What Makes Children Happy
What Makes Children Happy By Magda Zambet Educational Director, Gradinita Rasarit kindergarten in Bucharest, Romania What makes children happy? Who has that key? As parents or teachers, we would love to know the secret of children’s happiness. As adults we delight in sharing in a …
Read MoreMindfulness, Children and Nature
Building Nature Awareness Skills in Romania Workshops with Ruai Gregory The Neohumanist Education Association and AMURTEL Romania organized two workshops in Romania, September 21 -23, on Raising Nature Awareness in Children. The workshops looked at ways to nurture and reinforce children’s innate sense of wonder …
Read MoreFriendship: The Key to Overcoming Prejudices
The last issue of Gurukula Network featured an article introducing the project “We all have a story”, which is developing a new methodology for addressing pro-diversity education in early childhood settings. The project is a partnership between AMURTEL/NHE Romania, sharing expertise in the inclusion of …
Read MoreHelping Children to Manage their Feelings
Helping Children to Manage their Feelings Constructively By Magda Zambet, Educational Director, Gradinita Rasarit kindergarten in Bucharest, Romania No matter how loving and safe of an environment we try to create for children, as parents and teachers we need to be aware that, at some …
Read MoreGender Equity in Education
Gender Equity in Education By Dada Maheshvarananda and Mirra Price The mass media and advertising bombard us from a very young age that the value of women depends on how beautiful, thin and sexy they look; that buying the right clothes and beauty products is …
Read MoreNeohumanist Education for the Personality Development of Children
Neohumanist Education for the Personality Development of Children By Sunandita Bhowmik Asst. Prof., Pragati College of Education, Siliguri, Darjeeling, India Personality is the sum total of different processes and activities of the individual. It is the integrative organization of all physical, intellectual, psychosocial and affective …
Read MoreMeditation Ideas Stories and Games
Meditation Ideas from The Ananda Marga River School Australia by Kamala Alister Spiritual Heroes Recently I had a term going into each class at the Ananda Marga River School once a week to meditate with the children. With younger children, I used finger puppets or …
Read MoreGardening and Farm to Plate Program
New Day Ananda Marga School of Portland was featured in a fall issue of a well known magazine “Edible Portland” published by Ecotrust, that supports sustainable farming and local growers. Their garden program has become a model not just for preschools but also for public …
Read MoreWe all have a story
We all have a story Using friendship as a tool for overcoming stereotypes and prejudices in building an inclusive society By Didi Ananda Devapriya Stereotypes and prejudices are already evident in early childhood (4-5 years old). Once fully formed, they become resistant to change and …
Read MoreHow to Be the Most Effective Preschool Teacher in the World
How to Be the Most Effective Preschool Teacher in the World As presented at the NHE Seminar in Caracas, Venezuela in a two part workshop By Mary Jane Glassman For a number of years scientific researchers in the U.S. have been studying the effects of …
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