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Making a difference – one child at a time

Human nature inspires us to make a difference throughout our lives. It might be through our work, our relationships, our hobbies, or even the way we live. I know for sure that the cement that holds Team NumberNagar® together is to make a difference in children’s learning experiences. What does…

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Hard and Soft Sounds

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 15 January 2021 No Comments alphabet letter sounds fun with phonics phonics activity phonics flashcards phonics for beginners phonics for kids phonics for kindergarten phonics reading

Spelling Rules Have you ever thought that English spelling rules are confusing? I surely have! The correlation between letters and sounds is not straightforward. A single letter can make many sounds. A single sound can be made by many letters or combinations of letters. This makes learning spellings a bit…

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Discovering my teaching method

Sriraghavan S M 8 January 2021 No Comments alternative learning Evidence-based learning Experiential Learning learning Teacher Clarity

What is my method? I have been a teacher for 2 decades now, I have not consciously reflected on my teaching method often. Lately, I have been watching the early seasons of the TV series Grey’s Anatomy. In one episode, a character (a senior surgeon) asks a new resident in…

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New Year, New Horizons

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 1 January 2021 No Comments alphabet letter sounds fun with phonics learning phonics phonic sounds a to z phonics activity phonics flashcards phonics for beginners phonics for kids phonics for kindergarten phonics reading

Reflection on the year gone by As we step into the New Year 2021, we take a reflective look a the year gone by. To say that 2020 was a roller-coaster ride would be the gross understatement of the year. As COVID-19 shook the world all over, we realised the…

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Learning English Spellings through Phonics

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 25 December 2020 No Comments 21st-century learning alphabet letter sounds fun with phonics Learning Experiences learning is fun learning phonics phonic sounds a to z phonics activity phonics flashcards phonics for beginners phonics for kids phonics for kindergarten phonics reading

English spellings can be confusing to learn. Given that English has a non-ideal phonemic orthography, the pronunciation and the spelling do not have a one-to-one relation also. Why are put and cut pronounced differently, even though they have the same vowel? This is one of the few common questions that…

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2 Concepts of Chemistry in Cooking

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 18 December 2020 No Comments Experiential Learning Learning Experiences learning is fun real life learning

When we think about applications of Science in everyday life, Chemistry in cooking emerges as a natural extension. Cooking is one of the exhaustive applications of Chemistry in our everyday lives. When I was in college, Physical Chemistry was a hard nut to crack for me, especially Thermodynamics. I struggled…

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3 reasons why you should learn English through Phonics

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 11 December 2020 No Comments 21st-century learning alphabet letter sounds fun with phonics Learning Experiences learning is fun learning phonics phonic sounds a to z phonics activity phonics flashcards phonics for beginners phonics for kids phonics for kindergarten phonics reading

Learn English with Phonics When a strong foundation of basic concepts is laid at a young age, complex concepts can be learned effectively. Our team’s experience at NumberNagar® tells us that this is possible when we learn English through Phonics. When I was in primary and pre-primary school, English learning…

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3 Science concepts that help you in traffic

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 4 December 2020 No Comments 21st-century learning applications learning is fun real life

Science concepts I often come across students and parents who complain about the Science and Maths concepts learned in school. They think that learning such concepts is a waste of time and these concepts do not have real-life applications. These comments are usually peppered with doses of righteous indignation. A…

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The Sounds of ‘S’

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 27 November 2020 No Comments alphabet letter sounds fun with phonics learning phonics phonic sounds a to z phonics activity phonics flashcards phonics for beginners phonics for kids phonics for kindergarten phonics reading

What sound comes to your mind when you think of the letter ‘s’? Is it the hissing sound ‘ssssssssss’? You would be right. The hissing sound ‘ssss’ is the default sound of the letter ‘s’. However, did you know that the letter ‘s’ also makes 3 other sounds? It sure…

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The Science of Firecrackers

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 21 November 2020 4 Comments

Festival of Lights Deepavali is the festival of lights. It is also the time of the year when children and families gather to burst firecrackers. The year 2020 has seen subdued celebrations all over India, with minimal firecrackers. I stopped indulging in firecrackers many years ago. My fascination has taken…