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Why Role-Playing Games Are Great For Students

By Karoline | Jul 8, 2020

A recent study done by Professor David Simkins of the Rochester Institute of Technology found that roleplaying games (RPGs) like Dungeons and Dragons can be extremely beneficial for students. The research he conducted showed that RPGs boosted learning, improved imagination and stimulated intellectual curiosity. The evidence was compelling - it showed that by playing RPGs, students improved their socio-emotional skills which helped them interact and learn better at school or college. There were also benefits on a wide scale academic level.

A few nails and a yard of wire

By Worth Sharing | Jul 8, 2020

One of the most pleasant parts of our work is to go to a village where we are going to demonstrate science to children. We work very informally, usually where we are known at least to the children who sometimes turn up and talk to us, sitting on a log under a tree, ask us things and, as likely as not, give us more information than we give them.

Helping Children to Discover Order in the World Around them

By Editor English | Jul 6, 2020

This book is particularly a preparation for understanding Science. Science is built from curiosity, experience, analysis and finally the expression of a discovery. The main part of this process is arranging objects, activities and ideas so as to create a new order or pattern. Science is the discovery of new patterns. This book is to help children discover the patterns and arrangements of the world around them by using their hands, senses and minds. Understanding is the discovery of order.

Engaging Children Through Storytelling

By Learning Curve | Jul 6, 2020

Amrita Masih

As a teacher, I believe that children retain a subject that is delivered in the form of stories far longer than they do through conventional teaching methods. Storytelling, especially in the case of languages, engages children in such an effective manner that they are able to remember concepts or characters for a longer period of time.

Teacher Belief in Children’s Potential is Important

By Learning Curve | Jul 6, 2020

“If I summarise the core beliefs and pedagogic practices that we saw in these classrooms, the foremost would be the teachers’ belief that ‘every child can learn; the responsibility is ours.’ These teachers try to make the learning experience interesting for every child and respect the existing knowledge they bring to the classroom, using it to build new knowledge… These teachers help children connect concepts with the world around them…” (S Giridhar, 2019. p122)

Teaching Kids to Code

By Erika Rykun | Jul 2, 2020

The future of coding is set in stone. According to Forbes, coding will be even more relevant in 2025 than it is now. What is it about coding that makes it such an important skill to learn and demanded in so many industries?

Just like how English is the global business language, coding is the language of technology. As we approach the peak of artificial intelligence (AI), teaching kids to code becomes a crucial part of their education.

Bablu's Boat - A Paper Folding Story

By Editor English | Jun 27, 2020

You keep folding the SALT & PEPPER BOX (Din-Raat) and simultaneously keep telling the story.

Leaf Zoo

By Editor English | Jun 27, 2020

What you will see and appreciate in the beautiful creations out of leaves on the accompanying pages, and the thoughts these pictures will trigger in your mind. all have elements of the 'scientific temper', of the 'scientific attitutde. about which you would have perhaps come across countless mentions and discussions on earlier occasions But you would have found few solid examples of what, meant by these words, In this lovely booklet, you will find several examples which contain the elements aforementioned. Several others you will he able to create yourself.

Quick Activities - Science and Craft

By Editor English | Jun 27, 2020

Activities around Science and Craft - to make your children play and learn together and that too from simple materials or trash you throw away.

Odds and Ends - Science and Craft Activities

By Editor English | Jun 27, 2020

This book contains so many activities on toys you can make, play and learn so much about Science and Art.

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