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Being GiftedBeing GiftedEp# 21 Meet the In School Gifted Education Program Teachers - Ms. Mithila Joshi and Ms. Pallavi IyerToday we have with us 2 senior teachers, Ms. Mithila Joshi and Ms. Palavi Iyer, who have contributed immensely to the successful running of gifted programs as a part of the core team at Dr. Kalmadi Shamarao High School, Pune, India. Key points discussed: • Finding Inspiration in Gifted Education • Designing a Curriculum for Gifted Learners • Gifted Program's Impact on Regular Class Teaching • Growth as a Gifted Educator Do listen to the entire episode and if you like it, leave us a 5 Star Rating on the p...2024-07-0138 minBeing GiftedBeing GiftedEp#20 Socio Emotional Learning for Gifted Adolescents with Shobha Channal and Devika DeshpandeIn this episode we are joined by 2 educators Ms. Shobha Channal and Devika Deshpande who have shared valuable insights and personal experiences into fostering social-emotional learning among gifted adolescents. Together, we have uncovered practical strategies and approaches that teachers and parents can implement to support the emotional growth and well-being of these exceptional students. In this episode she speaks about: - Common socio emotional challenges amongst Gifted Adolescents - Approach as teachers to these high ability students - Planning and execution of the Gifted Nurturing Program ...2024-06-0128 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#44 Regulating Screen Time: Why and HowStruggling with Screen Time of your child?  Almost given up? Screens have been the constant companion in our lives; and they are here to stay! And when it comes to kids and screens, we face tantrums, excessive screen time, emotional blackmail, screaming and all sorts of shenanigans. In today's episode we have discussed, Why we should keep our kids aways from screens and how can we do so:  - Tantrums after screen time  - Screens are affecting our hormones  - Effects of Screen time on brain development  2022-11-0346 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#44 Strategies For Picky EatersHaving a Picky Eater at home?  Struggling with it everyday?  Having a picky eater can be exhausting and frustrating. Without the right guidance, and unknowingly you may end up picky eating become a permanent part of their personality. How can you prevent that from happening   In this episode we have shared many strategies to handle  Picky Eaters particularly. Right from is this fuss genetic or it has been developed to how can you get them to have a better relationship with food, we have discussed everything that you will need to know to tackle it bette...2022-10-0639 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#43 Speech & Language DevelopmentHow to raise multilingual kids Eating, Chewing, Swallowing affects speech development Link between thought and language How to introduce a new language to your child? When do kids need speech therapyHow to solve STAMMERING? Why should dads read bed time stories?Does reciting Sanskrit Shlokas sharpens the tongue Is it right for adults to speak in baby language? Medical conditions that leads to speech delaySpeech exercises And more...About the speaker: Aneesha Sinha is  audiologist working with HearCanada Inc.  She is a mother herself and has got extensive experience working with children and parent...2022-09-0841 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#42 Why your kids won't listen to you unless you yell?The question we are answering today. Get answer to this most pressing issue in your parenting journey. This issue needs to be looked at from a scientific lens to understand from where does it root and what is the solution that can be used by parents.  Points covered in this episode:Why do kids misbehave - from a scientific lensWhy does yelling work and our simple instructions or remindiners dontHow does kids brain function? Stress behaviour Vs MisbehaviourWhy sometimes kids don’t want logicDo punishments really work? TEaching without punishmentsNurturing sensitive childrenWhat corrective acti...2022-08-111h 10Partners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#41 Parenting After Loss of SpouseToday we will be sharing an intense story that moved us and inspired us, made us value and cherish relationships, taught us to celebrate the small wins in life and most importantly reminded us to avoid focussing on the trivial issues which unknowingly are given too much importance.It is about bereaved parenting  - an act of regeneration -- picking up the pieces in the face of the devastation, and regenerating both a sense of self, and a sense of the family. It's a story of Mrinal Athavale Patwardhan who lost her husband and 2 daughters wh...2022-07-1343 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#40 Why Teach YOGA to Children?It is a general perception that Yoga is for adults and not for children,  We were also a bit confused unbtill we spoke to our guest today