The child's interest in gathering knowledge depends upon the mother's encouragement. ~Emersen~

How to coach the kids for school?

A good teacher must himself be a fellow traveller in the exciting pursuit of knowledge. - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

These quotes manifest that a mother has to be a teacher when she teaches her kids. Henceforth most of the schools obviously emphasis that the parents should be educated to a level where they can support their kids education fundamentally.

Maths. Ya, this is a subject which is mostly looked upon with fear. And this is the subject which cannot be distinguished by any languages and a must for higher education that could credit you more earnings. So, when you start this subject to your kids, start it in a easier way like playing games which will eventually induce interest on maths. Raise simple questions that could give an intorduction to the logics of addition and subtraction to them as below:

1. You have 2 apples and 1 orange in your basket. Can you say how many fruits do you have?
2. You have 1 blue coloured pencil and 1 red coloured pencil and now can you say how many pencils you have dear?
3. Of your pencils give me one and say how many it remains?

Then make them know the importance of maths as below:

Mathematics
1. provides a suitable type of discipline to the mind of the leaner
2. develops habits of concentration, self-reliance and discovery
3. develops leaner's power of expression
4. forms the basic for scientific and realistic attitude towards life

Sure your kids will start loving Mathematics as fun.

more for kids coaching will be continued in next issue...

Rohini: Did you hear this? A baby was given milk of a she elephant and within a week, its weight increased by 10kg.
Kamini: Really? Whose baby was it?
Rohini: The elephant's .

How can you get the answer as 100 by changing any one of the signs for the below sum?
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 45

Answer

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + (8 * 9) = 100

9 * 9 + 7 = 88
9 * 98 + 6 =888
9 * 987 + 5 =8888
9 * 9876 + 4 =88888
9 * 98765 + 3 =888888
9 * 987654 + 2 =8888888
9 * 9876543 + 1 =88888888
9 * 98765432 + 2 =88888888

Pioneer in Education
1. Frobel-German educational reformer, is founder of kindergarten system
2. Maria Montessori – Italian educationalist, developed Montessori system of education
3. Louis Braille-A blind French educationalist perfected his Braille system of reading and writing for the blind
4. Helen Keller – American author and lecturer overcame his great physical handicaps- blind and deaf before the age of two to live an active and useful life.

Pioneers in architecture/Engineering
1. Le Corbusier – swiss architect expert in town planning, designed Chandigarh
2. Edwin Lutyens – British architect/engineer designed the Rashtrapati Bavan in New Delhi
3. Ferdinand Be lesseps – French engineer responsible for construction of Suez Canal in 1869.

Teacher to new student: What is your name boy?

Boy: Arthur Smith

Teacher: You must always say "Sir" when addressing a teacher. Now, what is your name?

Boy: Sir Arthur Smith

Coca Cola's original name was "Cure-All" and it was issued as a medical drink. Once, accidentally it started effervescing. That was the end of cure-all and the beginning of Coca Cola.

Lung fish breathe in a way different from other fish, and can survive even if burried in mud. They survive by taking in oxygen through their lung-like organs connected to their throat. A gulp of air travels via the throat to its lungs, allowing oxygen to reach its blood.

In 1998, Britain's most expensive export item, on a volume to value ratio, was spring onions.

The 1st notable use of peanuts as food for humans came during the Civil war in America, when both Northern and Southern troops used the peanuts as food source during hard times.

How to coach the kids for school?
Half of the coaching to kids comes from proper listening to lessons as taught by Teachers. Guidelines to overcome poor listening and accomplish an effective and improved listening in the class:
1. Concentration with proper Eye Contact
2. Concentration with proper Body language
3. Avoid distracting actions or gestures
4. Ask questions on doubts
5. Paraphrase
6. Avoid interpreting speaker
7. Do not overtake the teacher/coacher
8. Put the speaker at ease
9. Listen patiently
10. Avoid premature arguments
11. Stay with objective
12. Avoid mental rebuttals
13. Respond to the accepted lesson learnt
14. Respect pauses or silences
15. Be honest with answer
16. Do not raise silly or wanted questions that leads to distraction
17. Make notes of the lessons with clear notations whether understood or not
18. Be loyal to your listening

12345679*9=111111111
1234579*18=222222222
12345679*27=333333333
12345679*36=444444444
12345679*45=555555555
12345679*54=666666666
12345679*63=777777777
12345679*72=888888888
12345679*81=999999999

Swami Vivekananda

Respect: Respect your parents, teachers and elders

Love: Love your country, culture and your ancestors

Service: serve the poor, the illitrate and the diseased

Self-Discipline: Discipline your body, your senses and your mind

Self-control: Control your thoughts and your actions

Faith: Have faith in yourself, others and in God

Discrimination: Discriminate between good and bad, real and unreal and vice and virtue

Concentration: Concentrate whole-heartedly while studying, working, playing and praying

Truthfulness: Be tuthful in words, houghts and actions

Hardwork: Work hard o acquire knowledge, skills and wisdom

Strength: Be strong physically, mentaly, intellectually, morally and spiritually

Conviction: Have conviction in the power of goodness, puriy and honesty

Devotion: Have devotion for duty, scriptures, holy people and God

Habits: Cultivate regular habits of prayer, meditation and reading, inspiring and strenthening literature

Same sightedness: Feel the presence of the divine in all beings and treat them with the same standard as you treat yourself

Firm determination: Have firm determination and strong will power to cultivate good habits in order to achieve permanent hapiness, peace, success and fulfillment in life

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4. The stars and colors that you see when you rub your eyes are called Phisphenes
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