Tips for the Kindergarten Parent

Starting kindergarten is a big transition for most children because it is the start of a new experience in a new environment. Children may be very anxious about entering kindergarten because they are fearful of the unknown. It is also a big transition for parents, because you begin to realize how quickly your child is growing up and becoming more independent. It is extremely important for parents to take a proactive role in assisting their children to help them adjust to kindergarten and to enjoy the new journey that they are about to embark on.



Help to prepare your child academically

Find out what skills the teacher expects your child to know and weave these skills into everyday activities


Reading
Read with your child and connect what you read with real life situations. For example if you are reading a story about a vacation, relate it to your last trip to DisneyWorld. In addition, read your child's favorite book for the 100th time! As you read, pause and ask your child about what is going on in the book.

Letter Recognition
Play the trace a letter game: Have your child use a finger to trace a letter while saying the letter’s name. Tell him/her the sound of that letter and give a word example. You can trace letters on paper, in sand or even a plate of sugar. Once they get to know their letter try and do it on their back to see if they can figure it out. I did this with my children and we actually got to the point where we would spell out words on each others backs. It makes for great fun while they are learning their letters and how to spell words. Continually, talk about letters and sounds to help your child learn the names of the letters and the sounds that the letters make. Turn it into a game! "I'm thinking of a letter and it makes the sound mmmmmm." Pick a letter of the day and see how many thing you can find that begin with that letter.

Counting
Play games that involve counting while you do your everyday errands and chores.

Practice self-help skills
Teachers don't have much time to help each individual child, so make sure your child can zip, button, tie shoes, and tell which shoe goes on which foot. Make sure he/she is independent in using the toilet and washing hands.

Review bus safety
Make sure you child understands the importance of staying far away from the bus. Never run toward the bus. Keep all papers, snacks and other belongings in their backpack in order to eliminate them dropping something and then attempting to retrieve it around the bus.Be sure you child is familiar with your neighborhood so that they can find your house if the bus approaches from a different direction.Make sure they realize they ONLY get off at their own stop. A bus driver can make a mistake – it is easy to confuse names and faces at the beginning of the year. If you need your child to get off at another bus stop make sure you give the bus driver a note.Teach your child his or her name and address so if they need to repeat it to another adult they are capable of doing so. Arrange a tour of the school bus. Walk through the process of getting on the bus. Bus drivers can help explain this and offer safety tips. Walk to and from your bus so that your child can see where he/she will be getting on and off the bus.

Visit the school
Let the child see the inside of the school and visit their classroom so that they feel comfortable being there. Show them where the bathrooms, gym, and library are located.

Involve your child
Have your child shop and pick out supplies that they will need for school Let him/her organize the new backpack with their supplies. Be sure to label everything that they will take with them to school: hats, gloves, coats, supplies, backpack, and lunch box.

Establish a routine
At night have your child to pick an outfit for the next school day, and pack their book bag. This will help eliminate confusion in the morning. Prepare your child for a more structured day, so set a schedule and keep to it. It is important for you to include mealtime, play time, homework time and reading time in the schedule.

Get Involved in your child’s school
Create a relationship with your child’s teacher and principal to ensure you are up to date with your child’s progress. In addition learn the names of other important people at school, it will make it easier to discuss your child's day with them if you can use names that they are familiar with.
Become familiar with school programs and events. You need to set a good example for your child, if you are positive and encouraging towards school, your child will be too. Teachers appreciate your involvement and assistance in school activities and kids love to have their parents both in the classroom and on field trips. You can do as little or as much as time permits. A great way to get involved, if you have the time, is to become a home room parent. You will then have the opportunity to plan and participate in the classroom activities such as holiday parties. It is also beneficial for you to get involved in school activities because it will give you the opportunity to meet other parents.

Emergency clothes
School will most likely ask you to provide them with a change of clothing, in case of an accident. This is for spills as well as bathroom accidents.

Pronounced differently

All the words given below end with "s" but are pronounced differently.
Read these words aloud.

