Why Is Play So Important for kids?

· Play is how children learn and making it fun is nature's way of ensuring children get lots and lots of practice.

·  The games children play are directly linked to the needs of the growing body and mind.

·  Children have much more to learn and it takes much longer to grow up.

·  So many skills to learn - such as how to walk, talk and make things with your hands.

·  Each one needs lots of time spent playing and practising to perfection.It is how they learn.

· If play is a child's work then they must also have the tools for their trade.

· Toys are tools that help a child to enjoy play.

THE BENEFITS OF JOINING TOY LIBRARY

·         Access to a large range of quality toys that you may not have room to store

·         Save money on buying toys they will only play with for a short while

·         Find out what your child likes to play with before you buy for them

·         Gives your child the chance to choose the toys they want

·         No chance of getting ‘bored’ with same old toys

·         Use the variety and versatility of toy library toys to challenge and excite your child through play.

·         Encourage your child’s independent and imaginative thinking by allowing them to learn new things or challenge existing skills through exploration with different toys.

Negative Effects Of T.V. On Kids

The Negative Effects of TV on children

The TALK will cover the following using real life examples, commercials, and using question and answers to the audience. 

The NOTE:

ü  ‘I wake up at night sometimes, very afraid,’ a 9 year old girl tells me, ‘thinking that terrorists may come.’

ü  A four year old child pays with another saying, ‘I’ll kill you ok? And you must die’.  

ü  Another watches Big Boss and speaks nastily to his own mother, in the same tone and voice as one of the contestants.  

The TV usually sits in the middle of our living rooms. And we don’t realize how important a part it plays in our lives. Especially its influence on children, in the acquiring of social skills, behavior and values.

And though, it can be educative and entertaining, and of course, influence positive development in children, it can also have adverse effects o them.

Of course, how much impact TV has on children depends on many factors: how much they watch, their age and personality, whether they watch alone or with adults, and whether their parents talk with them about what they see on TV.

To minimize the potential negative effects of television, it's important to understand what the impact of television can be on children.

The few effects that will be elaborated on are:

      Violence

      Risky behavior

      Obesity

There is enough reason to begin to teach our children good TV habits.

The talk will also cover

Teaching Good TV Habits

Some practical ways to make TV-viewing more productive in your home:

      Including monitoring content. Limited number of watching hours.

      Setting up other activities for children….etc.

For Registrations contact: 9819036502, 9820828261

Workshop On Dealing With Child's Fears

Title: Mommy why do people die? - How to deal with the ‘terrible things’ kids are afraid of.

There was a time when you only had to explain away the monsters under the bed by looking underneath and telling your child that there isn’t anything there.

But how do you explain terrorists?  Two people fighting on the road? war?  death?

We live in a world where children are exposed to more and more things that go against their innocent nature. That baffle, shock and scare them.

How do we help them stay children, protect their innocence and yet help them face the world of today.

This talk will deal with the questions of terrorism, abuse, family fights, anger,  war, death. ..

Some things are difficult to explain to kids.. and in this talk we try to help you findrational ways to explain and soothe them.  

For Registrations contact: 9819036502, 9820828261

Workshop On Protecting Kids In Todays World

Title: Protecting our children in today’s world.

As parents we all want our children to be safe, lead happy lives.  

We live in a society where all kinds of people exist together. And it becomes all the more crucial to protect our children.  

 The talk will make parents aware of child sexual abuse, why it happens, when, and where.

The talk will cover:

      The high statistics of child sexual abuse

      Why the numbers are so high – the reasons – that most importantly, include LACK of  Awareness. (making people believe it does not exist, and allowing the     perpetrator to get away with it.)

      The definition of CSA (according to the UN Human Rights Commission)

      How does it happen – the psychological process

      How does the child know- Safe and Unsafe touch

      The Confusion the child faces

      The Immediate repercussions/ effects  -shock, guilt, confusion, anger, shame

      Long term effects – Inability to trust, domestic violence, Trouble in sustaining relationships, aggression

      Early visible detectors  

      Why children don’t tell

      Why they tell

      What to do when they tell – Steps to take

The talk, and most importantly, the awareness it brings, will help us keep our children safe, and allow them to lead the innocent, happy and full lives children are supposed to live.

The talk will be given by Joan Pinto.  Counsellor and volunteer at Arpan. She has given talks on the issue of Child Sexual Abuse at various schools and NGO's in Mumbai.

For Registrations contact: 9819036502, 9820828261

Creative Writing Workshop For Kids

CREATIVE WRITING COURSE FOR KIDS at OPEN WINDOW LEARNING CENTRE 

The Creative Writing Course is meant to develop observation and imagination, to encourage a child to think differently, to express herself easily and creatively, to channel her thoughts. 

The course is not about grammar and spelling, but ideas and expression.   

The course will involve, use interactive exercises to stimulate the creative being in them.  

The Course is meant for almost any child. For the shy child who can’t express herself/himself.

For the energetic child to channel her/ his energy. Kids who don’t know anything about writing. For those enjoy writing. For those who want to learn something different.  

Age group – Children between 9 to 12 years of age

About the Trainer

Joan Pinto is a Freelance Writer (Journalism and Advertising).

She is also a Certified Counsellor and Trainer on Gender Issues.

As a writer, she has published in India Today Travel Plus, Times of India, Femina, Prevention magazine, Outlook Traveller Beach Guides, Gulf News.

Her essays have appeared in The CS Monitor, Boston, Haiku, in the Salon supplement of DNA.

 Her Fiction work includes First Proof 3, An Anthology of New Writing, and 'How Rifka Made Things Right' in Favourite Stories for Girls (Puffin Publishing).

For Registrations contact: 9819036502, 9820828261

Calligraphy Workshop For Kids

Open Window Library and Learning Centre offers workshops on the ancient creative art of ‘CALLIGRAPHY’...

6 session workshop on the Basics of Calligraphy & 5 session workshop on Advanced Calligraphy

Age group: Children above 8 yrs and above

For Registrations contact: 9819036502, 9820828261