Experiential Parenting

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Documented in real time, one challenge at a time.

We don’t plan what to write here. A challenge arrives, a skill Sabi needs, a phase Vasuda is in, a decision we can’t agree on, and we write our way through it. The challenge comes first. The writing follows.

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What are you teaching?

Each skill below is a series, not a single post. Browse the one most relevant to where your child is right now.

READING

How to Introduce Non-Fiction to Children (Age 6-7)

Aug 15, 2022 • 8 min

By Dhara Shah

in Reading

How to Cultivate a Habit of Reading Fiction in Children (Age 5-7)

Apr 08, 2022 • 3 min

By Dhara Shah

in Labor / Communicate 📰 ✍️

How to Teach Reading to Preschoolers (Age 3-5)

Apr 08, 2021 • 4 min

By Dhara Shah

in Labor / Communicate 📰 ✍️

How to Foster an Affinity for Reading in Toddlers (Age 1-3)

Apr 08, 2019 • 7 min

By Dhara Shah

in Labor / Communicate 📰 ✍️

How to Introduce Non-Fiction to Children (Age 6-7)

Dhara Shah in Reading

Aug 15, 2022 • 8 min

How to Cultivate a Habit of Reading Fiction in Children (Age 5-7)

Dhara Shah in Labor / Communicate 📰 ✍️

Apr 08, 2022 • 3 min

How to Teach Reading to Preschoolers (Age 3-5)

Dhara Shah in Labor / Communicate 📰 ✍️

Apr 08, 2021 • 4 min

How to Foster an Affinity for Reading in Toddlers (Age 1-3)

Dhara Shah in Labor / Communicate 📰 ✍️

Apr 08, 2019 • 7 min

Entrepreneurship

How To Teach Entrepreneurship to Children (Age 6-7)

Oct 01, 2023 • 7 min

By Dhara Shah

in Labor / Sell

How To Teach Entrepreneurship to Children (Age 5-6)

Oct 04, 2022 • 10 min

By Dhara Shah

in Labor / Sell

How To Teach Entrepreneurship to Children (Age 6-7)

Dhara Shah in Labor / Sell

Oct 01, 2023 • 7 min

How To Teach Entrepreneurship to Children (Age 5-6)

Dhara Shah in Labor / Sell

Oct 04, 2022 • 10 min

COMMUNICATION

How to Teach Visual Communication to Preschoolers (Age 3-5)

Dec 30, 2020 • 2 min

By Dhara Shah

in Labor / Communicate 📰 ✍️

How to Teach Visual Communication to Preschoolers (Age 3-5)

Dhara Shah in Labor / Communicate 📰 ✍️

Dec 30, 2020 • 2 min

PROBLEM SOLVING

How to Teach Children to Solve Puzzles (Age 4-5)

Dec 31, 2021 • 5 min

By Dhara Shah

in Labor

How to Teach Children to Solve Puzzles (Age 4-5)

Dhara Shah in Labor

Dec 31, 2021 • 5 min

STEM

How To Teach K-5 Math to Children (Age 4-7)

May 01, 2024 • 15 min

By Dhara Shah

in 5-6: Early Childhood

How To Teach K-5 Math to Children (Age 4-7)

Dhara Shah in 5-6: Early Childhood

May 01, 2024 • 15 min

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Where is your child right now?

The same skill looks different at every age. Use this to find what’s relevant to your season.

Infant (0 to 12 months)

Toddler (1 to 3 years)

Preschooler (3 to 6 years)

Early Childhood (6 to 8 years)

Middle Childhood (8 to 10 years)

Pre-Teen (10 to 12 years)

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What is it building in them?

Skills are the vehicle. Character is the destination. These posts document not just what Sabi and Vasuda learned but what it built in them over time.

Delayed Gratification

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Rooted in tradition

Some of what we do as parents is drawn directly from the Indic tradition: introducing religion through pilgrimage, teaching physical strength through Gada Yuddha, connecting history books to temple visits. These posts carry that thread.