Words ending                Words ending                    Words ending
with (z) sound                 with (s) sound                    with (iz) sound

  levers                                books                                    roses
  oils                                    soaps                                    cages
  valves                                mats                                     noises
  bells                                   locks                                    wages
  rims                                   packs                                   hinges
 wheels                                taps                                      lozenges

How pronunciation changes

See how pronunciation changes when "e"  is added to the words -

at   -   ate

hat -   hate

war -  ware

fat -    fate

dam - dame

car -   care

mat -   mate

rat -     rate

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Answers of (Find the correct answer)

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.A

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.A&B

13.C

14.B

15.A&B

16.A

17.C

18.B&C

19.A&C

20.A

Find the correct answer

There can be more than one answer


1. Which is the shallowest sea in the world?

a. Caspian Sea b. Baltic Sea c. Superior Lake


2. Which is the largest island in the world?

a. Srilanka b. Australia c. Greenland


3. Which is the longest canal in the world?

a. Titicaca b. Angel c. The Grand Canal of China


4. Which country is known as the lady of snow?

a. Greenland b. Canada c. Pakistan


5. Which country is known as the roof of the world?

a. Switzerland b. Argentina c. India


6.Which is the largest ocean in the world?

a. Atlantic Ocean b. Pacific Ocean c. none of these


7. Yuri Gagarin was the first man to go in………….

a. Space b. moon c. orbit


8. Who developed the World Wide Web {www}?

a. Tim Bernes Lee b. Charles Babbage c. Jim Osborne


9. Who is known as the father of computor?

a. Charles Cabbage b. Charles Babbage c. James Watt


10. In which year was the first electronic computer made?

a. 1937 b. 2000 c. 2005


11. Who is the creator of James bond?

a. Lewis Carroll b. Sherlock Holmes c. Ian Fleming


12. Name two series written by Enid Blyton

a. Famous Five b. Noddy c. Kidnapped


13. How many feathers are used to make badminton shuttle?

a. 10 to 12 b. 18 to 20 c. 14 to 16


14. Which of these have no external ears?

a. Giraffe b. frog c. cat


15. Which of the following lays eggs on the ground?

a. Partridge b. ostrich c. crow


16. Who was the first woman to go in space?

a. Valentina Tereshkova b. Kalpana Chawla c. Juhi Chawla


17. Which is the longest river in the world

a. Volga b. none of these c. Nile


18. Name some animals that lay eggs.

a. Lion b. ostrich c. tortoise


19. Which of these animals store food?

a. Squirrel b. tiger c. honeybee


20. Which of the following is a carnivore?

a. Vulture b. crow c. goat

Be healthy!!!!!

"Those who think they have no time for exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness..."
- Edward Stanley

 
It’s simple to live healthily — and it’s not expensive either ! There are only seven major ingredients in a plan for good health:


• Exercise: Work up to a regular aerobic ( endurance) exercise programme.

• Diet and nutrition: Everything in moderation – and cut down on the fat.

• Weight Control: Maintain a healthy weight, avoid gaining and losing it.

• No smoking: Consider smoking as enemy number one.

• No Alcohol intake.

• Avoiding injury: Use your common sense (for example, by using seat belts while driving)

• Disease prevention: This can be achieved through periodic check-ups, immunization and health risk appraisals.

Learn to pronounce "TH (unvoiced)" words

To pronounce the Unvoiced TH, put the tip of your tongue between your top and bottom front teeth and let air escape around your tongue, without your vocal cords vibrating.

Examples - thank, thin, think, thought, thump, therapy, bath, with, moth, path, youth

Learn to pronounce "TH (voiced)" words

To pronounce the Voiced TH, put the tip of your tongue between your top and bottom front teeth and vibrate your vocal cords, then pull your tongue back to pronounce the rest of the word.

Examples - than, then, this, there, that, either, weather, other, bather, smooth, clothe, scythe

Learn to pronounce "SH" words

To pronounce the SH sound, place the whole width of your tongue close to the roof of your mouth behind your top front teeth, but without touching the roof, then let air slowly escape through the opening.

Examples - ash, mesh, fish, wash, posh, bush, masher, usher, shape, shin, shop, shut

Learn to pronounce "CH" words

To pronounce CH, press the whole width of your tongue against the roof of your mouth behind your top front teeth, then release your tongue just enough to let a wide hiss of air come out.

Examples - chair, chess, chin, chore, chum, teacher, church, winch, such (Note: many words will use TCH to stand for the CH sound.) watch, fetch, witch, pitcher

Child Nutrition

A healthy diet helps children grow and learn. It also helps prevent obesity and weight-related diseases, such as diabetes. The following guidelines will help you give your child a nutritious diet:

• Offer five servings of fruits and vegetables a day
• Choose healthy sources of protein, such as lean meat, nuts and eggs
• Serve whole-grain breads and cereals because they are high in fiber
• Broil, grill or steam foods instead of frying them
• Limit fast food and junk food
• Offer water and milk instead of sugary fruit drinks and sodas

WHAT IS HEALTH EDUCATION?

• Health education is a social science that draws from the biological, environmental, psychological, physical and medical sciences to promote health and prevent disease, disability and premature death through education-driven voluntary behavior change activities.

• Health education is the development of individual, group, institutional, community and systemic strategies to improve health knowledge, attitudes, skills and behavior.

