If you ask us in person, in a lighter vein, we would say everybody! But you know, hold on, even seriously - everybody!

It is not just if your child is not doing well in school or has any other behavioral issues. In fact, if they are doing well in school they might need the thinking skills program even more. Why? Ok, I'll list out the reasons for both:

1. If your child has problems in school/is showing behavioral issues - you are perhaps, frantically looking for a solution and you are right in doing so. The earlier a problem gets rectified the better. Now, the issue could lie in any of the thinking related corners of the brain and through our entire thinking skills program we provide a lot of opportunities for the child to create the right kind of spark at the right kind of moment so that they come out of their pattern effectively. It also builds a lot of confidence in them to stand apart, be unique and an initiative to better themselves.

2. If your child is doing well in school already - then you don't really need to teach them how to think, right? Well, not entirely true. A child who has learnt how to excel in school could have learnt the process of achieving it too or maybe just outsmarting the system. In the latter case, what happens when system changes? What happens when life throws open challenges at you? In the former case, the child may not have consciously internalized the process of figuring things out - "I just do it well, don't know how!" (as a child told me today). For a smart child, it could be one of the best gifts you could give them.

Our program has the flexibility to cater well to both the categories of children, without being exclusive about it! The beauty of being creative, huh? 

Moreover, our thinking skills program caters to a set of specific modules that help create a platform of success for the child, many of the modules are not covered in the regular school curriculum and hence, are not things that a child is generally exposed to. That adds to both the points above, that children today are in urgent need of these skills - reason being 'success' in life!

This is an interesting question that people have asked us. How does a creative thinking activity look like? What innovative content will it have? How new will it be?

While, we can design and we do design and deliver 'new' creative activities. The 'creativity' in these activities does not emerge from the 'newness' of the activity itself, neither does it emerge from the 'complicated' nature of anything that we put forth. It emerges from the child being able to look at something 'existing' with a 'new' pair of eyes, him/her being able to observe a phenomena they were previously oblivious to. In fact, them being able to overcome the pressures placed by the society to forget their child-like curiosity and help them be 'curious' all over again!

if an activity is able to achieve this or even partly this, it is a 'creative activity' in itself!

If you are one of the people who have subscribed to our Thinking Corner Creative Challenge, this post is for you! If you have not subscribed yet, you are missing all the fun in the world - what are you waiting for - click here and register!!!

Ok, so as you go through the sheets and the email challenges, how do you feel? Is there a feeling of being cornered? Is there some 'creative spur' happening in your child's brains? Are you able to come up with innovative answers yourself? Are you able to help your child move forward? If the answer to the above is YES - you have 'creatively' attempted the challenge and stretched your brain in the right direction. 

Now, if you find yourself stuck - just give us a shout out and we will send you clues to help you out! Many of you have already contacted us for clues and moved forward with it too...we are proud of how you are working your creative side of the brain!

For the others, we are half-way through, you should have submitted your first sheet at least, picked up your second sheet. Sent us a reply to your first email challenge, received the second one and must be busy 'cranking' up the answer to the second one too! Looking forward to what you have to say....

Over the past few weeks we have launched a bunch of new programs for 5-7 and 8-13 year olds in Bangalore and also, one of our latest modules on Communication & Interpersonal skills. For 5-7 year olds, several parents have this question for us - why do we want to work on communication skills of children at such a young age?

Well, in all honesty, we teach our children reading/writing at this age (in fact, even earlier!). We start teaching them right/wrong at this age (and wish, they just knew it!!!). We start teaching them basics of mathematics, science and more at this age, don't we? Then, why not communication skills?

Now, when you meet a child does any of the reading/writing matter directly, if the child doesn't communicate effectively? Your first and probably last impressions are formed based on how the child interacts with you and how s/he talks/behaves in a group. It is the same between children too, they weigh and judge each other this way (and don't we too as adults?). 

Just like we can embed all these other skills at a young age, we can embed communication skills as a habit at a young age too. If it comes as a reflex to communicate well, it is a part of you forever, right? If you know how to be aware and how to express your emotions, no one can take you for granted or take you for a ride, can they? There is no need to wait till one is in their 20s or even in your teens to learn these. You will have loads of unlearning to do first, at that age!


We teach these concepts through simple, understandable and age-appropriate methods and children learn to apply them in their own surroundings as they learn! Feel free to contact us if you have further queries or suggestions, we would love to help you.