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10 Interesting Facts About Insects
Insects have been around for millions of years on our planet. Every year scientists are discovering more insects and finding amazing and incredible facts about them. Here are some such fun-filled facts. 1. Insects outnumber all other terrestrial animals combined The sum of all terrestrial animals (those living on land) is only one third of Read more
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Tackling Mealtime Battles with Kids
“Till some months back, mealtimes were battle times at home,” said the mother of a 7-year-old boy. “I dreaded every meal that we all ate together at home. I would either have to force my son to eat what I had cooked and listen to his constant cribbing and crying and protests, or give in Read more
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Am I a Good Parent?
Parenting is the easiest thing in the world to have an opinion about, but the hardest thing in the world to do. Matt Walsh Most of us, even the most confident ones, are wrought by this anxiety and fear and time and again haunted by this question – Am I a Good Parent? It doesn’t Read more
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Book Review – Room on the Broom
This book was one of my son’s favorite books when he was 4 or 5 years old. In fact, the book is so much fun that even I enjoyed reading it, as I did many other books by Julia Donaldson. As I have mentioned in some other post as well, books like Room on the Read more
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2 Activities to Develop Lateral Thinking
Creativity or lateral thinking are the skills which are fast becoming one of the most important skills to grow and succeed in life. The skill is not only required by artists and authors of fictional stories but these are required in every field. Also Read How to Develop Creativity? The ability to think differently, to Read more
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How to Develop Self Esteem in Children
The dictionary meaning of self esteem is “confidence in one’s own worth or abilities”. Children with a high self-esteem feel good about themselves. They are confident and are willing to try new things. They can cope well with the mistakes they make; they try again without feeling ashamed of their failures. On the other hand, Read more
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Vocabulary Building Game for Children: Word Runner
With children spending so much time at home because of the pandemic, not going out to play with friends, it is a natural tendency for them to want to watch more television or play games on the tablet. However, excess screen-time can be very harmful. Read ‘Screen Time – How much is too much?’ to Read more
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Brain Development Game for Children- Guess What?
By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right kind of thought processes. – Nate Silver Games are a great way to develop skills, especially in children. They help parents and teachers engage with children in a fun way while increasing 1 or more skills in them. Also Read Read more
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Eye Health and Eye Exercises for Children
Vision plays a key role in our quality of life and in our ability to learn and work. For children especially, good vision is very important. With screen exposure of children increasing significantly due to lockdown, online classes and online assignments, I hear many parents worrying about the impact that this exposure will have, especially Read more
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10 Interesting Facts About Plants for Children
Children are very interested to learn about amazing facts about plants, animals, planets, dinosaurs. We are therefore compiling some interesting facts – many of them might come as a surprise to parents as well! This is the first article in the ‘10 Interesting Facts’ series. Plants are all around us and we use them everyday Read more
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