Category: Notes from a Teacher’s Diary

How we learn to speak

Rachna Priya
From babble to words, how do children learn to speak? How do they learn to speak their mother tongue? Can we use this knowledge to train children to acquire a second language? Communication is a very important aspect of being a human and with better understanding of how we learn to speak languages, we can improve the way we communicate.

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Who will win this game?

Smitha Prasad
These days you will find a variety of online games that will help you improve your language, logical abilities, mathematical skills, learn and play music. There are games that will also help you bust your stress and calm down. So they have to be good right? When anything becomes an addiction, then the bad of it outweighs the good.

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Adapting the flipped classroom

Surabhi Agarwal
Teaching isn’t just about explaining concepts; it’s about sparking children’s curiosity. According to Surabhi Agarwal, the ‘Flipped Classroom’ technique can be used to help students understand the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of a topic, and make learning much more enjoyable and meaningful. Read on for a step-by-step explainer on.

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Library narratives

Anitha B and Seethal PS
If you are looking for ways to make the best use of your library, read to find out how these two librarians got their students and teachers to explore the library.

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Going green

Alka Kapur
If you are thinking about implementing green initiatives in your school, Modern Public School shares with you a few practices that you can follow.

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Not by profession

Shilpa D
A teacher is more than just a teacher. She has to wear so many different hats and play the role of the counsellor, the lawyer, the comedian and so many more.

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Cooking up a fragrance

Vanisha Gupta, Umang Sultania, Gouri Naik, and Anamika Sharma
This teacher found a fragrant route to generate and further her students’ interest in chemistry. Students at an education institute extracted and studied natural products that gave different plants their aromatic smell.

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