• The purpose of health education is to positively influence the health behavior of individuals and communities as well as the living and working conditions that influence their health.

WHY IS HEALTH EDUCATION IMPORTANT?

• Health education improves the health status of individuals, families, communities, states, and the nation.

• Health education enhances the quality of life for all people.

• Health education reduces premature deaths.

• By focusing on prevention, health education reduces the costs (both financial and human) that individuals, employers, families, insurance companies, medical facilities, communities, the state and the nation would spend on medical treatment.

A Parent's Role in Education

Nothing helps a child succeed like an involved parent. A little willingness from a child's parents can work wonders in the classroom. Read on to learn more about your role as a parent in the education of your child.

Parents want their children to succeed in school, but a parent's role in that success must not be underestimated. In school as in life, consistent support from parents is crucial to sustaining a student's confidence and sense of achievement. Parents play four distinct roles in their child's education: cheerleader, friend, teacher and enforcer. An understanding of these roles can help you help your child step up to the challenges of learning.

Be a Cheerleader

Children thrive on encouragement. It's just as important to support a child who doesn't perform well , as it is to congratulate them for success. Real learning is not based on reward, but on the value your child places on the process itself. It's important to make something positive out of failure and to teach young learners this vital skill. Ask your child what they do when they fail at something they're good at - a missed tackle on the football field for example, or a missed key on the piano. This will help them to see how important it is to keep trying and it will teach them to access the skills they already have when faced with new or less interesting challenges.

Be a Friend

Learning about math and reading isn't the only struggle your child faces in school. Maybe they're having problems with a teacher, a group of friends, or a bully on the playground. Sometimes what they really need is someone who is willing to hear what they're thinking--and that someone should be you.

With nobody to confide in, your child will have extra stress in their life, which can decrease self-esteem and motivation. Try to recall the struggles of your own school days. Here's a chance to start fresh and pass along a more positive experience. Listening respectfully to your child's concerns can be a major confidence booster all by itself. If you take your child seriously he's more likely to do the same for their education.

Be a Teacher

You can't just leave it all up to the teacher. Sure, it's their job, but even the best and brightest can be hard pressed to address the individual needs of every child, especially in a crowded classroom. Children still need personal attention, so it's the role of the parent to make sure they get it.

Stay in touch with your child's assignments, tests and ongoing projects. Set aside time each day to offer help. Be available and enthusiastic; your child needs to feel like you want to be there and that helping them isn't a chore. Connect with their teachers regularly to keep up with how things are going in the classroom. If you find your child needs extra help, be active in getting it, or better yet, work with them yourself.

Be the Enforcer

Enforce in advance by helping your child set and keep schedules, reach goals and complete assignments on time. Be respectful. Don't expect your child to know how to use an assignment pad, or understand a class schedule. They won't get it right the first time.

Be patient but unwavering with the basics and your student will catch on. Sometimes you'll have to be strict, but a little firmness each day will teach your child vital time management skills. This will give them a sense of control and can help prevent a homework or term paper crisis. Be willing to be the bad guy, but don't make school or homework seem like a punishment. Think of yourself as the leader of an expedition, not a jailor. When things get difficult, they'll respect your authority and see you as a resource for the help they need.

Discipline In Parenting

As spoken of many times by many people and many books of parenting, it is essential to have discipline in the schematics of a child-parent relationship. As much as it is important and essential, and of course also imperative in the whole scenario to have friendship as a must-do aspect of a to-do list, it is also important to know that discipline is also very much an essence. If you are only a friend to your child, then the child may take advantage and assume that you will always be a friend and not yell or discipline them at any time and this is not a good balance in any way.

Discipline in parenting is totally necessary and parenting skills can be sharp by making room for both leniency and strictness as and when it is needed. Being strict is explaining something with firmness in voice and strength in character while explaining your view point to your child. This will make your child realize that he or she cannot take advantage of your niceness and not misinterpret your being a friend to him or her, as a sign of weakness, but as a strong and a good fundamental and this helps in the whole scheme of things, and this helps in good parenting discipline to maintain a good strike in balance and a good effective whole.

Today’s new generation has a different way of being firm and a different way or approach to disciplining. Discipline, when it is needed, should be done without the use of any harsh words or any string language (should definitely not be used) and this, along with being clear and putting out an encouraging message along with the disciplinary message makes the child feel and realize what he or she could have done wrong and at the same time, very beautifully allows for the child to feel encouraged and confident as there is a learning that the child has made via the firm message conveyed by you, as a parent. The firm message, when mixed with encouragement or a message of strength of any kind, will give and imbibe a good lesson for your child and will help to mould him or her in a structured and a fantastic way or method.

