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*Everyone can think back to their years as a student and recall at least one teacher that stood out as a truly outstanding teacher.

We’ve all had that teacher at some point in our lives. It can be really difficult to pinpoint what makes a teacher remarkable.

We know it when we see it or experience it, but putting our experience into words can be challenging.

1. Teachers that care about us both in and out of the classroom

Whether cheering for us on the field or applauding our curtain call, students appreciate teachers that show us they not only care about how we’re doing in their class, but out of it, too. My friend said  “I especially love being able to go talk to my teachers about life and other things not related to the subject at hand”. It’s a great feeling knowing that when you don’t want to talk to your parents, there’s another adult that you can talk to and trust. It would take way more than two hands to count the number of students at my school that keep in touch with the teachers during the summer. Having an exceptional relationship with teachers has us looking forward to school every morning and working harder in class to show the teachers we adore that we care.

2. Teachers those are beyond passionate

The best teachers are not always the ones teaching the core classes. I took a English class in 8th grade and learned more information in a single semester than I’ve learned during an entire year. The teacher was fantastic because he was incredibly passionate. When imagining a teacher discussing Shakespeare, many would picture a bunch of teenagers staring out into space, barely listening. But, when My teacher talked, no heads went down and no eyes wandered. Everyone was focused intently on what he told us because his passion for the subject was contagious. I admire teachers that are so passionate about their subject that they inspire students to look further into it, ask questions, and leave the class with a sense of wonder about learning something genuinely new and interesting.

3. Teachers that plan unforgettable lessons

My 6th grade Life Science teacher was an incredible teacher. Her lessons were the type that stuck with us long after leaving her class. Each lesson had a lot of thought put into it and was obviously well planned without making us feel as though we were robots following a plan down to the last second. I would go home and tell my parents about the exciting things we did in class on a near-daily basis. she floated from table to table, pointing out cool things, answering an immeasurable amount of questions, and comforting the squeamish. She loved us and we loved her. Her immense amount of passion, knowledge, and love made her an outstanding teacher.

4. Teachers that aren’t afraid to be challenged

I had an unforgettable teacher during my year of high school. He consistently challenged and debated with us in class and welcomed the opportunity for us to disagree with him. In a society where students are always expected to accept what the authority figure says, having a teacher who allowed us to challenge him was an eye-opening experience. No matter the topic, if we had a different opinion, he wanted to hear it. At first, it was strange to debate with a teacher and a bit upsetting that he was not shy about pointing out a flaw in our argument. But, by the end of the year, I appreciated having a teacher that I could be completely honest with about the subject, knowing he would bring up a point that would have me thinking about my argument in an entirely new way.

In the end, the best teachers aren’t always the ones doling out the best grades. Rather, the teachers that *challenge, inspire, and truly care for their students are the ones that make a lasting impact*.

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

Public speaking is a process of delivering a speech to a group of people in order to influence, inform or entertain them. This activity trains students to speak with confidence in public. But, there are many students who do not want to stand in front of the crowd because they are afraid of speaking in public

They feel nervous, have low confidence, have poor self-esteem, and are scared of facing the audience. For them, it is important to realize that public speaking skills can go a long way in boosting their self-confidence and ensuring career success.

Thus, to help your children have better public speaking abilities, here we provide you with the eight ways to develop their public speaking andOUP presentation skills.

CREATE OR JOIN THE GROUP

To encourage good public speaking skills, create a group of children of the same age group to sharpen their speaking skills because every speaker needs an audience. Make your kids practice speaking and listen to the feedback given by fellow participants and their parents. This exercise will make your child feel confident in front of a crowd. Social Groups play an essential role in providing feedback and support; thus, joining those groups will help your child conquer public speaking fear.

 BEGIN WITH WRITING AND DO NOT WORRY ABOUT GRAMMATICAL ERRORS

One of the essential aspects of public speaking skills is understanding that words and language are just a means to convey your thoughts; thus, it is more important to organize one’s thoughts and formulate strong arguments. If the thoughts are organized, then it automatically boosts confidence and fluency. During communication, you must focus on the content instead of paying attention to the grammatical errors.

FOCUS MORE ON YOUR TOPIC

Most people focus more on how people will think about them, rather than focusing on the speech topic, thus, making your delivery poor. It can also divert the audience’s minds to your anxiety rather than what you are saying. Thus, encourage your child to focus more on the topic and be passionate about conveying how it will help our audience to get what they want.  When your mind is completely focused on giving your audience value, your anxiety will disappear, and your child will feel more confident after knowing that he helps their audience get what they need.

CHANGE THE MOOD BEFOREHAND

To lower your child’s anxiety before giving their speech, do something that will put your child’s mood in a more positive and happy state; you can do one of the following things to make your child feel good instantly.

•           Do deep breathing.

•           Do light meditation

•           Think of the ways that your audience will benefit from the speech.

•           Do light exercise before getting ready for your speech.

