Education has been a topic that has always fascinated me. Moreover when I had kids, watching them grow made me wonder how their mind work. 

As I love reading, naturally I started finding for the best resources that is available for early childhood learning. Names like M...

It's April 23rd!! World Book Day is here today. I am a book lover. I love spending hours looking for picture books for my children. When I am looking out for picture books for my kids, I love to scout for themes. Personally, I believe that, when we read picture books t...

Growth mindset is a concept developed by Carol Dweck, a Professor of Psychology at Stanford University.It is the believe that a person's intelligence and abilities can be developed through practice, hard work, dedication, and motivation. Children who have growth mindse...

All parents want their children to succeed. But what is success? Usually we tend to think success equals to achievement. Doing well in school, acing exams, get into the best universities, then get a job with a high standard of living and prestige. This cycle of 'achiev...

I am sure we have seen advertisements and media hypes about products and toys that promise to "create engaging learning opportunities," "stimulate cognitive development," and "brain-building fun". The business of 'edutainment' is a flourishing sector. Parents are spend...

I have recently authored a children's picture book, 'Stripes of Sunderban'. It's illustrated by my dear friend, Dr.Balan. I am also homeschooling my two children. I frequently use various books to formulate a lesson plan for them. Personally, I believe learning should...

Recently, we have been hearing the terms, STEM, STEAM, and STREAM with regards to changes in education policies.  Some of us might have been wondering what is the big fuss on all these terms. Does our education system need to evolve? If yes, why?

In the 1960's, thanks t...

We can think of creative process in terms of a Creative Learning Spiral (a theory defined by Mitch Resnick, head of the Academic Programme at the MIT Media Lab). 

Imagine a group of children, playing on the floor with a collection of wooden blocks. Two of the children b...

Babies come into the world, full of curiosity. They want to touch, to interact, to explore and to understand. As they grow older, they want to express themselves: to talk, to sing, to draw, to build, to dance. How do we let this natural curiosity stem into creative min...