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How much u know about water?

1. True or false? Sound travels faster through water than air?

2. Water is made up of what two elements?

3. What is another name for a tidal wave?

4. True or false? The Indian Ocean is the biggest ocean on Earth.

5. The solid state of water is known as what?

6. Can the average human survive without water for a few days or a few weeks?

7. True or false? Pure water is tasteless.

8. Nimbus, cumulus and stratus are types of what?

9. True or false? Water is an example of a chemical element.

10. Does water cover more or less than 50% of the Earth’s surface?

11. True or false? Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit).

12. When water is cooled, does it contract or expand?

13. Water freezes at what temperature?

14. True or false? Water is easy to compress.

15. What is the chemical formula of water?

16. The deepest point in all of the world’s oceans is named what?

17. True or false? The consumption of bottled water has risen significantly over the lat few decades.

18.Pure water has a pH level of a around what number?

19. What is the longest river on Earth?

20. True or false? Ice sinks in water.

Match Your Answers

 Answers of  (What the baby called as?)

Sheep - Lamb

Cat - Kitten

Horse - Foal

Swan - Cygnet

Cow - Calf

Lion - Cub

Goose - Goosling

Hen - Chick

Pig - Piglet

Kangaroo - Joey

Answers of (How do animals go?)

Meow - Cat

Chirp - Bird

Woof - Dog

Hoo-Hoo - Owl

Moo - Cow

Roar - Lion

Baa - Sheep

Hee-Haw - Donkey

Gobble-Gobble - Turkey

Hello (How r u?) - Human

Answers of (Test Your Skills)

1. Surat
2. Le Corbusier
3. Janamsakhis
4. Maharashtra
5. Nathula Pass
6. Justice M. Hidayatullah
7. Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
8. Giddha
9. Mridangam
10. Pingali venkiah
11. 5 1/2 + Hrs GMT
12. Jharkhand
13. INS Kursura
14. Emancipation of woman
15. Basilica of Bom Jesus
16. Sakya
17. 1948
18. Manipur
19. Aryabhatta
20. Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai
21. Kolkatta & Agra
22. Fig Tree
23. Dolphin 

Answers of (How much you know about water?)

  
     1. True
     2. Hydrogen and oxygen
     3. Tsunami
     4. False - Pacific Ocean
     5. Ice
     6. A few days
     7. True
     8. Clouds
     9. False
    10. More - Around 70%
    11. True
    12. Expand
    13. 0 °C (32 °F)
    14. False
    15. H20
    16. Mariana Trench
    17. True
    18. 7
    19. The Nile River
    20. False - It floats

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Animal Word Search

G B R Z G R J N L G Z H T F K Y S U

A I G A U N I P O C L D N B R T N S

L Z R E B H K R D S C O A A P O O V

L T L A P B I C R N R G H W O C G B

I W Y L F L I F E O O A P E S U O M

G I O U L F E T G I C A E D B V Q C

A D Q A W O E L I L O D L J U E E B

T M O N K E Y N T C D O E J Y C N N

O H W X A A E O A L I N R S W J K V

R S Q T Y X U T I A L K D G D L O M

G U M R W X W Y G H E E E R R E K N

U S M O G R R A B A Q Y G D I R E E

U O F K H S Y R P C I H R A T B N A

ALLIGATOR       BEE                 BIRD


CAT                    COW               CROCODILE


DOG                   DOLPHIN       DONKEY


DUCK                ELEPHANT     FROG


GIRAFFE           GORILLA        LION


MONKEY         MOUSE           RABBIT


RAT                   TIGER

Rearrange it

Food Scramble

 1. TROACR


2. IPE


3. TIURF


4. OCABN


5. EECHSE


6. LPPAE


7. EDARB


8. GBELTVEEA


9. NDCAY


10. RCIE


11. AAANNB


12. OOMTTA


13. TTCLUEE


14. NRCO


15. OAOTPT


16. TARYREBWSR


17. AHGRMRUBE


18. AOGERN


19. PAIZZ


20. UOPS

Rearrange it

Words Scramble

1. LAMSL


2. NYNUF


3. OULD


4. AEEVIRCT


5. ANRLE


6. ELMIS


7. HPYAP


8. YCR


9. EFIRDSN


10. OSCOLH

Enjoy some more Twisters!!!!

• Lesser weather never weathered lesser wetter weather.

• Little Mike left his bike like Tike at Spike's.

• A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!

• A flea and a fly flew up in a flue. Said the flea, "Let us fly!" Said the fly, "Let us flee!" So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

• An undertaker undertook to undertake an undertaking. The undertaking that the undertaker undertook was the hardest undertaking the undertaker ever undertook to undertake.