Thus, making your child mood light will make them feel enthusiastic, and they can put their point across efficiently.

MAKE EYE CONTACT

Great public speaking skills require good eye contact that makes people feel special because it seems that you are speaking just to them. Instead of asking children to sweep from side to side, ask them to make eye contact randomly as it will look natural. If it is difficult to look at everyone individually, then mentally divide the audience into smaller groups. Hence, when they look at one person in a group, everyone in that group will feel like they are looking at them.

PREPARE NOTES

Don’t force your child to memorize their speech; instead, Jot down the main points on index cards that can be helpful when your child begins to walk away from the main objectives of their presentation. However, motivate your child to practice enough public speaking skills so that they don’t find themselves reading their entire script from the paper, sending the signal that they are unprepared.

ENCOURAGE READING BOOKS

Books are truly man’s best friends and a great way of increasing communication and public speaking skills in children. Also, Reading is an excellent tool for enhancing speaking skills to a great extent. Therefore, you must encourage your child to read books to improve their communication skills and be a great public speaker in their near future.

KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

One of the important ways of public speaking skills for students is to find out who their listeners are and what their motives behind attending this presentation are, or what they are expecting from your speech.  Once you know this, then it will become easier for you to deliver your speech with maximum effectiveness. After knowing your audience, your anxiety level will get lower, and you can deliver your speech with great confidence in front of them.

Thus, Speaking in public is one of the greatest fears for many people as it brings on great anxiety and lowers your confidence.  Therefore, you must encourage your child to practice their public speaking skills ahead of their time. By putting effort into helping your child will encourage your child to become an effective public speaker. It will also help them in becoming more confident and self-reliant.

JAI HIND

        

  *How to motivate child to do homework” is on almost every parent’s mind right now. Getting kids to do homework doesn’t have to be painful. In fact, it can be outright fun! In this article, I will share the secret on motivating your child to not only do homework but also love homework. Yes, you read it right. It is possible to love doing school work. No yelling, screaming, threatening or crying required.

Why Do Kids Hate Homework Let’s start with kindergarteners. For many children, kindergarten is their first formal experience in school. Kindergarten has changed a lot over the last decade.

Once a place for socialization and play, kindergartens now emphasize the importance of learning to read, to count, to sit still and to listen to the teachers. Going from playing all day at home to behaving or sitting still in a structured environment for hours at a time is a tough transition.To add to that, many kindergartens also assign homework to these little children, further reducing their available play time. It’s no wonder that some kindergarteners are not motivated to do homework.

Homework Motivation Remember when your child was still a toddler, he/she would get into anything and everything?They were curious and they were eager to learn about everything around them.They were passionate learners.

Children naturally love learning, if we provide the right environment and motivate them appropriately.

Here’s the problem…When you hear the word “motivate”, what do you think of?If you’re thinking about toys, money, iPad time, points, stickers, etc., you’re not alone. Rewards (and sometimes punishments) are many parents’ go-to motivators.Parents love them because they work almost instantly. You present the prize and the child complies to get it. Problem solved.Simple and effective.But very soon, you will notice some unintended results.

Here is an example.

A TEACHER was approached by a couple who told him about a system of rewards they had set up for their son, which had produced much improved behavior  THEY SAID “He sits up straight and eats his DINNER and he is really very well behaved,” they reported. Until, that is, the first time the family dined at a nice restaurant. The child looked around, picked up a crystal glass from the table and asked, “How many points not to drop this?” A fine example, of the detrimental effects of over-reliance on rewards to shape children’s behavior.

This example is far from rare.In fact, it is very common when a child is motivated purely by an external reward. Once the reward is removed, the child will no longer be interested in continuing the behavior.What’s the right way to motivate our children? The answer is intrinsic motivation.

Intrinsic motivation refers to engaging in an activity for its pure enjoyment. This enjoyment comes from within an individual and is a psychological satisfaction derived from performing the task, not from an extrinsic outcome. In other words, to get your kid to do homework, first help them enjoy doing it.

It is not as crazy as it sounds. It’s unfortunate that homework is called “work”. We like to separate work from play.So naturally, we feel that homework is drudgery. But it doesn’t have to be.

Homework is a tool for children to learn and get familiar with the knowledge taught in class.To enjoy homework, the child just has

How To Motivate a Child To Do Homework to enjoy learning.

To motivate kids, we first have to change our mindset, from a working mindset to a learning mindset.

The goal of going to school is not about getting into college, finding a good job, earning a stable income, etc.Of course, all of those are wonderful, but that’s a working mindset – you’re doing all that work for reasons other than enjoying the learning itself.

Going to school should be about learning, acquiring knowledge, exploring new subjects and growing as a person.

MAKE CHILD ENJOY DOING HOMEWORK

Have a special place for your child to study. The homework area doesn’t have to be fancy. A desk in the bedroom is nice, but for many children, the kitchen table or a corner of the living room works just fine. The area should have good lighting and it should be fairly quiet. Provide supplies and identify resources. For starters, have available pencils, pens, erasers, writing paper and a dictionary.

