Little Dot - D&L Club

Mother Toddler is back!

To so many of our littlest friends who have been asking! Dot and Line is resuming Mother Toddler classes at Buzzing Bees Play cafe every Saturday for Ages 11 months to 3 years! Come Join the Fun!

Think read-alouds, puppets, paint, live music and more!
Only 12 seats
Registrations close 28th June. Classes start 1st July!

Call/Whatsapp: 03460086795 for more details!

Baber Khokhar

In-person classes with Internationally certified IB teacher Ms Mehar.

Age groups: 2.5 years to 4 years
4.5 years to 6 years

Curriculum goals:

-phonics awareness
-blending
-digraphs
-letter formation and writing practice
-upper case and lower case alphabets
-enhancement of fine motor skills
-activity based learning
-story sessions
-imaginative play

Student count: 6

Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Timings: 2pm to 3pm and 4pm to 5pm

Charges per child: 12,000

Start date: 23rd August onwards

Inbox us to put your name on the waitlist.

What’s a Dot & Line learning pod?

Exclusive home based classes for children aged 2.5 to 5 years, a Dot & Line learning pod is the perfect space for your child to learn with complete safety.

Our specially trained early years home tutors conduct classes from your home with a fabulous curated curriculum that includes expressive read alouds, hands on activities, music and movement and much more!

All you need to do is arrange a group of 4-5 children and we will sort out the rest! Currently only available in DHA, Clifton and PECHS.

Join! Dot & Line.

The best online tutors for math and English!

Classes held according to your schedule from 2 days a week to 5 days a week!

Learning packs delivered to your doorstep.

Call 03460086795 and 03460086799

There is A LOT going on in the world right now, and sometimes it's difficult for children to process snippets overheard in conversations or on the news. Should we be mindful of the content we consume on television around children? Absolutely! But sometimes current events hold up a mirror to how we are living our lives. Use this opportunity not to shun discourse in your homes, but to curate that discourse so we all do our part to break the vicious cycle of "history repeats itself."

What happened to George Floyd is a deep injustice and that injustice does not recognise state or country lines. Talk about why all lives matter regardless of the colour of our skin. Reimagine a kinder world that does not discriminate. Preach/teach tolerance, respect and empathy.

We have uploaded a worksheet from Dot and Line's program on our page Learning Hub by Dot & Line to get the conversation started with younger children. Comment below with your email address and we can email it across to you if you are not a member of the page.

Illustration by August Wren

Much Love

Celebrating Mistakes

A wonderful mother came up to us with a very poignant question. She wanted to know why her son was making so many mistakes despite the fact that math was his favorite subject. We wanted to take this question as an opportunity to delve into some thoughts we have on mistakes and the importance of teaching our children the value of vulnerability.

The subject of Math in it self is a celebration of the ‘process,’ rather than correct answers. It is an urge, an outpouring of our natural curiosity, using the tools of experimentation and organisation to make sense of the chaos around us. Patterns, equations, formulae are all a redactive effort to solve the mysteries of the universe! The greatest mathematicians, the out-of-the-box thinkers, challenged the system. They discovered by failing and failing numerous times before they found the key to open up a world of possibility. Which brings us to the need of the hour.

In today’s competitive and cutthroat world our idea of self revolves around independence, self-defense, self-reliance and self-assuredness. There is no room for error. The very idea of making a mistake is a c***k in the armour that reeks of failure. What we sometimes tend to forget is that the fearless among us aren’t afraid to make mistakes – their mistakes are their expression of curiosity. Their mistakes are healthy. Let’s not stigmatise them.
Here’s to our brave little soldiers. March on, be vulnerable, be kind and be mindful for the world is not limited for those who try.

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein

ps. check out our stories for a wonderful toddler art project on mistakes!

Mini Film-Fest for our home learners!!

Family-Friendly Short Films to Spark Creativity and Curiosity!

As we all cope together in these unprecedented times, Dot and Line Learning has teamed up with the Looking Glass Film Club in Dubai to offer our home learning heroes a little treat over the Eid weekend with a mini Film-Fest.

Furthermore, we have shared questions for you to consider and discuss after each film. These talking points will help our students and parents learn a bit more about themselves and each other through their discovery and discussion of the subject matter.

The mini film festival will be emailed out to you (click google form below). All registered students in our online classes will receive an email automatically.

Looking Glass Film Club

Looking Glass Film Club is a socially responsible film platform; screening cinematically-influential, award-winning international films to inspire, educate and empower the youth ages 3 to 15.

We understand children have zippy attention spans and we specialize in curating SHORT film programs from around the world to expose our young audiences to diverse styles of storytelling, multi-perspective tales to broaden their horizon and spark their 'sense of wonder'. Looking Glass Film Club

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qH-B-DY3TkxuArq7ap0vXg2FNBgURb9xsla_xrDb8Yk

Throwback to one of our first bookshelves at Little Dot. Over the years we curated hundreds of books to add to our collection of award winning children's lit at the club!

Many of us have now spent over two months at home to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe during this pandemic.

And we know, we know.... It’s hard, this parenting business, it really is! Especially if you have toddlers, or teens for that matter, that come with yo-yoing emotions led by mystifying logic (or lack thereof)! Your reactions during those early years – trying as children may be – are crucial to the development of little minds and souls. Persistent negativity and yelling can lead to chronic stress affecting cognitive and social function. So, how do we keep it all together? Here are some tips to help you navigate these times.

1. Draw Charts: Does the humdrum of your daily routine have you in a tangle these days? Are daily habits, like getting your child to brush her teeth or change clothes a source of frustration for you and your tenacious tot? Try this! Draw a step-by-step chart of your chore and pin it up. Attach it to a favorite story like, “Going on a Bear Hunt or any other repetitive story. This way your child knows what to expect and accepts control!

2. Practice patience first: Saying, “be patient” can sometimes backfire when you a flailing little human on your hands. You might know in advance when you have a call or a meeting and your child has to wait. Plan a free flowing activity to keep them occupied during this time. Set up a play space; for an older child some colour pencils or crayons; a sensory tray like scooping pasta or coloured rice for younger ones. Standing in a long line? Play simple games like counting all the yellow things around you or “I spy.”

3. The first step to Self-regulation: Articulating your emotions and identifying with them is the first step to learning how to actually MANAGE them. We have found books to be a great gateway into empathy building and understanding emotions. We suggest a designated slot of 'talking time' at the end of the day. Recount incidents in the day, brainstorm “emotion words," how they felt during those times. Write them down! Great books like Sandra Boynton’s book of Moods, or Dr Seuss’s ‘My Many Coloured Days’ are our go- to books when the going gets tough for little ones.

4. Make up a Song: Yup you heard right! When you just can’t seem to convince your child to listen, make up a song about the practice. When your child throws down that puzzle piece in frustration make up a song about trying! Use familiar tunes such a ‘Frere Jacques’ and see what a difference it makes!

Stay safe and stay home!

We at Dot and Line are HUGE Oliver Jeffers fans! Our favorite books include 'The Heart and the Bottle,' 'Lost and Found,' 'The Book Eating Boy' and ofcourse the mathematical hilarious books including 'The Heuys in None the Number'!

So you can imagine our joy hearing Jeffers live on his instagram page reading from his books LIVE over the past few weeks! Now here comes his very first film 'HERE WE ARE.' Wonderfully poignant notes about how to live on planet earth AND its narrated by Meryl Streep! Catch the trailer on Youtube!