• Chocolate chip cookies in a copper coffee cup.

• Did Doug dig Dick's garden or did Dick dig Doug's garden?

• Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively.

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What's the baby called as?

1. What is the name of a baby sheep?

 

• pony
• ram
• lamb
• ewe

 

 

2. A baby cat is called a ...?

 

• kitten
• catling
• catty
• tom 

 

 

3. What is a baby horse known as?

 

• foal
• cygnet
• kid
• mare

 

 

4. What is a baby swan?

 

• birdie
• duckling
• chicken
• cygnet

 

 

5. What is the name of a baby cow?

 

• cub
• foal
• pony 
• calf

 

 

6. What is a baby lion called?

 

• lionet
• cub
• puppy 
• calf

 

 

7. A baby goose is called a ...?

 

• gosling
• birdie
• duckling
• gander 

 

 

8. What is a baby hen known as?

 

• gosling
• chick
• ducklet 
• chicklet

 

 

9. What is a baby pig called?

 

• pigling
• cub
• piglet 
• boar

 

 

10. What is the name of a baby kangaroo?

 

• jackie
• billy
• joey
• tommy

 

 

 

 

How do the animals go?

1. What goes meow?

 

1. Dog 
2. Bird
3. Fish
4. Cat

 

 

2. What goes chirp?

 

1. Bird
2. Dog
3. Cat
4. Bunny

 

 

3. What goes woof?

 

1. Dog 
2. Bird
3. Fish
4. Monkey

 

 

 

4. What goes hoo-hoo?

 

1. Dog
2. Mouse
3. Cat
4. Owl

 

 

5. What goes moo?

 

1. Bird
2. Owl
3. Cow
4. Dog

 

 

6. What goes roar?

 

1. Lion 
2. Fish
3. Dog
4. Bird

 

 

7. What goes baa?

 

1. Lion
2. Cat
3. Sheep
4. Dog

 

 

8. What goes hee-haw?

 

1. Cat
2. Elephant
3. Owl
4. Donkey

 

 

9. What goes gobble-gobble?

 

1. Fish
2. Turkey
3. Cat
4. Mouse

 

 

10. What goes 'Hello, how are you today'?

 

1. Dog
2. Human
3. Cat
4. Lion

 

 

 

 

Test your skills

1. Which city in India is known as the Diamond Capital?

 

1. Hyderabad 
2. Surat
3. Bangalore
4. Mumbai wiz

 

2. Which architect designed Chandigarh; the first planned City of India?

 

1. Gustave Eiffel
2. Le Corbusier
3. Edwin Landseer Lutyens
4. Bonanno Pisano

 

3. Where can one find the collected stories of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first guru of Sikhs?

 

1. Guru Granth Sahib
2. Adi Granth
3. Dasam Granth
4. Janamsakhis

 

4. "Tamasha/Lalvani" is the folk dance of which Indian State?

 

1. Assam
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Maharashtra
4. Rajasthan

 

5. Which one of these is the trading post between India and China?

 

1. Nathula Pass
2. Khyber pass
3. Changla pass
4. Rohtang pass

 

6. Which Chief Justice of India also acted as President of India?

 

1. Justice K. N. Wanchoo
2. Justice P. N. Bhagwati
3. Justice M. Hidayatullah
4. Justice R. S. Verma

 

7. "DHANUSHKODI," the meeting point of Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean, is located at

 

1. Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
2. Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
3. Kovalam, Kerala
4. Car Nicobar, A&N Islands

 

8. Which of the following folk dances is performed by women in Punjab?

 

1. Ghero 
2. Goncha
3. Giddha
4. Garbha

 

9. Which of the following instruments is of Indian origin?

 

1. Tabla
2. Mridangam
3. Sitar
4. Violin

 

10. The Indian flag was designed by

 

1. Poti Sriramulu
2. Motilal Nehru
3. Pingali Venkiah
4. Sarojini Naidu

 

11. The Indian Standard Time (IST) is

 

1. 6 Hrs + GMT
2. 5 1/2 Hrs + GMT
3. 5 1/2 Hrs - GMT
4. 6 Hrs - GMT

 

12. Which of the following states is famous for its "Ruby Mica" deposits?

 

1. Jharkhand
2. Chattisgarh
3. Orissa
4. Andhra Pradesh

 

13. Which of the following is India's first submarine museum?

 

1. INS Vikrant
2. Sagar Kanya
3. INS Kursura
4. INS Virat

 

14. The Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award is given for

 

1. Environmental protection 
2. Social upliftment of scheduled castes
3. Communal harmony
4. Emancipation of women

 

