery children. It was a great experience to see the excitement on the faces of the little kids as they answered questions of the teacher. The teachers asked about the name, shape and colour etc. of different fruits. They also explained the comparison of big and small. Children had an exciting interactive session that was first for the tiny-tots.

Enjoy the pictures!

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Dear Parents,
Please note that
KITE School will remain closed
on Monday, 5th July, 2010.

School Information

Today, 16th June 2010

KITE School is open today.

Winners all the way!!!

We have got very good response from the parents for vacation projects. When we displayed all the projects at the KITE School open house, we could see the appreciation all around.
There are winners too!

Playgroup

First Prize - Aditya Sharma / Angel Naval Patel
Second Prize - Piyush Mitra / Prishika Vikrant Sanghavi
Third Prize - Arzoo Rozani / Suhani Rana / Dhruv Utadia

Nursery

First Prize - Reejeeshraj Kumar / Nishchay Prasad
Second Prize - Arijeet Roy
Third Prize - Alisha Shaikh / Mohd. Rayyan Khan

Jr. KG.

First Prize - Dhvanit Doshi/ Dayshaun Nalli
Second Prize - Rrishika Tripathi / Riddhi Singh Deo
Third Prize - Adrita Purkayastha / Aarya Dongre

Sr. KG.

First Prize - Tixee Seliya / Shruti Sakshi
Second Prize - Harshita Toshniwal / Manav Soni
Third Prize - Rudra Soni / Tanisha Singh

Congratulations!!!
KITE School appreciates parents' efforts and involvement. Parents' co-operation is really valuable to us.