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Jun 2026 A Fleeting Encounter

A Fleeting Encounter

A wait of five hours on Mall Road, Mussoorie — and a tearful, speechless meeting with Ruskin Bond that changed everything. A Grade 10 student's account of meeting her literary hero.

June 5 min read
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Jun 2026 Mindful Affirmations For Your Child

Mindful Affirmations For Your Child

A child's subconscious mind is incredibly powerful. Repeated words and labels can gradually become beliefs — a reflection from Veera's parents on the power of positive affirmations.

June 4 min read
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Jul 2026 'Superpower' — Looking Beyond The Screens

'Superpower' — Looking Beyond The Screens

We live in a world of digital distractions. Let's teach our children to look up from their screens and rediscover the vibrant world around them — turning everyday routines into adventures in awareness.

July 4 min read
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Archive

2019
Why should I read a book?
Parent Aug 2 5 min read

Why should I read a book?

Mrs.Janani Sunderarajan Mother of Arvind & Ananya Sunderarjan Mom : Please switch off the television, Anya. Its reading time now. Anya : Mam...

A guide to finding the perfect balance between parenting and being their best friend
Parent May 20 4 min read

A guide to finding the perfect balance between parenting and being their best friend

Have you ever faced situation where your child made a mistake and you didn't know if you should teach them a lesson or just let it go? Its s...

WORKING A WAY OUT IN MY CHILD’S DIGITAL WORLD
Parent May 3 4 min read

WORKING A WAY OUT IN MY CHILD’S DIGITAL WORLD

I remember the first time I handed out my phone to my child to play a game that I’m sure we all remember- Temple Run. He was intrigued by...

GENDER EQUALITY BEGINS AT HOME: HERE’S HOW!
Learner Mar 22 2 min read

GENDER EQUALITY BEGINS AT HOME: HERE’S HOW!

Parenting largely influences the way your children think. The general notions that they have, their perception of the world and how they loo...

TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT TERRORISM
Educator Mar 19 3 min read

TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT TERRORISM

The recent incidents of terrorism in Pulwama sent shockwaves throughout the country and world. The way young children and teens perceive the...

Glory of Sanskrit: Past Meets the Future… Sanskrit- A Language Of Ancient Engineers Also!!! By Ms. Shamika Phadke
Parent Feb 21 9 min read

Glory of Sanskrit: Past Meets the Future… Sanskrit- A Language Of Ancient Engineers Also!!! By Ms. Shamika Phadke

Introduction: It is said that the seed for all inventions lies in an inquisitive human mind. Since the dawn of mankind, human beings are alw...

UNDERSTANDING TEENAGERS
Parent Feb 18 4 min read

UNDERSTANDING TEENAGERS

Do you recall yourself as a teenager? Do feelings like confusion, wanting to fit in and myriad thoughts dominate your memories? This is what...

HELP YOUR CHILDREN DEAL WITH BULLYING
Educator Feb 15 3 min read

HELP YOUR CHILDREN DEAL WITH BULLYING

Playfully teasing one another is pretty common amongst children and they also find it funny. However, when the same teasing becomes constant...

DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN CHILDREN
Educator Jan 21 4 min read

DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN CHILDREN

As parents, we make sure that we send our children to the best schools, learn the best of math and science but somehow, end up neglecting on...

PARENTS, NEVER SAY NO TO OUTDOOR GAMES!
Educator Jan 15 3 min read

PARENTS, NEVER SAY NO TO OUTDOOR GAMES!

As kids, we all have been in that situation where our parents would insist us to stop playing and study. And now, when we have become parent...

2018
HOW TO INCULCATE READING HABITS IN KIDS
Educator Dec 20 5 min read

HOW TO INCULCATE READING HABITS IN KIDS

“There is more treasure in books than in allthe pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” – Walt Disney We resonate with Sir Richard Steele...

HOW PICT MODEL SCHOOL’S ‘REFLECTIVE LEARNING APPROACH’ HELPS LEARNERS
Learner Dec 5 3 min read

HOW PICT MODEL SCHOOL’S ‘REFLECTIVE LEARNING APPROACH’ HELPS LEARNERS

“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.” -Margaret...

FINANCIAL LITERACY- TEACHING KIDS THE ART OF SAVING.
Learner Nov 15 3 min read

FINANCIAL LITERACY- TEACHING KIDS THE ART OF SAVING.

Change is the only constant thing in this world. Over the years, we have been evolving physically and cognitively. Our society has also evol...