15. Which of the following cathedrals in Goa houses the preserved body of St. Francis Xavier?

 

1. Se Cathedral Church
2. Church of St. Francis of Assissi
3. St. Cajetan Church
4. Basilica of Bom Jesus

 

16. Gautama Buddha belonged to which of the following tribal clans?

 

1. Mon
2. Lichchavi
3. Sakya
4. Lepchas

 

17. The Indian football team made its first appearance at Olympics in

 

1. 1948
2. 1936
3. 1952
4. 1956

 

18. In which Indian state did the game of Polo originate?

 

1. Meghalaya
2. Rajasthan
3. Manipur
4. West Bengal

 

19. The first satellite launched by India was called

 

1. Bhaskara I
2. Aryabhatta
3. Bhaskara II
4. Rohini

 

20. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was founded by

 

1. Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai
2. Homi J. Bhabha
3. Dr. Raja Ramanna
4. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

 

21. The first telegraph line in India was laid between

 

1. Kolkata and Delh
2. Kolkata and Agra
3. Kolkata and Mumbai
4. Delhi and Mumbai

 

22. Which is our National Tree?

1. Papaya Tree
2. Neem Tree
3. Fig Tree
4. Tamarind Tree

23. Which is our National Aquatic Animal?

1. Whale
2. Star Fish
3. Dolphin
4. Gold Fish

Have fun while reading them

• Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks. 

• I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.

• Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.

•  Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luke's duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes. Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.

• One-one was a race horse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two won one too. 

• Swan swam over the sea, Swim, swan, swim! Swan swam back again Well swum, swan!

• A twister of twists once twisted a twist;A twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist;If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist,The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.

• I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit. On a slitted sheet I sit. I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit. The sheet I slit, that sheet was it.

• How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

• The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.

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Work with your child's teacher

Regular communication between parents and teachers is key to improving student achievement. As a parent, you know your child better than anyone else—you know your child’s strengths and weaknesses. Share your knowledge to help teachers adapt lessons to match your child’s interests and learning style. The more teachers know about your child’s daily life, language, and culture,the more they will be able to make lessons more meaningful and connected to your child’s experiences. When children can make connections between what they learn in class with their lives outside of school, they become engaged and enthusiastic students.

A parent-teacher conference is an ideal opportunity to provide valuable insight in how to motivate your child to become an active learner.Working together, parents and teachers can help students overcome negative social stereotypes and defeatist attitudes that inhibit academic success. When face to face meetings are not possible, parents should use e-mail, hand notes, or phone calls to communicate regularly with the teacher.Request a curriculum outline so that you can help your child prepare in advance for class. Inquire about after-school tutoring and counseling for students. Talk to your children’s teachers about individual learning plans so you can better monitor their progress.

Encourage Learning at Home

Parents must not only supervise homework, but create a comfortable location for doing homework. For starters, turn off the television set and eliminate any other distractions such as loud music. Simple steps like making sure there is sufficient work surface to spread out books or providing proper lighting, school supplies, and having a dictionary on hand can make homework easier to complete. Helping your child develop organizational skills is the foundation for academic success. Make sure your child has a schedule planner for school and writes down homework assignments daily. Parents should help their child prioritize homework by deadline and by the amount of time required to complete an assignment. By breaking large tasks into smaller ones, assignments become more manageable and your child is less likely to become overwhelmed and procrastinate.

How to prepare your child for kindergarten?

Kindergarten will be a time of many changes for your child. He or she will have to adjust to new teachers, new children, new schedules, and routines. Having a successful entry into kindergarten will help your child have a positive attitude about school and learning. To get your child ready for kindergarten, you should:

• Read books about starting kindergarten.

• Talk enthusiastically with your child about starting kindergarten.

• Reassure your child’s feelings of anxiety or fear.

• Plan for your child to visit his or her new school.

• Tell your child about the kinds of work he or she will be doing in kindergarten.

• Talk about and practice new routines.

• Spend extra time on the first day of school but do not “drag out” saying good-bye.

What is Kindergarten Schooling?

Kindergarten  (German, literally means "children's garden") is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling. Children are taught to develop basic skills through creative play and social interaction. In most countries kindergarten is part of the preschool system[1] of early childhood education. Children usually attend kindergarten any time between the ages of two and three years.

Children attend kindergarten to learn to communicate, play, and interact with others appropriately. A teacher provides various materials and activities to motivate these children to learn the language and vocabulary of reading, mathematics, and science, as well as that of music, art, and social behaviors. For children who previously have spent most of their time at home, kindergarten may serve the purpose of helping them adjust to being apart from their parents without anxiety. It may be their first opportunity to play and interact with a consistent group of children on a regular basis.

