Giving peace education a fillip

Chintan Girish Modi
If you are a peace educator looking for teaching resources, then the book, A thousand cranes for India: Reclaiming plurality amid hatred is not something you should miss. A compilation of 23 pieces of text, the book will help you engage with several socio-political issues, facilitate discussion and provoke reflection.

Sound stories for little ones

Manaswini Sridhar
Reading is one of the four skills necessary to learn a language. However, most often, reading is limited only to the textbook, making it a dull and boring activity. As an important component of language learning, children have to get into the habit of reading and what better way of getting them to do it than storybooks? Fun with Phonics is a set of 24 graded phonic books for readers just beginning to read.

Children’s play is serious business

Aruna Sankaranarayanan
In our belief that we are raising well-rounded individuals, we pack our children’s days with school, sports coaching, music, dance classes and tuition so much so that we leave them no time to play. By robbing them of this natural activity, we are taking away from them their opportunity to learn life skills, such as problem solving, creative thinking, working together, etc.

Bringing Non-Fiction into the light

Anandita Rao
The reading world is divided into those who love fiction and those who can’t see beyond non-fiction. And it is often difficult to persuade one to try the other. This librarian too was happy in her world of fiction until she was challenged to step into the other side. In her journey of exploring non-fiction she surprisingly realized that there is very little to differentiate fiction and non-fiction.

Let’s speak up

Ashwini Subodh Pathak
Today’s young generation maybe learning the ropes of technology even as toddlers but they are losing a very basic human quality–the ability to communicate. This generation is so engrossed in themselves and in the virtual world they create that they have forgotten how to connect with human beings in real life. Let our children not slip away, let us help them ‘communicate’ with us and their peers outside their screens.

Getting creative with social studies

Shalini Sabikhi
One has heard of art journals, gratitude journals and travel journals, but a social studies journal? Add a touch of excitement to your social studies classes by getting your students to maintain a social studies journal. Here’s how.

The glories and perils of student activism

Anuradha C
You know that a democracy is alive when its young population, students, actively participate in the political process. Technological advancements have helped student activism move beyond university campuses. With students not shy of voicing their opinions any longer, it is important that they choose their battles and choose them for the right reasons.

The ‘XYZ’ of today’s generation

C Rama Devi
Of all the different relationships we experience as human beings, the relationship between a grandparent and grandchild is perhaps the most selfless and strongest. In order to celebrate this bond and to help today’s generation understand the value of this relationship, this school observes Grandparents Day. Here’s what they do.

Sneak peak into art integrated learning

Divya Kapoor
It is not just what you teach but how you teach that is important. There is plenty of research out there on the benefits of art integrated learning, it is now time for teachers to put theory into practice and cultivate methodologies that incorporate various art forms to teach their lessons.

Mathematical wonders!

Rajesh Kumar Thakur
If you have students in class who keep asking you how anything other than basic math is useful in life, show them these mathematical architectural wonders of both ancient and morden times as an answer.