About the Author

I can hardly call myself an author. This book is an outcome of enormous pressure put by my good, sincere students who have encouraged me to pick up the pen and write down whatever I have been lecturing about child development and psychology in their class as a part of the ECCEd (Early childhood Care Education) diploma course. I am more of a teacher having an invaluable experience of teaching for more than 50 years now. I dare say that a major part of my learning about the subject has happened while interacting with my students.

I have imparted whatever knowledge my teachers gifted me with to my students and in return they provided me with the opportunity to take up the challenges posed by their inquisitive minds and quest for learning in the form of interesting questions. This two ways learning process kept building up more and more information within me and finally I decided to share this accumulation of very useful information with more people. People who are not able to reach us physically should also have the benefit of learning from my teaching experience, accumulation of knowledge of the subject.

The guidelines actually provided by the interaction with students, teachers and parents of my nursery school (Rainbow Global School) children have helped in forming the content of this book.

The subject of child development and child psychology is not only interesting and intriguing but also extends beyond one mindful and one lifetime. It is important to know that the foundation of the personality of an individual is laid during the first 6 years of its life. The experiences gained during this early years remain as an imprint on the unconscious part of the mind and pull strings of the conscious mind resulting in the behaviour pattern displayed by the individual during the growing years and beyond that in the adult personality. Overlook or the mistakes committed knowingly or unknowingly at this stage go a long way in to the individual’s behaviour, thinking pattern, emotional make up in adulthood.

I wish to contribute through this book a population of physically and mentally stable, strong, happy and healthy people. I look forward to your support in my this venture.

Your response and suggestions to this mine of my will be highly appreciated. Please feel free to send your feedback to my personal mailing address given below.