Be a Good Parent

It is one of those essential facts of life that raising good children--children of character--demands time and attention. While having children may be "doing what comes naturally," being a good parent is much more complicated. Here are ten tips to help your children build sturdy characters:


1. Put parenting first. This is hard to do in a world with so many competing demands. Good parents consciously plan and devote time to parenting. They make developing their children’s character their top priority.


2. Review how you spend the hours and days of your week. Think about the amount of time your children spend with you. Plan how you can weave your children into your social life and knit yourself
into their lives.


3. Be a good example. Face it: human beings learn primarily through modeling. In fact, you can’t avoid being an example to your children, whether good or bad. Being a good example, then, is probably your most important job.


4. Develop an ear and an eye for what your children are absorbing. Children are like sponges. Much of what they take in has to do with moral values and character. Books, songs, TV, the Internet, and films are continually delivering messages–moral and immoral–to our children. As parents we must control the flow of ideas and images that are influencing our children.


5. Use the language of character. Children cannot develop a moral compass unless people around them use the clear, sharp language of right and wrong.


6. Punish with a loving heart. Today, punishment has a bad reputation. The results are guilt-ridden parents and self-indulgent, out-of-control children. Children need limits. They will ignore these limits on occasion. Reasonable punishment is one of the ways human beings have always learned. Children must understand what punishment is for and know that its source is parental love.


7. Learn to listen to your children. It is easy for us to tune out the talk of our children. One of the greatest things we can do for them is to take them seriously and set aside time to listen.


8. Get deeply involved in your child’s school life. School is the main event in the lives of our children. Their experience there is a mixed bag of triumphs and disappointments. How they deal with them will influence the course of their lives. Helping our children become good students is another name for helping them acquire strong character.
 
9. The dinner table is not only a place of sustenance and family business but also a place for the teaching and passing on of our values. Manners and rules are subtly absorbed over the table.
Family mealtime should communicate and sustain ideals that children will draw on throughout their lives.


10. Do not reduce character education to words alone. We gain virtue through practice. Parents should help children by promoting moral action through self-discipline, good work habits, kind and considerate behavior to others, and community service. The bottom line in character development is behavior--their behavior.


As parents, we want our children to be the architects of their own character crafting, while we accept the responsibility to be architects of the environment–physical and moral. We need to create an environment in which our children can develop habits of honesty, generosity, and a sense of justice. For most of us, the greatest opportunity we personally have to deepen our own character is through the daily blood, sweat and tears of struggling to be good parents.

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. ~Malcolm S. Forbes

Education is the movement from darkness to light. ~Allan Bloom

“The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test.
In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.”

“Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself”

ACTIVITY -READ MY MIND


Activity Type - Group work

Subject - English Grammar- Sentence Formation

Skills - Writing, speaking and listening

Time - 15–20 minutes

Aim - To guess how other students have finished their sentences.


PREPARATION

Before the class, photocopy one set of statements for each group and cut them up.



PROCEDURE

1 Divide the class into groups of three or four and give three or four slips of paper to each group member.

2 Ask them to complete the statements secretly.

3 When they have finished, one student reads out the first part of their sentences and the others have to guess how they finished them.

4 If someone guesses the sentence correctly, they get the slip of paper.

5 The winner is the person with the most slips of paper at the end of the game.

Seven Pillars of Optimal Health

Pillar 1- Reduce Your Risk Factors for Chronic Disease

A risk factor is any lifestyle or biological quality or characteristic that can increase your likelihood of developing a disease. For example - smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer. There are many risk factors for chronic disease, but too often you'll hear that health problems can be corrected by changing only one or two aspects of life. For example, you often hear that the keys to good health are proper diet and regular exercise. Diet and exercise are crucial to optimal health, but they are only two of the risk factors for chronic disease. We need to know and address them all.

Pillar 2- Exercise Daily

Yoga is both an ancient religious practice and a contemporary fad. Traditionally, it is the practice of assuming various postures to assist in meditation, and it is common to Hinduism and other Eastern religions. In American and much of Western culture, yoga is presented merely as a form of an exercise. "Exercise of daily living" is highly beneficial for reducing risk of chronic disease. For example -

• Take stairs instead of escalators or elevators.
• Park on the outer edges of parking lots and walk the rest of the way.
• Carry your luggage instead of using rollers.
• Take dancing lessons.
• Play outdoor games with your kids or friends.

Activities like these benefit cardiovascular health and burn calories throughout the day, which helps you maintain or lose weight. Science has shown that cardiovascular exercise reduces the risk of many diseases and adverse health conditions, including diabetes, colon cancer, heart disease, strokes and others.
Adding dietary supplementation with antioxidants to exercise provides even greater anti-inflammation effects. In short, the benefits of exercise in attaining optimal health are proven and profound.


