The child today Every child is born with limitless potential and intelligence. How that is nourished and channelized into positive development of the self and the community is up to us, the nurturers, and the environment that they grow in. Today, there is a lot of onus on the children to be smart and competitive. But somewhere the need to perform has induced a lot of stress in the child. A spate of headlines in the media recently pointed to this harsh reality. And it reflects on the environment that the child lives in today. What we can do As nurturers we all have a role to play in ensuring that our children grow up to be self confident, balanced, responsible and caring citizens. This involves not only understanding our children and their needs better, but also ourselves better – our anxieties, pressures, personalities, aspirations etc because all these reflect on our children. Hoopla Parent Plus Hoopla Parent Plus (HPP) strives to achieve all of the above through articles, columns by experts and interacive parenting workshops.
		Hoopla Parent Plus launch issue

YOU the individual - Hoopla Connect
You as a parent are also an individaul and we know that in order to bring up well-groomed, balanced and confident individuals, you need to be well-groomed, balanced and confident individuals yourself. In keeping with this, we now offer you other activities as well with the focus on you as a:
- A SPOUSE
- A PARENT
- AN INDIVIDUAL
- A PROFESSIONAL

What you get:
- Classes in areas such as Dance(Freestyle, Jive, Salsa), Martial Arts, Yoga etc
- Fun Interactive sessions in areas such as Parenting,
- Relationship Management,
- Career Options, Grooming,
- Nurturing Hobbies,
- Personality Development etc.
- Talent Showcase
- Family Bonding Activities
- Awareness & Sensitivity
- Opportunity to network and connect with like minded people an build a community
- Monthly magazine on parenting, the Hoopla Parent Plus

HIGHLIGHTS

The Classes:
- Classes are conducted by experts and subject-specialists
- Classes shall be conducted at a centre near where the member resides
- The classes shall be designed and delivered as per Training Guidelines for effectives
- The classes will not be crowded and shall have a well-thought out batch-size for each of the mentioned activities
- The classes shall also work towards introducing related etiquettes based on the subject
- For many areas the classes will be designed in such a way that they become competitive exercises in showcasing talent
- All of the above only at Rs.999 per month and what’s more???
- You , your family and friends get discounted rates in the various Activity Classes being conducted by us
- You get to share your experiences, thoughts, ideas and memorable picture/video-moments with us and you become a member of a One-of-a-kind Community in the city.

For more details contact
Hoopla Parent Plus
106, M.B Centre, 134,
Infantry Road
Bangalore- 560001
Phone No: 080- 65836545

Interactive workshops for Teachers and Parents

Hoopla Parent Plus had recently organized two workshops. One was a teacher’s workshop conducted by Ajith Kaikini, Director, Growth and Corporate Training-Buoyancee. He is a motivational speaker who has trained over 20,000 parents/housewives. The event was part of the Hoopla Club Finale, held on January 23rd for all Hoopla Club member schools

The other workshop was held at Hoopla Club member school DPS Bangalore South on January 30 for the parents of the school’s fourth grade children. It was conducted by Dr Nandini Mundkur, developmental paediatrician, who has long years of experience working with children. She gave a holistic perspective to education, meant to help parents help their children in their studies in a meaningful way.At the two recent HPP workshops held for teachers of both pre schools and regular schools, the par ticipants were asked to fill in a form with their thoughts on what they would like to be introduced in their school, the challenges they face, and on the difference they would like to make to a child’s life. Presented below are some excerpts from it. Read on and keep watching this space for more. And if you have anything to share with us too, please do mail them to info@hooplaparentplus.com.

What difference would you like to be introduced in your school?And, What difference would you like to make to a child’s life?

- Conduct awareness programmes for parents and evolve fun filled great learning concepts.

- As adults we always enforce our decisions on children. I would like to get kids to decide some basic essential for themselves and voice their opinions.
Nameetha Janardhan, Deborah Raosario, Alpha Kids Play School

- Most of the subjects are very stereotyped. They need to be replaced with simpler and contemporary subjects and topics like media, child-teenage-parent psychology, sex education, personality development, mental illness, hygiene, life-death issues etc.

- More cooperation and participation of the parent in the school’s process of child development.

- Respect the child and bring out the joy in learning
Shaila Holla, Teacher, Mitra Montessori House of Children

- Some new ways of teaching to help the child learn more and different ways to educate parents about their child.

- I would want each and every child to express his feelings and emotions and would want to help the child with this and to help the child grow in this competitive world.
Deepal M Mehta, Teacher, Vidya Niketan Montessori