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Kitchen is your Science Teacher

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 3 May 2019 2 Comments

Dabbling in the kitchen: My mother has a complaint about me. She is bothered that I don’t use her carefully chosen Tupperware containers to store groceries. I am meticulous in general, however sometimes I simply don’t care too much. I only put the spices and rice that I use daily…

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Perspectives on taking tuition at home

We have seen an increase in demand for private tutoring in the last one or two decades. Whereas earlier, students gained all their knowledge from school and there was no need for separate tuition classes. But, thanks to the mounting competition from very childhood days and the need for double…

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Phonetics – The tool for better English Pronunciation

Nishant Krishna 19 April 2019 8 Comments

Introduction How /ˈɒf(ə)n/ do you know the English Pronunciation of a word? Do you know about the notation I used in the last sentence? The notation I used is the Phonetics notation for the word “often”. Now try pronouncing it and check the following: Do you pronounce it with stress…

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Lunch-time conversation – Learning from everyday experiences

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 13 April 2019 12 Comments

A week ago, an interesting conversation happened with my team during lunch time at office. A routine lunch-time conversation: We gather at the lunch table as usual; it was only the Three Musketeers that day – Varsha, Vasundara and I. Varsha’s lunch box had roti and ‘parval-aloo’ (Hindi). Varsha is…

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The Curious Case of Homeschooling in India

Parimita Krishna 5 April 2019 4 Comments

The Transient Abode How does it sound if during your childhood you had to visit exciting places and make new friends all over again after every few years? If during your childhood, your parents were in one of the central government jobs, before you knew it, it was time to…

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Context! Context! Context!

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 29 March 2019 2 Comments

Telling the whole story When I was a child, my dad used to often tell this joke. He tells it occasionally even today and I still laugh at it. A school boy brings a prize back home. He proudly proclaims to his parents, “I won second prize in running race…

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My love for Pi and the Spheres in the Sky

Nishant Krishna 22 March 2019 12 Comments

Pies – The tasty 3D circles I don’t have a sweet tooth like many of my friends. That doesn’t mean I can’t relish an occasional sweet treat. When it comes to Pie, I like all sort of them, Apple Pie, Blueberry Pie, Banana Pie, and so on. People actually argue…

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Chai pe charcha – Mathematics for amusement

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 15 March 2019 14 Comments

There are two tea shops in the friendly neighbourhood around our office. Shop 1 has been our only option for coffee/tea for the last few years. We discovered shop 2 over the last couple of weeks. The taste of tea in both shops is comparable. However, the shape of the…

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Making Maths fun for your kids

Parimita Krishna 8 March 2019 No Comments 5C Methodology Adaptive Learning Cognitive approaches community engagement Groupthink Non-Cognitive Skills Passion-based Learning Science of Learning ThinkSchools

“Without Mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is Mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.” – Shakuntala Devi Do you like Maths and think it’s fun? Do you want to hear from your kids – “It’s Maths time!”? Mathematics is the universal language and is incredibly powerful. From…

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The Pressing Need for Child-Centric Learning

Team NumberNagar® 1 March 2019 2 Comments

Conceptual Understanding: The significance of conceptual understanding in the modern education system in India cannot be stressed enough. This is especially important owing to stiff competition emerging at every stage of the academic ladder. The beauty of learning at NumberNagar® is that learning concepts right the first time is not…