Creating Self-Portrait
'A' loves creating self-portraits pretty much like any other child. Therefore, I try to help her out with different art techniques and mediums every now and then. So far she has drawn self & family portraits in regular pencil colour, picasso style, mixed medium and this time we tried out clay on canvas. Doesn't it sound very exciting? I was super thrilled, much before she got her hands on the task. Thus, I landed up documenting the entire process this time in a video format. Watch the video here 👇 I forgot to mention that, we…
Benefits of Drawing Self-Portraits For Children - Do Give It A Try
Self-portraitur has always caught my attention, whenever I visited any school. It's one of the fun and valuable project for children across the age groups and regardless of their artistic aptitude. Also, this project can be approached and administered with children in different ways incorporating varied materials, styles and inspirations. However, making a self-portrait is not restricted to being a school project only; rather you may consider creating one at home along with your child. This could be very enric…
15 Indoor Activities to do with kids during lockdown !
We are going through some really testing times and it's not easy for any of us and especially for the families who have young children at home. It is very challenging to keep them confined, constructively occupied and happy. However, it's not impossible and we can use easily available things at home and plan some activities basis the child's interest. So, in this blog-post I am sharing some super simple activities for children; which you may resort to during this #LockDown time. 1. Draw/Doodle/Sketch/Colo…
Let's Doodle in Quarantine !
With current unfortunate situation worldwide, it's very important to keep ourselves and our children sane. We need to create opportunities within our home environment to engage our children constructively and creatively. Also, help them vent out their energies in the right direction. So, I thought of sharing some activities with you all; which we are doing at home in addition to routine Virtual School Lessons. Apart from school lessons we really do not have a fixed schedule for Ms. A and I take lead from her mood and what she would w…
The Festival of Colour (Holi) - A Child's Perspective !
Flip-Flop Holi Card Life is pretty simple and sorted from a child's perspective. Little things can give them immense pleasure and joy. All it takes, sometimes is a tight hug and a pat on the head. This year in Tokyo (Japan), unfortunately all the mass gatherings have been cancelled in order to prevent the spread of COVID - 19. So, this even translated into cancellation of the Tokyo Holi Event. Ms. A was very excited and was eagerly waiting for 'Holi Day Celebration'. However, upon learning about the cancellation news…she…
Room On The Broom (By Julia Donaldson And Axel Scheffler) - Theatrical Storytelling Session !
All this while we have been doing many Read Aloud Storytelling Sessions with children in the vicinity. This time we planned to do something different and we decided to go for a theatrical storytelling session for the book - Room on the Broom (by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler); with the help from children :) We started off with the preparations almost 2 weeks prior to the scheduled date and a lot went into planning. The first step was to decide the flow of the session so that we could plan, organize and get the resources toge…
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I am Nidhi, concoction of an INDIAN DESI and MODERN Mom. Currently residing in Singapore with my small family of 3.
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