Learning with Young Minds

  During this long ‘Stay at Home’ phase, one thing missed by many is visiting local markets, stores and malls. Kids are no exceptions! So, why not take a detour from our daily routine and do some toy shopping with kids 😉. And it will not be strenuous. In fact, it is entertaining and at the same time educational. Let’s do shopping of toys and school stationary.   As we all know, just going to the store without having a shopping list can be a disaster, particularly with kids 😆. So, keep the list ready. The subscribers can download the free worksheet here: Let’s Go Shopping!   And take the help of kids to find out the total cost for each set. They will be interested in knowing which one is the most costly and the cost of the sets that include their favourite toy 😀  The concept of money can be introduced while kids practise simple addition and multiplication.  😇😀

  If you thought that the Treasure Hunt with coordinates was fun, then get ready for more adventure as the coordinate graphs show their artistic side.  Drawing images with the help of coordinates is an easy and engaging activity for kids. So, we have got some simple patterns that are suitable for small kids. And what more? The Printable Activity also includes a pattern with kites to mark the celebration of Makarsankranti 😀   And the other patterns are revealed when one follows the path denoted by the coordinates.😉 How do we do this? The path is shown with the coordinates connected by the arrows. As you move from one coordinate to the next, join them with a line. For the closed shapes such as triangle, we come back to the original point. These closed shapes are then filled with the same colour so that the image is revealed.   Let’s solve this new mystery by connecting coordinates and revealing the images. Have fun and wish you all a very happy Makar Sankranti...

  Happy New Year!   The new beginnings are enchanting, and mysterious. And so are the puzzles. Math puzzles are fun, fascinating and at the same time, educating. Puzzles about geometric shapes particularly fit this description. Children learn shapes at every early age. They also point out the real life objects that resemble these geometric shapes. But, when we move beyond this basic knowledge, many (including myself 😉 ) think that geometry is a difficult and dry subject. How can we make it interesting? Well, most of you must have guessed the correct answer by now, PUZZLES. They provide an opportunity to understand various relations between shapes with visualization. Puzzles can keep kids busy for hours during the school holidays or remote-learning days 😀 . Here are some puzzles involving triangles, and rectangles to make this new beginning exciting. Find the Number of Triangles: The initial learners of geometric shapes will find this puzzle stimulating. They have t...