What is Hurray Kids all about?
It’s an educational enterprise to promote Life Skills among children [Age group 2-10 yrs] in a simple and joyful manner.
Does Hurray Kids provides products or services?
It provides only products.
What are Life Skills?
Life skills are the skills that prepares us for daily life.
Life skills have been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life".
What are the 10 Life Skills recommended by WHO?
THINKING OR COGNITIVE SKILLS
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1. Self-Awareness
2. Decision Making
3. Problem Solving
4. Critical Thinking
5. Creative Thinking
EMOTIONAL SKILLS
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6. Coping with Stress
7. Managing Emotions
SOCIAL OR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
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8. Empathy
9. Effective Communication
10. Interpersonal Skills
How does Life Skills help children?
Life skills are beyond academics and are very essential to lead a healthy, happy and successful life. Early orientation of life skills help children grow into responsible, compassionate, resilient and well-adjusted adults. When children grow up, they will require these skills more than anything else.
What are the products available?
The introductory product -Life Skills Orientation Kit comes in the form of card designed on World Health Organization (WHO) recommended Life Skills framework.
Which all age groups Life Skills orientation Kit caters to?
There are 4 age groups – 2-3yrs, 4-5yrs, 6-7yrs, 8-10yrs
How many cards are there in the Life Skills Orientation Kit?
Depending on the age group, there are 11-12 cards.
How these Hurray Kids cards/Life Skills Orientation Kit cards are to be used?
These cards need parent assisted delivery. There are instructions for parents before every exercise. In addition every kit comes with a parent’s guideline.
What’s so unique about Hurray Kids cards?
- Full of illustrations to make it interesting
- Real life situations so that children can relate easily
- Simple language for quick understanding
- All exercises are interaction based.
How long does it take to complete the entire Orientation Kit ?
HK recommends 1 card every week. So 11-12 cards would take around 12 weeks to complete. However one can attempt even 2 cards every week.
How the parents would benefit?
It’s a kind of parent child engagement tool. The cards are interactive in nature and a wonderful way to bond with the child while orienting on life skills. In the process of using the cards, you will be able to know a lot about your child’s thinking process, knowledge of good and bad, choice of friends etc. This process of discovering your child would be extremely fascinating for you as a parent.
Where can I order the products?
You can place order on this website.
The kit would be also available on other parenting platforms shortly. Please keep yourself updated by following us on FB, Instagram and YouTube.
If I have further query, how do I contact anyone at Hurray Kids?
We would be happy to answer any query. Please write at info@hurraykids.com
Is any evaluation has to be done once the Life Skills Orientation Kit is completed?
There is no evaluation required as the idea is to orient the children on Life Skills in their early years of growth.
Is there anything for schools?
Hurray Kids partners with Schools to create customized programs on Life Skills for children in the age group of 2-10 years. Interested schools are requested to fill the form.
Can these Kits be used for Home Schooling?
We believe the parents who are engaged in Home Schooling would find this Kit very useful.
Are the cards clinical in nature?
No, the cards are non-clinical in nature. The skills have been simplified and has been made age specific so that people in general can use. Though it is been recommended by many psychologists, therapists and doctors to engage and bond with the child.