‘Earth Awareness’ Kid-made Quiz. And, a Gorgeous Recycled Art Journal Folder

by Rashmie April 10, 2012

Welcome to the Earth Day Celebrations Blog Hop Join this meaningful event; check out the first of our series of Earth Day projects, and enjoy dozens of more Earth Day relevent ideas.

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Egg Carton Play Dough Garden: Giving Creative Freedom to Your Child

by Rashmie April 9, 2012

We love Tinker Lab’s creative challenge hosted every two months! We’ve participated in each of their collaborative challenge so far – starting from Cardboard box to Magazines to Paper Bag. And now – egg carton! Read on to know what Pari made this time and why I let her drive this project from start to [...]

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Earth Day Celebrations: Invite to Blog Hop and Nature Walk Pictures

by Rashmie April 5, 2012

 April 22 is Earth Day – a very special day in my heart – and for our planet. I will not be exaggerating if I say that this day is almost as special (actually far more) to me as a festival like Diwali (one of the most important Hindu festivals). Ironically though, Diwali could possibly be the worst [...]

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Kid-made Newspaper: Writing with Real-world Context

by Rashmie April 3, 2012

For the past few months, Pari and I have discussed a few times about creating our own newspaper – a monthly – to begin with.

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Making Math fun for Children (and going back to OUR own school days!)

by Rashmie March 30, 2012

Math can be so entertaining, I’d have never fathomed as a child. For, the way it was taught made me hate it to the core! To make matters worse, the Math teacher – for most part of my schooling – was someone who scared the wits out of me (and many of my classmates) – [...]

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Rainbow Playful World with Nature Collection and Storytelling

by Rashmie March 27, 2012

Spring is reflecting in the art and activities that we are doing at home and outdoors. It’s not long before Delhi’s merciless Summer will hold us hostage indoors… sigh… Last week, we enjoyed the lovely spring colours at Delhi’s Nehru Park. The colours and spirit reflected indoors, too – in a dream-world that Pari made [...]

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32 Reflections on Children, Parenting and Your Life. Learning Societies UnConference – Part II

by Rashmie March 23, 2012

I went to the Learning Societies UnConference (read Part I – about being brave and breaking out of your comfort zone) to seek answers to some homeschooling questions, to meet people on this journey and to get ideas for other things that I’m seeking in life at the moment. I’ve found some of the answers [...]

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About Being Brave and Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone: Learning Societies Un-Conference 2012 – Part I

by Rashmie March 20, 2012

I came to know about the Learning Societies Un-Conference nearly a month back. Reading the invite (the theme was ‘Healthy Lifestyle and Healthy Communities), I was immediately convinced this is something I totally want to attend. I was convinced alright, but there were some (actually many) odds that were going to need me to come out [...]

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