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10 Questions to Ask Your Preschooler

Sometimes you want to connect with your preschooler, but you don’t know where to start!   Here are some great questions to kick start a conversation with your little one. You may be surprised at how much you enjoy it and what you learn about them through this!...

Annual Day Cum Graduation Ceremony 2022-23

On January 15th, we celebrated our Annual Day cum Graduation Ceremony in Kids Joy School. We were honoured to have Mrs Sasikala, our Ward counsellor as our chief guest. Every child in the school from Nursery to Senior KG was involved in either a song, dance or skit....

Evaluating One’s Parenting

Every year, our child grows one year older, we change as human beings, and life around us changes as well. That’s why it’s so important, every now and again to look back and evaluate how we’ve been parenting and what direction we want to head towards for the future....

Real Joy

Christmas season is supposed to be a joyful one – a time of celebration, decorating, fun, partying, shopping, gifts, eating, drinking and being merry. But for some people it’s not joyful at all. It’s a time of stress, worrying about the extra financial strain this...

Dental Care for Preschoolers

Helping your child learn good dental hygiene is an important life skill. In some ways, it’s nice that children get to practice good dental habits on their baby teeth, before the permanent teeth come in.   Most children start getting their first tooth somewhere...

Gifts for Children (0-6 years)

“Mama! Nikhil’s invited me for his birthday party on Friday!”, shouts your excited child. Birthday parties are a part and parcel of preschool life. But along with that comes the important decision of the present! So here’s a list of gifts for children from the...

Parenting In the Digital Era (Part 2)

Types of Parents and How it Looks in the Digital Era   Psychologists have broadly categorized parents into 4 different types – authoritarian, permissive, negligent and authoritarian (coach parent). Continuing with the topic of parenting in the digital era, here’s...

Parenting in the Digital Era (Part 1)

Stages of Child Development and Appropriate Digital Use in Each Stage The digital world comes with it’s pros and cons. Finding the right balance is always tough. Here are some general principles to navigate digital use in each stage of child development. Baby 0...

The Joy of An Ordinary Life

I came across this poem by William Martin, which really made me reevaluate my parenting.   In the busyness of modern life, we emphasize productivity and high achievement. And somewhere we tend to put this value on our children almost right from the time they are...

Getting Back to School Post Covid

It seems like covid is finally on the decline and life is slowly getting back to normal. Have you prepared your child for the big adjustment of getting back to school?

Easy Games to Play with Preschoolers

Finding ways to entertain your child, is always a challenge, during the summer holidays. Here are some quick and easy, no prep games that you can do with your child anytime – indoors or outdoors. It helps release some energy and is a great way to bond with your child...

Kindergarten Graduation 2022

Last Sunday, we had one of the biggest day’s of the Kids Joy School Year – the Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony. Although it was another year of an online event, we managed to make it as special as we could for every graduating child of ours. Each child in the school...