Things EducationJan 217 minWhy do students find it difficult to answer questions?...and what we can do about it. Hello! How have you been? I hope you and people around you are safe and taking enough precautions to get...
Things EducationDec 25, 20218 minWhy do students dislike studying?...and what we can do about it. Hello, learner and educator! Whether a school leader, academic head, teacher, parent or friend, each of...
AniruddhJun 27, 20213 min4 things I’ve learnt about assessment creationThis blog comes from a combination of experiences of creating assessments for students I used to teach and creating diagnostic...
Ritu LambaJun 11, 20214 minWord Wizard: Building Children's Vocabulary at Home!In our blog on strategies to build children’s vocabulary, we mentioned that for a new word to become a part of our regular vocabulary, we...
AniruddhMay 13, 20214 minFour challenges I faced with inquiry-based learningThis is a blog which is born out of my reflection notes from a few of my earliest attempts at getting students to go through...
AniruddhApr 1, 20212 min4 ways to help students handle new informationThis is part 4 of a series of blogs to enumerate habits essential to building scientific temper in students. You can read our blog on...
Things EducationMar 25, 20212 min4 ways to encourage students to ask questionsChildren are naturally curious. They absorb new things and want to know more about everything. The behaviour and reaction of adults to...
AniruddhMar 18, 20213 min4 ways to help students recognise patternsPattern recognition is on the one hand easy, while recognition of genuine patterns is complex. Human brains are wired to find patterns...
AniruddhMar 11, 20213 min4 points to keep in mind while noting observationsThis is part 2 of a series of blogs to enumerate habits essential to building scientific temper in students. You can read our blog on...
AniruddhMar 4, 20213 min5 strategies to enable observationsThis is part 1 of a series of blogs to enumerate habits essential to building scientific temper in students. This week we focus on making...
Ritu LambaFeb 11, 20213 min3 strategies to help children learn grammarThis is part 4 of a series of blogs to enumerate skills essential to building literacy among students. Read our blog on reading skills...
Ritu LambaFeb 3, 20213 minConversation prompts while reading stories aloudThis is part 3 of a series of blogs to enumerate skills essential to building literacy among students. Read our blog on reading skills...
Ritu LambaJan 28, 20213 min4 strategies to improve children’s vocabularyLast week, we started a series of blogs to enumerate skills essential to building literacy among students. In the first blog (here), we...
Ritu LambaJan 18, 20213 min4 ways to develop reading skillsReading is the first essential literacy skill. How can parents, teachers and other caregivers ensure that children fall in love with...
AniruddhJan 4, 20215 minTeachers - Changing roles and future trendsI had the pleasure of attending parts of the K12 Conference hosted by Ashoka University on 5 and 6 June 2020. One of the sessions was on...
AniruddhJan 4, 20214 minDesigning Lesson Plans - Thinking about ThinkingThinking is one of the top 15 activities that we talk or write about, at least in the English language. We use thinking more than...
Ritu LambaJan 4, 20215 minHow Reading More Leads to Better ReadingIn the article Foundational Reading Instruction: Decodable Texts or Levelled Texts, I talked about what phonics is and why phonics...
Ritu LambaJan 4, 20215 minFoundational Reading Instruction: Decodable Texts or Levelled Texts?The following piece draws on and summarises various articles, papers and discussion threads on the best types of texts to build a strong...
Ritu LambaJan 4, 20212 minHow People Learn: Rote Knowledge and Inflexible KnowledgeThe Big Questions: How do our brains RECEIVE and PROCESS information? How do we REMEMBER, and how do we FORGET? What does it mean to...
Things EducationJan 4, 20214 minHow multi-disciplinary learning leads to deep understandingHow is information stored in our brains? Is our brain like a filing cabinet with many drawers? Does each drawer store different pieces of...