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Book recommendation for Children

  Here is the list of books recommended for kids who begin to read.  For Phonics: 1. Bob books 2. Meet the sight words books 3. First little readers 4. The Reading lesson 5. The Reading lesson 6. Fun with Ed and Fred 7. There was an old lady who swallowed books 8. Oakley the sock steeliing Beagle - for "ock" sound 9. Primary Phonics 1- 6 sets(60 books) 10. Fun tales - 27 booklets 11. I can read it books 12. I can read books -  Harper Collins Children books 13.  Picture books for toddlers https://numberdyslexia.com/top-15-books-on-learning-sight-words/ List of books approved by Cincinati Public school Ohio  For grades K to 12 I can read books  Harper Collins Children books  : You will find the list of books based on Book names, reading levels and character books.  

Printable Worksheets for K-2

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If you are looking for printable worksheets for classes K-2, join my Google classroom.  This will be suitable for kids from Pre K to 2nd grade. Click the invite link to join the class. classroom invite Disclaimer:  I don't follow any particular syllabus and any specific teaching methodology. The contents I post in the classroom are from various educational sites and Facebook groups.  I started saving these worksheets for my kids. Hope sharing this classroom will help many kids. 

How to avoid distractions while learning/reading/studying?

Disclaimer: This may look something irrelevant to my blog, but yes I started writing this down for my niece and nephews who are struggling to overcome their distractions during their study hours. Publishing it with a hope that it may be useful for some other little hearts too. Lock down is an unexpected phase of our life. Many have no idea on what to do in this phase. Few want to enjoy, few want to be peaceful and few want to make use of it in a different way. Many of those people who thought of making it useful chose to learn new things. When it comes to new learning, more time, an open mind, peaceful environment and concentration is more important. Lock down has given more time, now we need to bring the rest of the things into our life. Concentration : Many would say, concentration is staying focused. I agree. A Sculptor sees a desired sculpture in an uncut rock. That is staying focused; seeing only what needs to be done.  But when it is too difficult to stay focused, we can cho...

How to be determined?

DREAM is not what you  see in  sleep ,  DREAM  is something which doesn't let  you sleep . – Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam. That is determination. Before we talk about how to be determined, we should be clear on the goal for which we need to be determined. What is your goal? Becoming a Doctor or getting higher score in 12th? Becoming a Doctor is a goal to be achieved; getting higher scores, clearing entrance exams, getting Doctor seat in a reputed college, doing good in medical exams are part of that goal. Be determined to achieve the primary goal. When should we be determined? It is easy to define or express what our goals are, but to do what we speak are really difficult. Because we may make mistakes, we may delay in learning, we may delay in processing, we may fail too. But do we need to stop there? So, it is important to be determined at the time of difficulties. When something happens against your plan, or may be nothing happen as per your plan. ...

How to support Bloggers

Blogging in initial days were just compared to diaries as many were using it to share their experience and to post things informally. But it is no more a hobby. Though many bloggers post contents in an informal manners, they post it for many useful reasons. Many are educative, informative and enlightening. All such contents need much efforts on research and presentation. So, their work needs an acknowledgement too. Yes the same informative, educative and enlightening contents we receive online are from YouTube videos and of course they have a good reach. Planting a tree, watering it for so many days and giving you the fruit is what the bloggers do. They think of a content, do a background research, get materials and present it in a form of a post. Youtubers go a step ahead and make the fruit into a juice 😀, yes they too do all that the bloggers do and in addition to that, they are presenting it in a visual form. I just compared the efforts of both the content creators. Beyond both t...

Tamil Literature, Authors and Sidhars

இது தான் தமிழ் ! அனைத்தையும் படிக்க ஒரு பிறவி போதாது.. பெயர்களையாவது படித்து அறிவோம்.. 1. தேவாரம்  2. திருவாசகம் 3. திருமந்திரம் 4. திருவருட்பா  5. திருப்பாவை  6. திருவெம்பாவை  7. திருவிசைப்பா 8. திருப்பல்லாண்டு 9. கந்தர் அனுபூதி 10. இந்த புராணம் 11. பெரிய புராணம் 12. நாச்சியார் திருமொழி  13. ஆழ்வார் பாசுரங்கள் போன்ற மிகச் சிறந்த பக்தி இலக்கியங்கள்..! 1.நற்றிணை  2.குறுந்தொகை  3.ஐங்குறுநூறு  4.அகநானூறு  5.புறநானூறு  6.பதிற்றுப்பத்து  7.பரிபாடல்  8.கலித்தொகை என்னும் "எட்டுத்தொகை" சங்க நூல்கள்.. ! 1.திருமுருகாற்றுப்படை 2.சிறுபாணாற்றுப்படை 3.பெரும்பாணாற்றுப்படை 4.பொருநராற்றுப்படை  5.முல்லைப்பாட்டு  6.மதுரைக்காஞ்சி  7.நெடுநல்வாடை  8.குறிஞ்சிப் பாட்டு  9.பட்டினப்பாலை  10.மலைபடுகடாம் என்னும் "பத்துப்பாட்டு" சங்க நூல்கள்....! 1.திருக்குறள்  2.நாலடியார்  3.நான்மணிக்கடிகை  4.இன்னாநாற்பது  5.இனியவை நாற்பது  6.கார் நாற்பது  7.களவழி நாற்பது  8.ஐந்திணை ஐம்பது  9.திணைமொழி ஐ...