about why should we teach Yoga to our children. Today we are in conversation with a special guest who is a journalist by profession, but is an avid believer in Traditional Yoga practice. Kavita Chandran is a yoga teacher and international journalist based in Singapore. When she’s not at her desk writing corporate stories or wellness features, she can be founding stretching or meditating on a mat...2022-06-3040 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#39 Modern Fatherhood - Father's Day Special PodcastWishing all the lovely fathers a very happy fathers day!! Today we have a with us Parth Nilawar, an inspiring father , who has built one of the first online parenting universities www.wonderlives.org, has coined terms like 'Parenting Quotient' and who is on a personal mission to inspire more fathers to be actively involved in the upbringing of their children. He has unique views on the changing role of fathers in todays times  which he has shared with us in the episode. We hope you like it and are able to resonate with his t...2022-06-1938 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEP#38 Supporting Health Naturally with Essential OilsWill the extensive use of medication cause harmful side effects on our child's health? Are there any safer, natural options? 🤔In  today's episode , CARE instructor Nana Lim provides excellent guidance about essential oils, the science behind them, which essential oils can be used and most importantly how to use them for cough and cold, skin issues, digestion, fever, increasing immunity, acting as mosquito repellents and much more. The key points we have discussed are :1. What are essential oils? Why should they be a part of our life?  2. How to know if the oi...2022-06-0242 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp# 37 Being a Coach and Counselor to your ChildSECRETS TO CHANGE YOUR CHILD'S BEHAVIOUR.. Sometimes, we find it difficult to understand Why kids behave the way they do? Why disciplining them seems impossible? Why do they hide things from us? Why do they back answer? Where are they learning this from?Believe it or not, things can improve if we have the right approach and communication tools. In today's episode, parenting coach Girish Paniker has spoken in detail about Being a Coach and Counsellor to your child. He has also shared gems on positive...2022-05-1954 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#36 Inspiring Mom: Dr. Aditi-UpCycling,Quilling and Crochet ArtistI had an inclination towards Art and Craft from a young age. Creating something with my own hand is food for my soul’.  Initially I created things purely for my pleasure, but soon I realized that any form of art needs a platform and this gave birth to  Bhule Bisre (things made from recycled material) and Paper Scissors Rock - quilling and crochet. My creativity is my expression, something which I would like to put out to the world and not merely for appreciation and money. This thought runs in my family and we believe that there is so...2022-05-0824 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#35 Inspiring Mom - Dr. Jai - Marathon Runner@45Being brought up amongst boys, I was always involved in fights, cricket, running around. I never always felt any different from them . I don’t believe in genderization and my motivation to be physically strong roots from it.  Today, even after having two daughters; feeling good about my body, being in shape and having the freedom to wear short dresses without feeling the cringe keeps me motivated. Now, at the age of 45, I run full marathons and am happy that even my daughters are into sports and doing gymnastics at the national level. To listen to th...2022-05-0515 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#34 Parenting Gifted Children IS YOUR CHILD GIFTED?Excellent, intelligent, perfectionist, extraordinary are some of the words that you may be using to describe someone with higher ability. Children who are able to perform better as compared to their peers in certain areas or multiple areas  may it be arts, academics, sports, music, languages, dance, leadership etc are called 'Gifted'. There are so many gifted children around us whose talent / giftedness may go unnoticed or is not given the attention it deserves  just because the skill they excel in is not rel...2022-04-2140 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEP#33 Incredible Journey of a Road Schooling FamilyARE SCHOOLING SYSTEMS GOOD ENOUGH TO PREPARE CHILDREN FOR LIFE?  