EXPLORING CAREER OPTIONS WHILE AT SCHOOL
Learner Nov 15 3 min read

EXPLORING CAREER OPTIONS WHILE AT SCHOOL

School students have a plethora of opportunities ahead of them. From pure sciences to engineering, accounting to financial planning, liberal...

SEASONS AND APPLICABLE HEALTHCARE
Parent Sep 28 3 min read

SEASONS AND APPLICABLE HEALTHCARE

“Health is Wealth” is one of the most popular saying we grew up listening to. Here at PICT, we would want to go a step ahead to say “H...

PICT MODEL SCHOOL HELPS PREPARE YOUNG LEARNERS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ABROAD
Learner Sep 17 3 min read

PICT MODEL SCHOOL HELPS PREPARE YOUNG LEARNERS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ABROAD

Moving abroad can often be a very challenging time for students and parents alike. Around 3 lakh students from India go abroad every year fo...

ONLY FOR YOU
Educator Sep 4 1 min read

ONLY FOR YOU

What a wonderful bliss of bliss is the unimaginable human known as miss In our world they are our light, as living without them is a formida...

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT CAREER OPTIONS FOR YOUR CHILD AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
Learner Aug 29 3 min read

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT CAREER OPTIONS FOR YOUR CHILD AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?

The process of launching a teen into the “real world” can be a season of high anxiety for parents. The decisions teens make at the thres...

INCORPORATION OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND INTERESTS
Educator Aug 22 3 min read

INCORPORATION OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND INTERESTS

India has among the youngest population in the world, which means it can make a resourceful pool of manpower. A pre-requisite though is that...

FOSTERING A CULTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN SCHOOL
Parent Jul 29 3 min read

FOSTERING A CULTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN SCHOOL

In a globalizing world of limited resources and unlimited ingenuity, schools play a vital role in preparing students to meet the sustainabil...

INNOVATION – THE MANTRA OF GEN NEXT
Learner Jul 4 3 min read

INNOVATION – THE MANTRA OF GEN NEXT

Great poet William Butler Yeast once said, “Education should not be the filling of a pail but the lightning of a fire.” Using innovative...

ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY
Learner Jun 29 3 min read

ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY

Someone has rightly said, “Sports are more than just games; they are about life, emotion, passion, and some of the greatest highs and lows...

BRIDGING THE COMMUNICATION GAP BETWEEN A CHILD AND PARENT IS OUR AIM.
Parent Jun 9 4 min read

BRIDGING THE COMMUNICATION GAP BETWEEN A CHILD AND PARENT IS OUR AIM.

When we compare two generations and when there is a considerable difference in the lifestyles, habits, likes and dislikes of the people belo...

THE NECESSITY OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AT SCHOOLS
Educator May 22 3 min read

THE NECESSITY OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AT SCHOOLS

We live in a society that places a high value on the profession and white-collar jobs, and that still considers blue-collar work lower statu...

THE ADVANTAGES OF LESS SCREEN TIME TO GROWING KIDS
Parent May 14 5 min read

THE ADVANTAGES OF LESS SCREEN TIME TO GROWING KIDS

“Whether you are a parent or not, carving out time to turn off your devices, to disconnect from the wired world and engage with the real p...

AT PICT, SPORTS IS MORE THAN JUST PLAY
Learner Apr 30 2 min read

AT PICT, SPORTS IS MORE THAN JUST PLAY

High fives. School spirit. Team pride. School-based sports programs can bring out noticeable positive reactions and behaviors in teens. In a...

WE ARE COMMITTED TO BRING IN ‘METACOGNITION’
Educator Apr 24 3 min read

WE ARE COMMITTED TO BRING IN ‘METACOGNITION’

Why do some students in a course perform better than others of roughly equal ability? The answers, of course, are as varied as are students...

WE ENCOURAGE “NO TUITION POLICY”
Learner Mar 28 2 min read

WE ENCOURAGE “NO TUITION POLICY”

A world of academics at school, at home and yet again, in the tuition classes - is it really helping your child to perform? Or is it merely...

WE DESIGN IN INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLANS.
Learner Mar 15 2 min read

WE DESIGN IN INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLANS.

In today’s competitive world where the tables have turned from “Jack of all trades and master of none” to “Jack of all trades and ma...

WHY PEER LEARNING IS IMPORTANT?
Educator Mar 11 3 min read

WHY PEER LEARNING IS IMPORTANT?

“Profound changes to how children access vast information is yielding new forms of peer-to-peer and individual-guided learning.” -Sugata...