Pillar 3- Take Good Macro and Micro Nutrition

Macronutrition describes the nutrients that make up most of our nutritional intake by weight - carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Good macronutrition consists of eating the right types and percentages of these nutrients.
There are good and bad sources of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the ranges of macronutrients in adults daily diets should be -

• 45 - 65 percent carbohydrates
• 20 - 35 percent fats
• 10 - 35 percent proteins

A balanced diet must also include good daily sources of fibre. To be optimally healthy, consuming as much food as possible from organic sources is best (and may also be more nutritious) especially free-range organic sources of proteins. Always remember, keep eating your seven to nine servings of fruits and vegetables daily because their massive phytonutrient load seems to be of greater benefit than the risk of the chemicals they may contain.
If macronutrition relates to the bulk of your diet, micronutrition is the stuff that comes in tiny but critical amounts in our food. This includes not only vitamins and minerals, but also phytonutrients. The prefix "phyto" derives from the greek word for plant. Phytonutrients are active nutrients found in plants that are not defined as vitamins and minerals - for example, lycopene. As with vitamins and minerals, we can also get phytonutrients from food supplements, though it is best to get as many micronutrients as possible from food; that's a big part of the definition of a healthy diet. In short, most of us need supplements to win optimal health.



Pillar 4- Have Positive Attitude

We have known for years that happy and hopeful people are generally healthier and longer-lived than the perennially depressed, angry, fearful and pessimistic. This phenomenon is not miraculous. Recent scientific research has finally been able to pinpoint the physiological cause and effects. Depression triggers two hormonal pathways that worsen our overall health. There are now over 1200 studies that reveal that people with sound committed faith live longer and better.
So, just do it and give it a try. Exercise your faith as you would your body, and apply it to your health. If faith isn't your thing, then accentuate the positive in your life in every way you can. Whether you practice spiritually or not. If you are chronically depressed, fearful, anxious, angry or pessimistic, please accept that your state of mind will damage your physical health and probably shorten your life.

"SO , PLEASE THINK POSITIVE AND ALWAYS SMILE BECAUSE IT COSTS NOTHING AND WILL GIVE YOU A POWER TO FIGHT WITH NEGATIVE SITUATIONS."

Pillar 5- Take Adequate Rest

This pillar may need the most shoring up because people in modern civilization don't get enough sleep.
It is believed that in mid-ninteenth century people averaged around nine and a half hours of sleep per night, very difficult to believe. But you have to understand how radically different life was then, even in the most technologically advanced societies. most people did hard physical labor all day, so at night they were dog-tired. There was no Television, no radio, Lamp oil was expensive, so was heating fuel. People doused the lights, banked the fire and go to sleep. But today, most people living in industrialized societies average six hours sleep per night or less
Keeping up with work, driving our kids to all their activities, staying connected with family and friends - the demands on our time are huge. And the one bank from which we can always steal a little time is our sleep. For eg., the hormones leptin and ghrelin are affected by the amount of sleep we get. Sleep deprivation is associated with decreased leptin levels and elevated ghrelin levels, both of which results in increased appetite. So a little more sleep may result in a little less compulsive eating. The optimal amount of sleep to get is between seven to eight houirs of sleep a night appears to be the best for the vast majority of adults.

Pillar 6- Take Good Medical Care

"Those who think they have no time exercise, will sooner or later have to find time for illness..."

Now stating an example ...
"I run twenty-five miles a week and eat handfuls of vitamins, and I'm so healthy I haven't seen a doctor in twenty years."

I wince when I hear people say things like that.
 I mean.... if you haven't seen a doctor in twenty years, how can you know whether you are healthy?
This is another example of people thinking that there are only a couple of risk factors that stand in the way of optimal health. Infact , there are several risk factors for heart disease and cancer that can only be assessed by a physician through the use of blood tests.

It’s simple to live healthily — and it’s not expensive either !

There are only seven major ingredients in a plan for good health:


• Exercise: Work up to a regular aerobic ( endurance) exercise programme.

• Diet and nutrition: Everything in moderation – and cut down on the fat.

• Weight Control: Maintain a healthy weight, avoid gaining and losing it.

• No smoking: Consider smoking as enemy number one.

• No Alcohol intake.

• Avoiding injury: Use your common sense (for example, by using seat belts, or opting only for safe sex).

• Disease prevention: This can be achieved through periodic check-ups, immunization and health risk appraisals.



Pillar 7- Have Healthy Environment and Good Hygiene