Well, the idea of conventional schooling did not resonate with our guests -  The Iyers' and they decided to give Homeschooling a shot. They and the kids liked it s much that in a years time they progressed to  Roadschooling their children. It has been more than 3 years they are successfully and happily  living a nomadic life for which they gave up their home, job and house . Our conversation with  Anchal Iyer was very enriching and gave us a new perspective. Listen to this extre...2022-04-0759 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEP#32 Why Learn VEDIC Math?Are your children scared of Maths? Help them get rid of their phobia and start loving numbers?Using the ancient technique of Vedic Math our kids can easily do all kinds of calculations 10 -15 times faster. It helps boost their confidence and gets them interested in mathematics. In this podcast we are joined by Mr. Puneet Ahuja,  a Consultant to the Indian Institute of Vedic Maths & Abacus with 12 years of experience in the field of Education. He is also a Director and COO @ G.A. Future Educore Pvt ltd . We are also j...2022-03-2435 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp# 31 Why Learn Abacus?We parents want our children to have a strong Mathematics base. We are always on the lookout to compliment their learning at school with enrichment classes like Vedic Maths, Abacus, Kumon and so many more...But it is of prime importance to actually understand these methods and know what output to expect from such extra curriculum classes. In todays episode, we will find outWhy Abacus does not improve Maths Concept and MythHolistic Development ToolRight age groupIn this podcast we are joined by Mr. Puneet Ahuja,  a C...2022-03-1025 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEP#30 Age Old Secrets for Holistic Development of KidsThere is immense power, simplicity and effectiveness in the nurturing style based on the age old wisdom of the The Vedas. In today's episode we are in conversation with Dr. Narayan Desai, The Founder of Tribal Mensa Nurturing Program. He is the Executive Council member - Gifted Child Program , Mensa India. He holds a doctorate in Vedic and Puranic literature and another one in Ecological Restoration.Dr. Narayan has shared with us some of the activities he has developed based on the Panchkosha model from our Upanishads  to enhance skills like  -  Observation Creativity Logica...2022-02-2449 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEP#29 Cross-Cultural Parenting Part 2 Indo-South African CoupleToday is our 29th episode , and we will continue to talk about ‘Cross Cultural parenting’. Our guests for the day is an  Indo-South African couple Ksama Alur who was born in Bangalore and has spent significant time in 5 different countries.. and her South African husband Richard Kohler. Currently both of them are based in Singapore and have a young son named Neil. So lets listen to their unique parenting journey and find out their ways of raising a kind and empathetic global citizen, their naming story, how they are helping him learn a...2022-02-1035 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEP#28 Cross-Cultural Parenting Part 1- Indo-French CoupleCURIOUS ABOUT HOW PARENTS OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS BRING UP THEIR KIDS? Well, all of us are interested to know about it especially when both the parents are from different countries… from different worlds and different societies.Meet our guest Ben Merium a French Dad and Prachi Patil an Indian Mom  about their parenting journey… How they come together as parents to give the best of both the world to their little one. In this episode we have discussed about:• Identity for the child • Cultural differences • Challenges as parents  • Why Holding 5...2022-01-2734 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#27 LoLs of Parenting with a Standup ComedianBeginning  the new year with a laughter ride and of course a few lessons important for us as parents… *Ep#27 LOL'S OF PARENTING!* Our guest- MomicAmruta is an ECD (Early Childhood Development & Care Gold Medalist) expert and a Standup Comedian . In this episode we have  discussed What exactly is 'Communication' DisciplineSetting Boundaries Turning No(s) into Yes(es)ReasoningParenting lessons learnt in a fun way through jokes and sarcasm.  We have candidly spoken about incidentls, experiences that  we have- either  witnessed or done ourself … A must listen for parents with kids  between 1-7yrs of age.2022-01-1341 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEP#26 An Appointment with a DentistHow to prevent dental problems in our kids? Which toothbrushes and pastes to choose? When to start flossing? How to ensure good oral hygiene? Why are tooth decays more common these days?Get answers to these and many more questions in todays podcast with a renowned  Dentist from West Midlands, UK - Dr. Veerinder Nazran. Dr. Veerinder is a Dental surgeon with specialization in dental Implants and an advanced facial aesthetics practitioner …  To listen to this full conversation, follow Partners in Upbringing on Spotify, Apple and Google Podcasts or on FB and IG @part...2021-12-3026 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#25 Awkward Questions Kids AskSanitary pads, private body parts, child birth, girlfriends - boyfriends, kissing .. it is always awkward to discuss such topics with kids and answer their unending questions. But at the same time it is of prime importance to