Worksheet makers, interactive games, printables, and talking clocks are just some of the tools you can find at time-for-time to help learn how to tell time.

Winner of the 2008 Manthan Award for e-Inclusion, Skid is designed to help kids with disabilities communicate and learn. 

Check out the skid.org.in website for the software as well as ideas on how to get a child started. read more

Incredibly enjoyable set of animated videos that bring home simple messages of how to be more environmentally conscious. Wonderful for elementary school age kids, but can be enjoyed by one and all!

The site has links to what carbon footprint means and other tips on how to "Go Green".

These videos are a must watch! 

A very Happy Teachers' Day to all of us here!

I'd like to share with all you wonderful teachers this wonderful book I received from Arvind Gupta recently. Eklavya will be publishing this book in English and Hindi soon.

Until then, enjoy this pdf version of this lovely story with wonderful pictures by Dr. Supurna Sinha.

[Dr. Supurna Sinha is a Theoretical Physicst at the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore. Her father was the famous anthropologist Prof Surajit Sinha and Vice Chancellor of Vishwa Bharti. Her mother Dr. read more

If you have not already come across this browser (and the related story of a grandfather who developed this browser for his autistic grandson), here is some info on and link to the ZAC (Zone for Autistic Children) browser.

"ZAC is the first web browser developed specifically for children with autism, and autism spectrum disorders such as Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmenta read more

Google and Common Sense Media have teamed up to create this video of common sense tips and rules for families to help keep their children safe online. The video is up on youtube - http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=kUyQI0USNSY

Not sure how different this was from the workshop on Internet Safety conducted by Google in Mumbai that was mentioned in this post recently.

Many have expressed an interest in the Hindi Ki Duniya - Pehle Kadam early learning programme designed for children for whom Hindi is not a spoken language (such as those in South India). This kit, authored by Chandrika Mathur of Rishi Valley, is no longer available from Scholastic. read more

I've been playing around with Google's Custom Search Engine tool, and am currently experimenting with CSEs for Math resources on the internet. I've created a couple of them - one for elementary and middle school level Math and another for high school math. read more

Found this site with some classic hindi nursery rhymes for pre-school and young school children.

Also located this book called Shishu Kavita by Vinod Chandra Pandey 'Vinod' published in 2001 by Lokbharti Prakashan and Press (Allahabad). It has some very simple and nice 4-line poems for young children, which could be used by teachers in early Hindi classes in school too. read more

This post is inspired by Varni's post on the National Science Day celebrations in her school, and her son's exhibit which was shaped by ideas from Arvind Gupta's "Toys from Trash". read more