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April 2012, Primary Pack »

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Sheela Ramakrishnan
Multi-grade teaching is emerging as a form of schooling in which the teacher teaches children from more than one class at the same time in one classroom. This articles outlines some strategies which will help the teacher give her undivided attention to all the children even if they belong to different grades.

March 2012, Primary Pack »

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Sushma Rana

Using a little bit of imagination, creativity and a few dice here are some fun educational games for the primary classes.

February 2012, Primary Pack »

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Ambika Parchure
It is important that a teacher creates a lesson plan before she begins to teach any subject. Some of the objectives that a teacher needs to keep in mind are: try to refer the topic across all subjects, keep the students engaged at all times, ask questions that will get the children to think. A cross-curicular topic web helps the child understand the subject more deeply and above all, the child has ownership of his learning.

January 2012, Primary Pack »

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Sinny Mole
Young kids have a lot of misconceptions about angles because they base their understanding of angles on visual representations. This article gives you a few exercises that will help dispel these misconceptions.

November 2011, Primary Pack »

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While some children take to books like fish to water, there are others in whom the reading habit has to be inculcated. This article provides tips to both parents and teachers on how they can do just that.

October 2011, Primary Pack »

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How does one teach about rain to primary children? The best thing would be to engage them in activities that take them out of the classroom.

Primary Pack, September 2011 »

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Science is a subject that easily lends itself to practical teaching. And learning by doing is the best way to learn science.

August 2011, Primary Pack »

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While children tend to form their own ideas on certain mathematical concepts thereby giving rise to misconceptions, little effort is made to set them right. A sample study carried out in a school in Jamnagar showed that children failed to identify slanting lines as ‘straight’. This was however set right with several activities , a few of which are highlighted in this article.

July 2011, Primary Pack »

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History is often synonymous with boredom for most students. Here are suggestions that will help you introudce the subject in an interactive and fun way.

April 2011, Primary Pack »

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There is no better way of teaching little children than by playing games. Teacher Plus presents you a few games you can play using everyday things like seed, leaves, and tyres to teach children basic concepts of shapes and colours and vocabulary, even while they have fun.