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Sight Words: A Scaffold to fluent Reading Skills – Part 1
When a child begins to read, starts looking into text material, the child will find everything to be overwhelming. They wouldn’t be able to recognize the words they see in the text, they would find it hard to decode them, then understand its meaning and also hence find difficulty in comprehending the meaning being conveyed in the text material.
Holiday Season: Holiday Plans! – Part 2
A Good Deal + The Best Prices + Flexible Dates = Finding (one/more than one) location through the internet sources.
I know of some families (quite rare, these days) who pool together and plan a holiday together – all expenses, divided into the member of heads, joining from one family.
The Significance of Grades in School – Part 2
The only positive outcome of an ideal grade offer is to give information. The only right information one should get out of a grading system is to cheek whether the learning – teaching approach being used by the educator is the most appropriate one that caters to and throws light on the best of the child, keeping in view, his/her interests and learning style.
Holiday Season: Holiday Plans! – Part 1
Taking your family somewhere on a vacation could be one of the most stressful challenges your spouse may have to face every time your children come home for a vacation from school.
Working mother and Guilt: Should they go hand in hand? – Part 2
All you have to do is turn at deaf ear to people who love to criticize and be judgmental about issues not of concern to them. You should only subject yourself to counsel from such people whom you lay your full trust upon. I know of a woman who stepped out of her home to work at the age of 55. Everyone was critical of her behavior but she still continues till today, after 10 years.
The Significance of Grades in School – Part 1
Gone are the days of marking and ranking in CBSE School. Now is the era of only grades and grading. I have read somewhere that there is a school (if I remember right – in Portugal) which offered families the option of having their children’s grades to be shown to parents, only on request or not at all.
Incomplete Task: A Common Remark? – Part 2
First thing to do would be to change the requirements. Discuss with the teacher to put her on to a lower reading or math class group, run a one-to-one remedial session for her everyday on a consistent pattern or else to identify the specific skill needed to enhance the child’s ability to perform.
Working mother and Guilt: Should they go hand in hand? – Part 1
I happened to watch a talk show on television very recently. It was an eye opener to me on this particular issue – should working mothers really work at your job with an underlying pathos of guilt? I was shocked to notice that most women were expressing an overwhelming amount of guilt, being working women.
Incomplete Task: A common Remark? – Part 1
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Aathmika’s notebook always, almost invariably has this remark on every task she is asked to complete in class.
Incomplete work! Work not done! Work half done. Why? Slow writing! etc…….. etc………….
Aathmika’s comes to school on [...]
How to help my child’s poor eating habits? – Part 2
Meal times are family times – a time to enjoy, be happy and find interest in what we do then – eating with interest. They should be moments of togetherness and will help bonding, if handled rightly. Involve your child while preparing a meal.