AT PICT, YOUR CHILD IS A CERTIFIED ENGLISH SPEAKER
Parent Feb 22 3 min read

AT PICT, YOUR CHILD IS A CERTIFIED ENGLISH SPEAKER

There are more than 7000 languages spoken around the world. Nearly two third of the languages are from Africa and Asia with the fewest belon...

HOW WE ESTABLISH A POSITIVE TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP AT PICT
Educator Feb 2 3 min read

HOW WE ESTABLISH A POSITIVE TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP AT PICT

Parents of shy and introvert children are often worried about sending their children to ‘big schools’ thinking that they may be intimida...

WHY WE CHOOSE APPLY AND ANALYZE INFORMATION OVER MEMORIZATION AT PICT
Parent Jan 23 3 min read

WHY WE CHOOSE APPLY AND ANALYZE INFORMATION OVER MEMORIZATION AT PICT

There is a huge difference between accumulation of information and assimilation to synthesize. Gathering knowledge is the initial process wh...

2017
PARENTING TIPS 4: A HEALTHY DIET
Parent Dec 27 5 min read

PARENTING TIPS 4: A HEALTHY DIET

There is an old saying “Health is Wealth” and perhaps this saying was never more important as today. With the world shrinking to a globa...

PARENTING TIPS 3: HERE'S HOW YOUR CHILD CAN DEVELOP FINE MOTOR SKILLS AT HOME
Parent Dec 15 3 min read

PARENTING TIPS 3: HERE'S HOW YOUR CHILD CAN DEVELOP FINE MOTOR SKILLS AT HOME

In our previous blog, we had discussed about the importance of developing Motor Skills in children. In this blog we will draw your attention...

PARENT’S GUIDE TO IDENTIFYING LEARNING DISABILITIES IN THEIR CHILDREN
Parent Nov 23 2 min read

PARENT’S GUIDE TO IDENTIFYING LEARNING DISABILITIES IN THEIR CHILDREN

Learning disabilities are neurological problems which interfere with basic learning skills such as reading, writing, comprehending, calculat...

WHY IS READING TO A CHILD RECOMMENDED?
Parent Nov 18 3 min read

WHY IS READING TO A CHILD RECOMMENDED?

For years, pediatricians and child psychologists have recommended reading to children and for all the right reasons, too! It is the most bri...

HOW MOTOR SKILLS HELP IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Educator Nov 1 2 min read

HOW MOTOR SKILLS HELP IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

The relationship between motor skills and academic achievements has been a topic of research in the field of education since time immemorial...

INSTILLING CRITICAL THINKING IN CLASSROOM
Learner Oct 13 2 min read

INSTILLING CRITICAL THINKING IN CLASSROOM

PICT Model School's very own Mr. Nehal Singhal, a 6th Grader (Emerald), has some really beautiful and thoughtful information to share with h...

7 WAYS TO RELIVE THE CHILD IN YOU THIS SUMMER
Learner Oct 13 3 min read

7 WAYS TO RELIVE THE CHILD IN YOU THIS SUMMER

Summers offer a great time to relax, but not for the kids who are bouncing off the walls, playing video games or shrieking "I'm bored". As p...

LEARNING THEORIES - IV
Educator Sep 27 3 min read

LEARNING THEORIES - IV

Having talked about Cognitive Learning Theory and Behavioral Learning Theory previously, what remains to be discussed now is type three (and...

LEARNING THEORIES - III
Educator Aug 29 2 min read

LEARNING THEORIES - III

In our older blogs we started talking about Learning theories - Cognitive Learning Theory in particular. So, let’s pick up where we left o...

IMPACT OF MEDIA ON CHILDREN
Parent Aug 8 3 min read

IMPACT OF MEDIA ON CHILDREN

Media has continuously pervaded and defined society, furthermore it has also advanced with technology. Media impacts and shapes society’s...

CLASSROOM CULTURE AT PICT MODEL SCHOOL
Educator Jul 20 4 min read

CLASSROOM CULTURE AT PICT MODEL SCHOOL

Clay P. Bedford quoted it right, “You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he...

WE ADAPTED REFLECTIVE LEARNING FOR THE LEARNERS OF TODAY, KNOW WHY.
Learner Jul 7 2 min read

WE ADAPTED REFLECTIVE LEARNING FOR THE LEARNERS OF TODAY, KNOW WHY.

With PICT Model School, you can be rest assured that your child’s future readiness is secured and on track as we have adopted the pedagogy...

