How to Raise Your Babies - Raise a Happy Child

By Leonor Collins

If you are reading this description, I bet you want to discover the world of parenting but you don't know where to start. True?

I have 2 good news for you:

 

- Getting started in this wonderful adventure is an amazing experience
- You are going to buy the right book

 

In this SERIES you will find a lot of useful information regarding parenting, the fears that can pervade a parent's mind, what problems can arise in the proper education of their children, and an overview of particular educational systems, based on a progression of activities of learning and practices, such as the Montessori method and the Waldorf-Steiner method.

The macro topics covered are the following:

 

- BOOK 1 Parenting in the third millennium
- BOOK 2 Raise a happy child
- BOOK 3 Montessori educational method
- BOOK 4 Waldorf-Steiner educational method

 

You will also find useful tips on what to do and what not to do to make your child proud of himself and prevent him from feeling uncomfortable in small everyday situations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leonor Collins
• Release date: Sep 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393010098

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INTRODUCTION

Since July 2018, the Happiness Curriculum has been an educational initiative for pupils in grades one to eight in schools run by the Delhi government. It emphasizes mindfulness, social-emotional learning, critical thinking, problem-solving, and relationship-building to improve students' mental health. Its goal is to increase emotional awareness, support decision-making with that awareness, provide students with the tools and environment they need to become purpose-driven, and explore a more complex definition of pleasure. The implementation of the curriculum in Delhi's government schools has been hailed as a watershed moment in Indian education.

Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia, who is also the state's education minister, came up with the concept for the curriculum. With the assistance of government experts and the State Council of Educational Research and Training, it was created. The curriculum is mostly based on philosopher Agrahar Nagraj Sarman's Happiness Triad notion.

Indian states Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand and Afghanistan, Nepal, and the United Arab Emirates plan to introduce comparable programs based on the curriculum. The curriculum is being offered to students and their parents via interactive voice response calls and live YouTube classrooms in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent statewide lockdown in India.

In 2017, Manish Sisodia, the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, proposed designing a curriculum that addresses the challenges of modern society. The Happiness Curriculum was later given to this curriculum. Teachers from Delhi government schools, psychologists, education consultants, volunteers, and the State Council of Educational Research and Training make up a team of 40 experts. Senior officials from the Delhi government's Directorate of Education and representatives from several non-governmental organizations were part of the team.

On July 2, 2018, the curriculum was unveiled. The 14th Dalai Lama and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were present during the ceremony. The launch was attended by school administrators and teachers from over 1,000 public schools in Delhi.

In partnership with other NGOs such as Abhibhavak Vidyalaya, Circle of Life, Blue Orb Foundation, and Labhya Foundation, Dream a Dream, a non-governmental organization, anchored the curriculum. Dream a Dream aided in the content development of the curriculum, engaged and delivered capacity-building sessions for Mentor Teachers, and assisted in developing an assessment instrument to quantify the program's implementation and impact on students and teachers as an anchor.

The curriculum is founded on Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Jiddu Krishnamurthy, among other intellectuals and educators. It is essentially based on philosopher Agrahar Nagraj Sarman's concept of the Happiness Triad, according to three types of happiness: immediate happiness, long-term pleasure, and sustainable happiness. It is also founded on Nagraj's concept of existential thought (Madhyasth Darshan), which pursues happiness via simplicity, generosity, kindness, and benevolence. Self-concepts and interactions with family, society, and nature are also covered in the curriculum.

The curriculum is organized according to the National Curriculum Framework 2005 principles. It is a grade-specific curriculum for all students in Delhi government institutions from nursery to grade eight.

CHAPTER 1: CHILD EDUCATIONAL METHOD

Montessori nurseries are very popular among parents for pre-school education for their children. These can be easily found in Surrey and Kent with all the modern facilities that a nursery should guide and educate your child properly.

Montessori nurseries are named after their founder, Dr. Maria Montessori, an Italian woman. She developed this child education method through her extensive research work and study of children. Her form of teaching is based on various principles, and these principles are still followed in nurseries worldwide, and you can easily find one such nursery near you.

Children Are Individuals

Dr. Montessori's research focused on the principle that all children are individuals, and each one will be affected by the social environment in which they live and the world around them. According to her research, every child has a creative potential that should be explored and encouraged, and every child should be treated as an individual with unique abilities and qualities. Fennies Nurseries follow this policy and treat children as individuals.

Nurturing Natural Potential

Every child has innate potential that should be fully realized. This allows kids to learn and grow in a social setting.

Children Need Freedom

Another principle of this teaching style is that every child needs their individual space and freedom to learn and develop. No child should be forced to complete activities in stipulated periods. They should be allowed to take their time in the initial stages of learning. However, there should be some limitations to ensure that tasks do get completed in a reasonable timeframe. Children should also be given a choice to select their activities as this helps them to become self-sufficient.

Mixed Age Groups

This form of education allows children of different ages to come together and learn in the same group. This system of learning in mixed-age groups is really helpful. You will find nurseries in your area following this system and are also very successful in educating children. It helps children decide what is best for them on a social and intellectual basis.

The Importance of Equipment

When children are taught with care and kindness, they learn faster. Also, nurseries should have access to good quality equipment, which will support them in their learning process. It is unnecessary to get the biggest and flashiest equipment but rather equipment that helps children develop unique skills and explore the world around them.

The above principles developed by Dr. Montessori are being followed in nurseries across the UK, especially in cities like Croydon and Beckenham. These nurseries are highly supportive of children, and the staff works together with the little ones to help them develop a better character and adjust perfectly to the social environment.

Maria Montessori thought that to become a more peaceful and civilized society for the world, new generations must be educated to live in harmony, and their hidden potential must be fully realized. She believed that education was the only way to achieve her goal. However, the old educational system needed to be altered because it was excessively teacher-centered and thus unable to maximize each child's potential. The conventional system also failed to educate children for life in society since the activities did not teach them how to collaborate with others or