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Pretend play - importance

Parentree-editors' blog, Dec 4, 2008 1:43 PM

Young children learn a lot through pretend play, By pretending that their doll is a firefighter or their hand is a tennis racquet or that their crayon box is a spacecraft going to the Moon, they are l...

Teaching Americans Indian style math

mango_mama's blog, Nov 26, 2008 2:05 PM

Interesting article in the New York Times. Talks about a start-up teaching Indian style (lot of diligence, drill and practice) Math to American kids. Talks about how in America they focus on concepts ...

Learning from kids (Chandrayaan)

mango_mama's blog, Nov 9, 2008 8:32 AM

As I was still lazing around in bed, my 5 year old early bird shakes me and throws the newspaper at me. I thought he was just being naughty. But he kept shoving it in my face. I realized that there wa...

"Weaving in" the web for learning

mango_mama's blog, Sep 26, 2008 8:14 AM

We have started using the web or internet more now for our 7 year old for learning, project reference, and encouraging her to write/paint. I do not really encourage too much of other computer stuff t...

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