HOW PICT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR FUTURE BY ACTIVE LEARNING
Educator Jun 27 2 min read

HOW PICT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR FUTURE BY ACTIVE LEARNING

Learning is defined as “a process that brings together personal experiences and environmental influences for acquiring, enriching or modif...

FIND OUT WHY STUDENTS OF PICT WISH TO ATTEND SCHOOL ON SUNDAYS!
Educator Jun 14 2 min read

FIND OUT WHY STUDENTS OF PICT WISH TO ATTEND SCHOOL ON SUNDAYS!

We all remember whining when our parents first dropped us to school, how we wouldn’t let go of their hands and whine even more bitterly. H...

PICT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!
Parent May 6 2 min read

PICT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!

Memory, a word that distinguishes our characteristics from other living beings. It is our ‘Memory’ that defines our existence, our every...

PICT’S SAVIOUR IMPRESSES IIT
Educator Apr 15 2 min read

PICT’S SAVIOUR IMPRESSES IIT

Pune Institute of Computer Technology has been around for around three and a half decades, building the minds of young educationalists. It h...

PLAY- HIGHEST FORM OF LEARNING
Educator Apr 2 3 min read

PLAY- HIGHEST FORM OF LEARNING

We have witnessed our children learn through activities since a very young age. The colorful scribbling on the walls, the counting of toys...

THE JOY OF READING
Educator Mar 5 2 min read

THE JOY OF READING

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” – Walt Disney Reading gives us a place to go, wh...

Best CBSE Schools In Pune DECODING BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
Educator Feb 27 3 min read

Best CBSE Schools In Pune DECODING BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

Bloom's Taxonomy was created in 1956 under the leadership of educational psychologist Dr Benjamin Bloom. Bloom’s taxonomy helps educators...

METACOGNITION
Educator Feb 16 2 min read

METACOGNITION

Metacognition; the word in itself is self explanatory where “meta means about” and “cognition means process of understanding and acqui...

BEST SCHOOL IN PUNE
Educator Jan 30 3 min read

BEST SCHOOL IN PUNE

In the last blog we have seen how the selection of school matters as the maximum amount of impactful time that children spend is in school...

CHOOSE THE BEST SCHOOL
Educator Jan 19 3 min read

CHOOSE THE BEST SCHOOL

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. -B. F. Skinner Education is a phenomenon that requires contemplati...

2016
LEARNING THEORIES - II
Educator Dec 12 2 min read

LEARNING THEORIES - II

In the previous BLOG we saw what the learning theories are, why to use them and how they are useful in the entire journey of the learner as...

LEARNING THEORIES - I
Parent Dec 1 2 min read

LEARNING THEORIES - I

We all have seen, heard, and studied so many theories in our academics but do we know there are a lot of theories which explain how to teach...

10 THINGS YOU SHOULD DISCUSS BEFORE YOUR CHILD TURNS 10
Learner Nov 21 4 min read

10 THINGS YOU SHOULD DISCUSS BEFORE YOUR CHILD TURNS 10

Children are special; for you, your family and for the future! But, somewhere between the birth and the growing up phase, the values and pri...

WE DO WE REFLECT WE LEARN
Learner Oct 24 4 min read

WE DO WE REFLECT WE LEARN

Like a chapter in a good textbook, a lecture is an efficient way to deliver course content. However, delivering course content is not always...

LEARNING IT MY WAY - II
Learner Oct 13 2 min read

LEARNING IT MY WAY - II

In the second part of the blog we will talk about the VARK Model which includes the learning styles explained in the first part of LEARNING...

LEARNING IT MY WAY - I
Educator Oct 13 2 min read

LEARNING IT MY WAY - I

“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” These words of Ignacio Estrada have paved the way...

EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT - II
Educator Sep 28 2 min read

EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT - II

Early child period is the most important and critical phase of development in the entire lifespan of humans. This is why it is important to...

EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT - I
Parent Sep 16 3 min read

EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT - I

Children are the game changers in every parent's life. Hence no parent will ever leave a stone unturned to make sure they grow up well. Grow...

WHAT WILL YOUR KIDS EXACTLY BE DOING AT NESTLING ?
Parent Sep 2 3 min read

WHAT WILL YOUR KIDS EXACTLY BE DOING AT NESTLING ?

A child must be understood and given space so that the imagination and creativity takes a stroll in their little brains. This is the reason...

PICT’S NESTLING DAY CARE AND ENRICHMENT CENTRE
Educator Aug 23 3 min read

PICT’S NESTLING DAY CARE AND ENRICHMENT CENTRE

Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT) is a very renowned name and has a legacy of 30 years in the Education Sector. PICT is an instit...