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Hi! I am so happy that you stopped by. Thank you !
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I sincerely hope & wish that you will take your time to look around as there is so much to see & be inspired by all the wonderful ideas, tips, information and much more shared from my own experiences.
Welcome to EARLY INSIGHT once again. Early Insight is a learning club for 0 to 8 years. This is the stage when children learn through their five senses and their imagination is at its peak. I can so relate to moms and teachers who are busy & need simple educational activities and ideas, be it phonics, creative writing, story telling, craft or just for those down times.
Hi! I am Manika
Through Early Insight, my aim has always been to create and share activities that you can easily replicate at home or in your classrooms. And let me also share that I so enjoy and love curating these intentional learning opportunities that allow parents/educators to enrich their kids' understanding and create memorable experiences. It's extremely rewarding and a lot of fun. I believe that learning should be full of content and meaning yet creative and engaging at the same time. Never underestimate the value of highly engaging material coupled with strong instructions. But at the same time, just because a piece of learning is cute, doesn't mean there's no substance!
Apart from this, Early Insight also aims to spread awareness among our new/would be parents that, "the very first year of their little one is the foundation year and what they can do to make their newborn's immediate environment more engaging & enriching." Its time we come out of the long perceived notion of infants being only good at feeding, crying or peeing. An infant's brain is as active as that of a college student and craves for stimulus which YOU, his primary caregiver can only provide, If this bit of information intrigues you, please do visit our Give Ear To First Year segment. I bet, you will be intrigued more.
When I am not working, I'm busy being mom to my witty tween. This little man played a huge role in my conceiving Early Insight. I was working as a scientist in a pharma major when this turning point came. April, 2006, my sunny boy was born. I left my job to be a full time mum. And it was then that I realised that this is what I would want to do for the rest of my life. My research oriented self and my new found love for these precious early years made such a deadly combination that sparks were inevitable and impossible for me to ignore. I got myself certified and trained in various areas in early childhood education and counselling and finally gave birth to my second baby - Early Insight. So thankful to my boy for bringing this in my life apart from his loving presence. All I want is him to look back on these years and remember that I tried to create magic for him and that I enjoyed every single moment of his childhood.
As a family, my tween, my husband & me, we love to do everything together - literally! Be it 'my' shopping, playing play station or an instrument, reading... literally everything. We have no concept of 'personal space' in our mini family. (Don't know if that's good or bad, but it works beautifully for us ;-))
My introduction would be incomplete without my mentioning about OORJA. OORJA is a centre for lesser privileged kids where they are not only provided free education to get them into mainstream but also best efforts are put to groom them holistically by means of various workshops and programmes. It was started on 7th January,2013 and since then I have been part of all my kids' journey, both educational & personal. And needless to mention, it has been beautiful and amazing. I feel so blessed & fortunate that I could get connected with these humble souls.
I love connecting with my readers, learning from their experiences & sharing mine. I am just a message away should you need any help. Thank you so much for visiting, would love to have you back soon !
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My very best,
Manika
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More about Manika
Manika Shah is an early childhood educator with rich experience in the holistic enrichment of children's intellect during their formative years. A firm believer in involved, hands-on parenting, she is passionate and very well read on topics related to parenting and child development. Also an experienced Phonics instructor, she has taken up an initiative to spread awareness of doing phonics with many DIY indigenous activities making the full program more effective, easy and fun, not only for children but for parents/educators too.
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Her Facebook group " Early Insight - all about 0 to 8 " is an online early childhood learning club for parents of 0 to 8 years, where the effort is to support & encourage parents in their endeavor to raise creatively intelligent children.
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Manika is a certified child counsellor and early childhood educator, holds masters in Medical Elementology & Toxicology. She is a Tarot reader, level II Reiki Healer, EFT practitioner and loves to doodle, paint, and read non fiction in her free time. Manika is also authoring a book on her experiences, learnings, rather more of unlearnings that happened in her parenting journey transforming her as an individual.
Link to the fb group, Early Insight - all about 0 to 8
Link to the fb page, My Oorja
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