<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>TypeMasti guides for parents</title><description>Practical guides for Indian parents of children aged 3 to 10: letter sounds, counting, reading at home, screen time and festivals as learning moments. One new guide every week.</description><link>https://typemasti.com/</link><language>en-in</language><item><title>Festival words at home: Diwali, Holi, Eid and Christmas</title><link>https://typemasti.com/guides/festival-words-at-home-diwali-holi-eid-christmas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://typemasti.com/guides/festival-words-at-home-diwali-holi-eid-christmas/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>builder</category><category>festivals</category></item><item><title>India at home: the flag, the chakra and the national animals</title><link>https://typemasti.com/guides/india-at-home-flag-colours-and-the-national-animals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://typemasti.com/guides/india-at-home-flag-colours-and-the-national-animals/</guid><description>What a Class 1 child is asked about India, from the flag&apos;s colours to the peacock and tiger, with ten-minute games to play at home.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>builder</category><category>india</category></item><item><title>Space at home: sun, moon, stars and a cardboard rocket</title><link>https://typemasti.com/guides/space-at-home-sun-moon-stars-and-a-cardboard-rocket/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://typemasti.com/guides/space-at-home-sun-moon-stars-and-a-cardboard-rocket/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>builder</category><category>space</category></item><item><title>Before the alphabet: five listening games for a three-year-old</title><link>https://typemasti.com/guides/listening-games-before-the-alphabet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://typemasti.com/guides/listening-games-before-the-alphabet/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>explorer</category><category>listening-games</category></item><item><title>He, she, it, they: first sentences at home with a six-year-old</title><link>https://typemasti.com/guides/he-she-it-they-first-sentences/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://typemasti.com/guides/he-she-it-they-first-sentences/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>builder</category><category>pronouns</category></item><item><title>Letter sounds before letter names: a ten-minute routine for four-year-olds</title><link>https://typemasti.com/guides/letter-sounds-before-letter-names/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://typemasti.com/guides/letter-sounds-before-letter-names/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>explorer</category><category>phonics</category></item><item><title>Make ten with your hands: the one number idea that unlocks addition</title><link>https://typemasti.com/guides/make-ten-with-your-hands/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://typemasti.com/guides/make-ten-with-your-hands/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>builder</category><category>number-bonds</category></item></channel></rss>