satisfy their curiosity in the right manner so they are well equipped and feel trusted, and the communication channel is always open both ways.In this podcast we are in conversation with Kumkum Jagadish a clinical psychologist, from Mumbai, with extensive experience in counselling, mental health issues and parenting. She is going to equip us to handle awkward...2021-12-1634 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEP#24 Introducing Composting to KidsKids love to experiment and Composting is one such magical transformation that multiplies their learning by manifolds. Today we have a pleasure of chatting with Mrs. Vani Murthy, popularly known as wormrani on the internet. She is a pioneer in home composting, terrace gardening and bio-cleansers, promotor of a Swacha Graha — a home that generates minimum garbage, for more than a decade now. She has conducted numerous workshops and seminars for corporates to create awareness and as a part of CSR. To listen to this full conversation, follow Partners in Upbringing on...2021-12-0232 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#23 Choosing Sports as a CareerAs parents we often are in a dilemma about choosing sports as a career option. In fact many of us, as kids  have had the exposure as well as inclination to take it up but we didn't or couldn't give it a chance because it was not the safest option and did not fit with the definition of being successful… or was not a proven formula to success..So, Today we have with us Kedar Tembe, a Sports educationist, a sports consultant and a coach.  Kedar is teaching tennis for the last 18 years, He a...2021-11-1839 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#22 Financial Wisdom for KidsToday we are joined by Pallavi Dangi, a Chartered accountant by profession, founder of 'Go Back to Roots' an online learning academy, a passionate teacher and a mother to a curious 11 year old.Our conversation dives deep into the challenging aspects of imparting financial wisdom to our little ones.. here are some of the broad areas we have touched upon.Why to introduce finance at a young age ? what is the right age?How to teach them the concept of money? The basic concepts of Banking/ plastic money/ budgeting / taxes / payment methodsHow to nurture...2021-11-0432 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEP#21 How's and What's of Profiling ChildrenWhat does profiling children mean? How does it help parents to enrich their Upbringing journey? In today's conversation with Ajit Kaikini we are going to deep dive into the world of profiling children and understand this scientific tool which helps in choosing not only the right career path for our children but to help us shape well.Our guest Ajit Kaikini , is the founding Director of Buoyancee, an award winning  a Career counsellor, a trainer who has profiled  thousands of kids in  his 27yrs of extensive career and guided them to dis...2021-10-2135 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#20 Parenting through Covid 19Last 2 years have been full of experiences and a very enriching emotional journey for all of us. No doubt we have been through ups and downs, sometimes extreme and sometimes manageable but like always we are told to take the positives and not to focus of the negatives! Today's episode is our attempt to do the same and feel good about the experiences we had. We are in conversation with Dr. Tina Mistry from Birmingham, UK. Tina is a clinical psychologist, a podcast host, a writer and a speaker on south...2021-10-0736 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#19 Working Mums with a Career CoachWork life balance has always been tough for mums… It's like walking on a tightrope. If you lose focus you are either going to fall in a sea of guilt or compromise on your career growth… the challenges of a working mum are just unparalleled. In this episode we are in conversation with Radhika Balakrishnan, a career transformation expert and a purpose coach. We have discussed many burning issues as to how can women get back to work after a maternity break, how to balance the responsibilities at office and home, the challenges of a trail...2021-09-2345 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#18 Discovering Potential to PossibilitiesEvery child has tremendous potential - BUT WHAT is it? How to identify it? How to nurture it?