We have often heard of this saying, ‘Try, try until you succeed’; despite several odds this author tells his readers how his determination and perseverance helped him achieve his goal.
Author: shalini
Summer projects
The holidays are upon us again and most of us are looking forward to the long break. While some of us would like to sit back and relax, some others would like to learn new things. However it is we decide to spend our vacation we should realize that in everything we do, see, and observe there is something there that we can learn from and take back to the classroom.
Using leaves, seeds, and tyres
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.
Learning phonetically
Learning to speak and perhaps even write a language like English becomes easy if we are familiar with the phonetics of the language. This article share a few phonic games, which you can use as is in the classroom or as a springboard to develop games of your own.
We the children, together
Although cooperative learning is the catch phrase in education today, a lot of schools still believe in getting each child to learn on his own. There is a lot of advantage to allowing children to learn together in groups. Here are some tips on how you can incorporate coopertaive learning in your classroom.
Treasures from a toymaker
Celebrated educationist, Arvind Gupta’s website is a treasure trove for all those who want to learn science. From simple to complex principles, Gupta explains them with ease and all through photographs and videos, which teach you how to make toys from waste materials.
Pass the spinach…er…diazinon please!
With the holidays fast approaching, Teacher Plus brings you a cover story to celebrate the holiday spirit. This holiday why not try doing something different and healthy? Read this author’s experience of starting her own hydroponic vegetable garden hopefully you will be inspired enough to start your own. Have a happy vacation.
Classroom memories: good and bad and what makes them so
It is important that teachers try and create a positive classroom environment while minimizing as much as they can the negative experiences in order to create good, happy memories.
…And they learned happily ever after
Using stories as the medium, here are different ways you can teach children the English language.
Inculcating thinking skills in the young mind
A child today is overloaded with information and his intelligence is determined based on his reproducing that information. Such a system of education does not consider the child’s ability to process the information as important. Developing a child’s thinking skills deserves more attention than we are currently giving it