Category: HumansOfEkya

#TeacherBlogger: The power of connections!

Teaching, and being an educator…. What a beautiful feeling it is! … A journey of discovering new connections! I have had around two years of in-class experience with the pre-primary children and have absolutely enjoyed and cherished every bit of...

/ October 6, 2020

#TeacherBlogger: Why mothers are considered as good teachers?

Are there qualities we could imbibe and make teaching-learning meaningful? A student once asked me, ‘What inspired you to become a teacher?’ From my perspective, every woman has inbuilt qualities of a teacher that includes love, compassion, passion, dedication, sense...

/ October 6, 2020

#TeacherBlogger: The Art of Learning

I strongly believe that “sharing knowledge is gaining knowledge”. Teaching was never a dream or wish for me! It all started when I volunteered to facilitate arts to students and in this process, I learned a lot and took all...

/ October 5, 2020

#TeacherBlogger: Virtual storytelling- A powerful educational tool for online learning

Children have an innate love for stories. Fulfilling this need requires meticulous planning in a class curriculum.  Preparing myself for storytelling class would require me to visit our school library and choose books as they are plenty  – fairy tales,...

/ October 5, 2020

#TeacherBlogger: Pre-Primary Children and Online Learning

Online teaching for pre-primary rather than imagining ways and strategies, many of us picture as to how the class would be. I think it was the same with school parents too. They were even more worried, as they had to...

/ October 3, 2020

#TeacherBlogger: Approaching Science Virtually

Science is learned by doing experiments and making observations. As a science teacher, taking students to the lab and getting them to try experiments gives me a feeling of immense accomplishment. The moment a lab session is announced, the students...

/ September 30, 2020

#TeacherBlogger: How to get children to develop a growth mindset?

My tryst with the concept of growth mindset started when I was on a journey of self-discovery. I was at that crossroads of life when material gains and fame were not on my cards anymore. I wanted to make a...

/ September 26, 2020

#ParentBlogger: Ekya’s Online Classes is a Positive experience for our kids

The lockdown and the announcement of online classes could not have been anticipated. As parents, we had a hard time getting used to the idea in the beginning. But the actual experience has been nothing but positive for us. My...

/ September 18, 2020

#ParentBlogger: Making the new learning experience more enjoyable

Our Prime Minister, Mr. Modi during his Independence Day speech this year spoke of many things which are undergoing major changes because of the COVID 19. One of the main changes being in the education system, not only in India...

/ September 1, 2020

#ParentBlogger: What we feel about online classes!

I feel very happy today that I made the right decision to enroll my daughter Drisha NC in Ekya schools. Drisha has been with the current institution (CMR) for the last 5 years and with Ekya schools for 3 years...

/ August 18, 2020