WILLIEZ: Disentangling Parenting Concerns by Imparting Holistic Education through Play

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WILLIEZ: Disentangling Parenting Concerns by Imparting Holistic Education through Play

The current Silicon Valley parenting trends witnesses the tech honchos sending their kids to schools where they don’t use technology. The inclination among some of the ‘digerati’ for their children to backpedal to basics has prompted a debate over this. While most principals are scrambling to find the cash for more gullible tech innovations in the crèche, some preschools are getting rid of them altogether. The pedagogy emphasises the role of imagination in learning and takes a holistic approach that integrates the savvy, practical and creative development of pupil. Bestowing upon ‘learning by doing’, Mumbai-based WILLIEZ makes sure that its classrooms have abundant non-screen interactive activities to promptly draw kids into it, thereby resulting in experiential learning...