I received this book from Arvind Gupta accompanied with this note - 

"Today I stumbled upon a wonderful book on PEACE STORIES by a very famous author Martin Auer - he is a very distinguished author - winner of the Hans Christian Anderson and other awards. He has put them on his website for free individual downloads. His story THE BLUE BOY is already out in 25 languages. Here is a really kind man who for world peace has done such a selfless job. read more

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

Imagine a History assignment where a student must submit a write-up on Mughal Architecture (or the form it takes as an oft-asked question in exams - "the contributions of Shah Jahan to Indian Archtecture"). Or a "project" on the temples of India. Think of the way this is usually done - a hand-written write-up with pictures cut and pasted into the notebook. Or in schools where students have access to computers this would take the form of a Word document with text and images or perhaps a powerpoint presentation with text and images. read more

Here is a nice poem to be enjoyed by parents and teachers alike.

Just Playing By Anita Wadley
from "Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul"*

When I'm a building in the block room,
Please don't say, "I'm just playing"
For, you see, I'm learning as I play
About balance and shapes.

When I'm getting all dressed up,
Setting the table, caring for the babies,
Don't get the idea I'm "just playing."
I may be a mother or a father someday.
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You must visit Larry's site. It practically tells you the nitty-gritty's of good blogging, and there is so much more that it is impossible for me to list it down here for you. read more

Please visit  www.FreeRice.com

You may end up improving your vocabulary and donating few grains of rice too.
All will find it  really interesting, students and teachers alike.The writing skills will  definitely improve of one and all.
It  donates rice to UN World Food program read more

I keep getting these mails. I felt this could be shared for a laugh, and sure there is information too. Maybe it is often repeated, and many must have read them. Whatever, I put it up for those who have not had the chance to read about the English language as being a funny language too.
English language!

If you ever feel stupid, then just read on. If you've learned to speak
fluent English, you must be a genius! This little treatise on the
lovely language we share is only for the brave. read more

I got this in my mail today, and I thought I'd share it.

It's a slightly big file, so I've provided a link to another site where I uploaded it.

I wonder if tongue twisters serve any purpose besides some humour and fun? Anyway, here are some you could try with your children, or your students, or yourself!

1.. A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook
Cookies

2.. I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw .

3.. Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said " this butter's bitter!

4.. But a bit of better butter will but make my butter better" So she bought some

5.. read more

This is a site with interesting arcade or video style games for reinforcing basic Maths skills of the four fundamental operations i.e. addition, subtraction, multiplication & division, and for English - things like vowels, verbs etc. The games are just the type that children love to play.