IQ, EQ, SQ and AQ

#copypasted #Parenting According to psychologists, there are four types of intelligence:  1) Intelligence Quotient (IQ) 2) Emotional  Quotient (EQ) 3) Social Quotient (SQ) 4) Adversity Quotient (AQ) 1. Intelligence Quotient (IQ): this is the measure of your comprehension ability", solve maths; memorize things and recall subject matters. 2. Emotional Quotient (EQ) : this is the measure of your ability to maintain peace with others; keep to time; be responsible; be honest; respect boundaries; be humble, genuine and considerate. 3. Social Quotient (SQ):  This is the measure of your ability  to build a network of friends and maintain it over a long period of time. People that have higher EQ and SQ tend to go farther in life than those with high IQ but low EQ and SQ. Most schools capitalize in improving IQ level while EQ and SQ are played down. A man of high IQ can end up being employed by a man of high EQ and SQ even though he has an average IQ. Your EQ represents your c...

Distraction in these situations ends up as a disaster

This happens almost all days in the morning. It is a mood spoiler. It happens the moment you turn around to grab sugar from the shelf or a spoon from the drawer or at the milli second that you take to check all your social media updates😊  I wonder whether the milk in the vessel waits for that moment of our distraction, to vent out the creamy layer formed on top of it. Whatever, in that nano second, our stove and vessel turn out to be a disaster. All we end up saying is..."it all happened in a second". In kitchen it is very common; in a nano second, the browny cashew become charcoal, dosa become charcoal mask on dosa tawa, yummy spicy smell will give burnt smell. All these spoil the hard work of time and effort in a blink of eyes. Many kitchen accidents are also happen in no time. So, that short time of distraction not only end up in spoiling your food or mood, but sometimes leave a life long scar on your lives. When it comes to nano second diversion,  two things comes...

Hey Google! Ok Google

Devices at our home are part of our home. Don't you think, AI devices becoming part of our family. When we move on to smart living, these smart devices are inevitable. Uses and benefits of these devices are available in their ads and websites. I am not into promoting them:). Few complains that we got addicted to the gadgets. I can't deny it. But I question, is that wrong? I see it as an optimal use of technologies. Devices are introduced to simplify our job. We should be aware of making use of it. Now Google home and Alexa are becoming a part of many of our houses. Our day begins with "Hey google, whats the time now? Hey google whats the weather today?, Hey google Whats the News headlines? Hey google what the appointments I have today? Hey Google how is the traffic to work today? I agree that, these devices won't replace human beings, because they cant bring bed coffee to you. Similarly, the person who bring you bed coffee will not be answering to all the ...

Vanakkam world

After this pandemic outbreak, many talks about hygienic practices that need to be followed. Few country presidents and prime ministers highlighted Indians' welcome practice of Vanakam or Namaste is a good way to welcome each other, without spreading germs.  Now I see many of my Indian friends and neighbors,  who welcomed me with a hug and hand shake forwarding those speeches and posts saying, "see the whole world now following Indian practices and we are well cultured from long ago" .  I feel pity for such sudden patriots. Are we influenced by that extreme of westernization? Cant we feel proud about ourselves without the acknowledgement of other country people?   Believe in our practices. When it comes to culture, We are blessed than any other country. Because India has one of the oldest civilizations in the world, we have more to admire on our customs, just try to know the meaning and reasons for our practices and continue following them according to the existi...

Udayar - A tribute to Raja Raja Cholan

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Book Review on Udayar 1 Sequel of  # ponniyinselvan . Talks about the initiation of Tanjai Periya Kovil construction. Role of Panjavan Maadevi, Prammaraayar and  # karuvoorarsiddhar  in Chola dynasty. # Kalki  's Ponniyin selvan was ended with the mystery of  # adityakarikalan . Udayar 1 talks in detail about Aditya Karikaalan. His love for war, reasons for assassinating Pandya King, which became reason for his assassination etc. Also, Raja Raja Chola's judgement on his brother Aditya Karikalan's assassination case. The key people behind Aditya Karikalan's assassination were found living in Kandaloor Salai, Kerala(chera kingdom). They were exiled and the place was destroyed. This is still a remarkable history in Chera, Chola and Pandyas, as the battle of  # kandaloor_saalai . How did the exiled community take revenge on Raja Raja Chola and his kingdom? When Raja Raja Chola was movinh forward to reach the heights of fame by incorporatin...