Reflections from facilitators, field notes from parents, and the research that shapes how we think about learning at Sparkling Mindz.
The pre-schoolers (3 to 4 year old) showed a lot of curiosity with regards to flying objects during our discussions on what magic is…
One of the biggest crises of our times is the inability to see another’s perspective, see the other as human, in fact. So, in…
Last October, on the 2nd (on the 150th anniversary of Gandhiji’s birthday), our children ran a solid 12KM marathon, beating their previous year’s record…
Bravery – a word often used to describe something heroic; saving a life, sacrificing for someone else, catching a wild animal… What comes to your…
On a gloomy Monday afternoon, the facilitators at SM were busy preparing for their classes next day when T (a 5 year old pre-schooler)…
Covid-19 lockdown has visibly affected this entire world. We are literally all in this together. During times like this, it can get difficult to…
T is visibly upset, screaming and crying, sitting on her pink mat, “I want H to sit next to me not Ash!!!!!!!” Now both…
**Long Post Alert** If you think of the word interview and the words ‘nervous’, ‘scary’, ‘dread’, ‘boring’ or any of those come to your…
Creating change makers of tomorrow needs children to learn to deal with successes and failures in their own terms. In one of our visualization…
The 4 to 5 year olds pretend played being doctor and nurse. It was G and P’s turn to be the doctor and nurse. P…