· How Christmas is being spread to the forgotten children" as we at Podar Jumbo Kids will be doing a joy of giving activity to balwadis and orphanges.
· What can schools do to ensure safety of children?
· Whose responsibility is the safety of children- schools, parents, and government?
· Why is child sexual abuse on the rise, what can schools and parents do?
· Why is there no fixed age for nursery in our country? Some states have it as 3 years.
· What is digital literacy and how can parents ensure digital safety of their children?
About Podar Jumbo Kids:
The early childhood programs at Podar Jumbo Kids are designed to give children the correct stress-free environment, personal attention and scientifically formulated schedule of activities to nurture their growing brains. Appropriate socio-emotional care is given to each child to help him develop the right inter- and intra-personal intelligence.
The Early years Program at Podar Jumbo Kids promotes age-appropriate, holistic development focusing on nurturing each child’s communication and language skill, creative expression and physical, self and social development. Brain stimulation is at its peak at this age and thus activities that nurture brain development are implemented in age and developmentally appropriate ways through play, language and exploration activities.
Activities are designed to help the Early years children learn by making sense of things and people around them, investigate the world, form relationships and engage in active social interactions. Early years learning in the Playschool and Nursery class ensures a smooth transition to the more structured and skill-driven learning expectations of the kindergarten years.
About Dr. Swati Popat Vats:
Dr. Swati Popat Vats is the founder director of Podar Jumbo Kids, one of the most successful and parent preferred brand of preschool and day care chain in India. She heads the Teacher training wing of the company and is a Lead Assurer for the CACHE program called the Podar Institute of Education. She is President of Podar Education and President of Early Childhood Association (India) and the National representative for the World Forum Foundation. She is also the nursery director of Little Wonders Nursery (UAE) that has branches in Jumeirah and Sharjah. She was the founder consultant for the Euro Kids preschool project in India and helped set up TATASKY’s children’s television activity channel- ACTVE WHIZKIDS. She is the founder expert on the world’s first video based parenting website www.born-smart.com
Swati obliterated stress from preprimary education by promoting the removal of the red and blue lines and cursive writing in preschools, thus gifting children stress-free learning and coined a new philosophy ‘Kiducation’ a brain based progressive and child friendly curriculum. She also got parents to participate in their child’s learning in every way. She has changed many nursery rhymes like ‘piggy on the railway, ‘ringa, ringa roses’,’humpty dumpty’ to make them more developmentally appropriate for young kids. Her most recent agenda is the pursuit to bring an awareness about child safety be it traffic safety or child sexual abuse and for this she has developed workshops and written a book- ‘When Touch Becomes Trouble’, that can help kids, teachers and parents. She has developed the first ever animated video to advocate about good touch bad touch, available on utube- When Touch becomes trouble
As the leader for Asia of the Nature Action Collaborative for Children (NACC) she works tirelessly to ensure that children in India grow up knowing the earth and learning to respect nature right from the start. To help children understand about nature conservation she has written a book, The Tiger, The Sparrow and The Bee. She is also the National Representative for India at the World Forum Foundation that works for early childhood in 150 countries
Swati has authored many books on and for children. Mr. Pencil and Friends, How To Teach So Kids Can Learn, Are You Unknowingly Harming Your Child, How To Be A Super Mom, Play is the Work of Childhood, Yipes!, Why Does Zelda Need Stripes?, Lappu and the Magic of Paani have all received rave reviews. Recently she has authored the new age fairy tale series that has revolutionized traditional fairy tales and made them more relevant for kids, the titles include- 3 Little Pigs Save The Earth, Red Riding Hood And The Wolf That
Liked Healthy Food, Goldilocks And The 3 Magic Words and Hansel And Gretel And The Kind Old Lady.
Swati writes parenting columns for Savvy, Mother & Baby, DNA newspaper Bangalore, Parent Edge, Teacher Magazine and is parenting expert for Aditya Birla web portal and iDiva online newspaper of Times of India.
She received the Gold Award for Child Education from the Governor of Goa and recently the Fellowship of Honour from New Zealand Tertiary College. Most recently she was awarded by the Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India for outstanding achievements, transforming lives, dedication to service and immense valuable contributions to society.
