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One new guide every Wednesday: short, practical and written for Indian homes. What to say, what to do in ten minutes, and the TypeMasti lesson that does the same thing.
7 guides so far · RSS feed
Ages 5–7 · 6 min readFestival words at home: Diwali, Holi, Eid and Christmas
Diyas, gulal, sewai and kites: the words a five-year-old meets in the festival months, and ten-minute things to count, sort and name at home.Read the guide
Ages 5–7 · 6 min readIndia at home: the flag, the chakra and the national animals
What a Class 1 child is asked about India, from the flag's colours to the peacock and tiger, with ten-minute games to play at home.Read the guide
Ages 5–7 · 6 min readSpace at home: sun, moon, stars and a cardboard rocket
What a six-year-old can learn about space just by looking up, and four ten-minute things to do at home: a moon diary, star counting and a cardboard rocket.Read the guide
Ages 3–5 · 6 min readBefore the alphabet: five listening games for a three-year-old
Rhyme, clapping beats and first sounds come before any letter shape. Five listening games for a three-year-old, with a steel tumbler and a bowl of chana.Read the guide
Ages 5–7 · 6 min readHe, she, it, they: first sentences at home with a six-year-old
He, she, it and they with is and are: simple games with family photos, the dinner table and the pets outside, and a kind way through the he/she mix-up.Read the guide
Ages 3–5 · 5 min readLetter sounds before letter names: a ten-minute routine for four-year-olds
Why a four-year-old needs the sound of S before the name of S, which sounds to start with, and a ten-minute routine that fits before school or bath time.Read the guide
Ages 5–7 · 5 min readMake ten with your hands: the one number idea that unlocks addition
The pairs that make ten sit behind every sum in Class 1 and 2. How to teach them with ten fingers, a tray and a bowl of chana, ten minutes a day.Read the guide
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