Last updated on September 19, 2020
Described as one of the most visionary schools for early education.
Have you ever struggled with confidence?
… think about a moment when you wished you had the self-confidence to speak up, show up, do it, change it, leave it, take the next step or as some might say that leap of faith. Well, if you’re a human reading this….then just like me and a million other people on earth, you have felt moments when that confidence boost and public speaking skill would have been extremely helpful.
Enter my guest Rennu Dhillon, a mother of 2, the founder & director of the internationally recognized preschool & after school programs for early education called ‘Genius Kids Inc.’ located in California (but classes now available online)!
When she started giving courses on public speaking and how to communicate for adults….parents quickly realized that her methods of teaching these skills would help their own kids. Et Voilà, Genius Kids was born where the 38 Genius Kids Schools & franchises teaches every student to Think, Lead & Communicate, resulting in greater self-esteem, confidence & performance to learn, achieve & care via her own personalized curriculums focused on early education ranging from 0-6 years and her after school programs up until age 12.
Confidence and public speaking has to start right from day ONE.
Rennu Dhillon
Helping Your Child To Be A Confident Speaker
You are as a mom, your own child’s first and primary educator….whether you like it or not. That’s the truth. So in this episode Rennu will share with you specific examples of what you can say to your child and what ONE item that you should have in your home to develop the confidence and skill in your toddler…oh yessss, she says that the earlier the better as they will become more confident in getting up in front of an audience, 1 or 3 or 10 or 75 to talk about anything they want. Getting your child to use their voice loudly and clearly will help them speak up when they want to share something with you and others.
How wonderful would it be if you had learn the art and skill & become confident in speaking in public as early as a preschooler? I bet there are a handful of situation in which that skill would have helped you or even help you if you are one that was a happy communicator. Now is your chance to give your child that opportunity to enjoy communicating with others!
How To Teach Preschoolers To Read
She is teaching 2 years old to read….wait what?
Why wait until your child turns five, 5 years old, to let him or her learn how to read words….remember speaking and the ability to communicate is important as soon as they can speak and walk. It’s not always up to teachers in school to do all of the work of teaching your child. Every time you open your mouth you are teaching your child new words.
We all have the same brain, it’s only a matter of how we choose to use it daily.
Life Skills That Will Help Them Succeed In Life
Overwhelmed yet about this whole raising a confident successful child yet? I totally get it, so I’ll simplify it for you in two words LIFE SKILLS. Are you teaching your child critical life skills that are not being taught in traditional schools…like public speaking and building their confidence, having good manners, how to have a proper conversation with someone in full sentence, having good posture, how to make eye contact with someone to whom they are speaking and basically how to package themselves as what’s special about them…
Okay, this might sound obvious…seriously I don’t even remember being taught any of these skills myself and that’s why I struggled with many of these later on in life as a working, relationship building and you need resiliency to survive adult world.
So if you’ve got no clue how or what to do then simply listen to this conversation where Rennu Dhillon shares simple tips and conversation cues to have with your child at home or on the way to work in the car ride. Nothing complicated just thoughtful communication between you and your child.
LISTEN TO THE EPISODE!
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What You’ll Learn In This Episode:
0-5:00 Intro
5:45 About Genius Kids Inc
6:20 Being featured in a documentary for the ‘most visionary school for early education’
7:50 Talks about being a workaholic & developing new school curriculums
8:50 Early education during COVID
10:00 Some programs offered for infants & toddlers at Genius Kids
10:25 3 important lessons learned about parenting from her own parents
13:35 Why you should buy a mic for your kids & daily mic exercises to do as a family
17:20 How to help your child communicate when they’re shy or quiet?
18:00 Building confidence as a child
19:20 What surprised Rennu about interviewing adults with poor communication skills.
22:30 Parents want their kids to learn public speaking, this is how she does it…
23:40 Becoming a single mom and how she had to start from scratch
28:00 Her book about raising confident kids.
29:25 Homeschooling her daughters as a single mom
31:22 How to teach a 2 year old child to read through phonics.
35:10 What is a ‘genius kid’ as per Rennu
36:42 Tips on how to interact with your child to stimulate their inner genius & develop their communication skills.
38:08 A simple exercise for students and kids to boost their confidence
42:15 The 3 types of schools at Genius Kids & their teaching methods
45:15 Kids should learn to read by the age of 2…not 5, this is why….
45:33 How she evaluates a child’s success
48:40 Teaching children the value of good work
49:50 How she says failure leads to success
51:20 Her award-winning curriculum ‘win with words’ the art of communication
52:30 Her ‘PERFECT rules’ for public speaking
54:00 The importance of speaking in full sentences… tips & games for adults & kids
56:30 Tips on what to do when you’re nervous before public speaking.
58:05 Mothers, parents, don’t forget to buy your family a mic
58:30 Plans for expansions & for franchises…
1:00:00 Connect with Rennu Dhillon or Genius Kids
1:01:00 The LAST Question
Connect With Our Guest:
- Website – Genius Kids
- Award-Winning Program – ‘Win With Words‘
- Youtube Channel –
- Facebook –
Ressources Mentioned In This Episode:
- Book by Rennu Dhillon ‘Raising Confident Children: Today’s Kids, Tomorrow’s Leaders’ (Coming October 2020)
- TV5 Monde Documentary
- CNN Documentary ‘Most Visionary Schools’
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