🤔In today's podcast we are honoured to be joined by Ajit Kaikini, a senior trainer who specialises in unleashing the TRUE POTENTIAL of individuals.Ajit has shared many valuable insights and tips which will help every parent shape their child's career path. And if you would want professional help mail Ajit on askbuoyancee@gmail.com. Partners in UpBringing is a parenting podcast hosted by two mums Himani & Kalyani, based in Singapore. They...2021-09-0933 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#17 Nurturing Entrepreneurial Spirit in our KidsEntreprenuership is no longer a career choice. It has become a way of life! In this epiosde we are in conversation with Swati Gauba, an entrepreneur and trainer based in Singapore. Swati has hands on experience in designing and conducting courses to help develop Entrepreneurial spirit in children. Swati has shared many tools and games to develop observation skills, empathy, problem solving attitude, creativity  - all key skills of Entrepreneurial spirit. Partners in UpBringing is a parenting podcast hosted by two mums Himani & Kalyani, based in Singapore. They address a variety o...2021-08-2629 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#16 Single Parenting with Mom- Daughter DuoToday we are in conversation with a  single mom and her daughter to get a sneak peek into their lives, their equation, what are their struggles and how they manage and balance things.To give you all a brief background  our guest Preeti Telang  is a successful Architect in a japanese firm in Singapore and her daughter Kimaya is a 16 year old,  pursuing her polytechnique… and she also aspires to become a top notch architect like her mom… she spent the early years in India , with her grandparents and then she shifted to Singapore Preeti has share...2021-08-1236 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#15 Sports Shapes Our Kids' PersonalityToday is a very special episode as our guest - Sunandan Lele, is not only a very popular sports journalist, but also someone who is extremly passionate about sport and is a doting father himself. Its an epiosde which gives us lots of points to ponder upon and inspiration to get our kids into sport. Sports teaches our kids to be happy in someone elses success, to try their best every single time, to accept failure, it helps to build leadership capacity and many more. Sunandan has also given many  interesting analogies between s...2021-07-2924 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#14 Healthy Reminders with a PediatricianWe parents are so concerned about our child's health that time to time we need someone to assure us that our kids are healthy and growing in the right way. Most of the times we rush to our paediatricians to get answers to our questions and just chatting with them makes us feel at peace. In today's episode we are in conversation with one of the leading padiatricians in Singapore - Dr. I Malathi. she is the name half of the parents in Singapore swear by . She is a Master of Medicine – in the paediatrics st...2021-07-1532 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#13 All About SchoolsToday, it is an incredibly special episode with an incredibly special guest. We are highly honoured and privileged to have Ms. Melissa Maria, Principal GIIS SMART Campus, Punggol, Singapore. To give you all a brief introduction of her exceptional achievements,  Ms. Melissa, has over 25 years of experience in the field of education and administration in reputed schools in Mumbai, Oman and Singapore.Listen to the full episode to get insights on everything related to schooling. The main questions we address are How to choose the right preschool, what aspects should we parents kee...2021-07-0134 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#12 Daddy, our own SuperheroHappy Father's Day! K: Every child has a hero.. and he is called dad! He can make anything happen… he is the first love for his daughters and a super hero the boys ...its so cute to hear the kids fight on ….who’s dad is the strongest!H: Actually fathers are just like ordinary men but it’s the love for their child that makes them into heroes, adventurers, story tellers and even singers!The values, the life lessons that the kids learn from their dads are unmatched.. they learn how to live and...2021-06-1721 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#11 Supporting Learning@Home“If a child cannot learn in the way we teach, we must teach in the way the child can learn” Seldom do we get the time to actually ponder on this perspective, especially when it comes to our kids learning journey… we are so busy in our chores and routine…In today's episode we have with us Divya Gupta, a mom who has actually taken the pain to design and structure her kids' learning journey. Her activities are not only interesting and engaging, but  well thought through to achieve certain objective , sharpen their skills and...2021-06-0329 minPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsPartners In UpBringing - A Platform for your parenting needsEp#10 Therapy for KidsTherapy is generally looked down upon and is almost like a taboo. But therapy can be used to help parents in their challenges - small or big. In this episode Himani and Kalyani are in a conversation with Sam Roberts, a consellor who is also doing his PhD in Psycology. He helps us answer many questions likeWhat is therapy?When should parents get alarmed about their child's behaviour? What signs should we look out for to understand that our kids need therapy? Generally most of us are scared of opting for therapy..Which...2021-05-2027 min