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Would children become unruly if they went to a school with no rules?
Imagine a school where pre-schoolers are accorded all the rights and responsibilities of democratic citizenship: where students truly...
Ishani Shah-Verdia
Sep 18, 20215 min read
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What happens when a group of angry toddlers pretend to mob-lynch a puppet? (Part-1)
A typical day at Sahaj has a flow where children come in, hang up their bags at the designated place, play, eat, and leave for home....
Ishani Shah-Verdia
Apr 20, 20214 min read
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Let’s not Camouflage Death, Let Children Know Death as it is!
While going for a walk with my daughter, many a time, we have encountered a dead squirrel. As I am not comfortable with either talking...
Ishani Shah-Verdia
Feb 26, 20215 min read
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Let us change the world (by gifting self-confident children), one child at time! (Part- 1)*
Why Shaming is the Worst Way to “Discipline” Any Child? At the very outset, let us state as adults, that it is not our job to make sure...
Ishani Shah-Verdia
Dec 9, 20205 min read
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Children are (not) just swinging and sliding!
We commenced operations in March 2019 from the beautiful space of the Vidya Bhawan Society's campus. The kindergarten at Vidya Bhawan was...
Ishani Shah-Verdia
Nov 20, 20205 min read
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A childhood spent in nature is as valuable to nature as it is to children!
As adults, when they reminisce about the sweet time they had spent in nature in their childhood, the lessons nature taught them.
Ishani Shah-Verdia
Sep 18, 20204 min read
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Decision-making, perseverance and co-operation! Emerging behaviour patterns from child-led PLAY.
Cosimo, age, 5.5 years balancing and walking on the periphery of a wall. Risky play offers a matchless opportunity to exercise one's own...
Ishani Shah-Verdia
Jul 24, 20203 min read
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Isn't healthy competition good for children?
Feeling competitive allows us to acknowledge what we want and this is the window to understand who we are, as people.
Ishani Shah-Verdia
Jul 12, 20206 min read
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Mumma, we did teamwork to make this house!
If we wish for our children to engage in teamwork as an intuitive behaviour, self-directed play has the best potential to teach teamwork.
Ishani Shah-Verdia
Jun 28, 20203 min read
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Do you need help?
Through positive lived experiences,a child sub-consciously learns to have a positive intuition.
Ishani Shah-Verdia
May 26, 20202 min read
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