Other supplies that might be helpful include a stapler, paper clips, maps, a calculator, a pencil sharpener, tape, glue, paste, scissors, a ruler, a calculator, index cards, a thesaurus and an almanac. If possible, keep these items together in one place.

Set a regular time for homework. Having a regular time to do homework helps children to finish assignments. Of course, a good schedule depends in part on your child’s age, as well as her specific needs. You’ll need to work with a young child to develop a schedule. You should give your older child the responsibility for making up a schedule independently—although you’ll want to make sure that it’s a workable one.

You may find it helpful to have her write out her schedule and put it in a place where you’ll see it often, such as on the refrigerator. ß Remove distractions. Turn off the TV and discourage your child from making and receiving social telephone calls during homework time. (A call to a classmate about an assignment, however, may be helpful.)

 If you live in a small or noisy household, try having all family members take part in a quiet activity during homework time. You may need to take a noisy toddler outside or into another room to play. If distractions can’t be avoided, your child may want to complete assignments in the local library. ß Don’t expect or demand perfection. When your child asks you to look at what she’s done—from skating a figure 8 to finishing a math assignment—show interest and praise her when she’s done something well.

If you have criticisms or suggestions, make them in a helpful way. One final note: You may be reluctant to help your child with homework because you feel that you don’t know the subject well enough or because you don’t speak or read English as well as your child. But helping with homework doesn’t mean doing the homework. It isn’t about solving the problems for your child, it’s about supporting him to do his best.

Hasti Group of Schools
Dondaicha
Blog Number 321

Research shows that your child’s math future can start with… music
Not with drills, Not with flashcards, Not with worksheets forced on them at age 3. * * But with rhythm.

Clapping games.

Singing lullabies.

Banging spoons in the kitchen.

Because music doesn’t just touch the heart, it also rewires the brain.

🧠 According to Rauscher et al. (Neurological Research, 1997), *children who listen to music as children show an increase in mathematical and spatial reasoning.

Why?

Because rhythm teaches the brain to recognize patterns.

Because melody strengthens memory.

Because playing music lights up the same parts of the brain responsible for logic, sequencing, and problem solving.

It’s not “just playing.” It’s dynamic cognitive development.

But here’s what we keep doing:
→ Cutting music out of classrooms.

→ Prioritizing early academics over creativity.
→ Treating musical expression like a luxury rather than a launchpad.
Meanwhile, science is screaming:
🎵Music builds brains. And not just math brains.*Regular brains. Connected brains. Flexible, joy-filled, creative brains.

So when your child is humming,, playing on instruments,, making meaningless noises…*Don’t silence them.
Join them.
Because that sound? That rhythm? That beat? It’s building something deeper than grades:
Focus.
→Memory.
→Emotional regulation.
→Pattern recognition.
Music is not extra. It’s essential.

So sing along. Dance barefoot in the light. *Let them drum, play, and play even if it’s off-key.
Because behind every off-beat song there’s probably a kid wiring their brain to shine

 The importance of reading simply can’t be overstated. Reading helps children in all school subjects. More important, it is the key to lifelong learning.

Here are some tips on how to help your child become a reader. 

1. Start early. When your child is still a baby, reading aloud to him should become part of your daily routine*.

2, Make sure that your home has lots of reading materials that are appropriate for your child. Keep books, magazines and newspapers in the house. Reading materials don’t have to be new or expensive

3,Set aside quiet time for family reading. Some families even enjoy reading aloud to each other (Do You Remember  Hasti Vachaspati Project) with each family member choosing a book, story, poem or article to read to the others.

4.Talk with Your Child Talking and listening play major roles in children’s school success.

children who don’t hear a lot of talk and who aren’t encouraged to talk themselves often have problems learning to read,

5Think of talking with your child as being like a tennis game with words—instead of a ball—bouncing back and forth.

6.*As you shop in a store, talk with your child about prices, differences in brands and how to pick out good vegetables and fruit.

7.As you fix a sink or repair a broken table, ask your child to hand you the tools that you name. Talk with her about each step you take to complete the repair. Tell her what you’re doing and why you’re doing it.

8.Demonstrate for him how to be a good listener:  When your child talks to you, stop what you’re doing and pay attention.

9.Monitor Homework Let your child know that you think education is important and so homework has to be done.

10. Ask her/him for suggestions about how you should do something. ( howsoever young the child is). As you watch TV together, talk with your child about the background of the characters, which ones she/he likes

Our HASTI PUBLIC SCHOOL   is making compatible  , logical and rational efforts to create awareness in society about this plastic hazard and threat

Awareness rallies , no plastic slogan  , drawing competition and video clip results in to increased awareness amongst the future citizens of our Nation

The fact that plastics are now a serious headache for the planet is proved by the fact that more and more governments are proposing measures to reduce their impact on the environment. In fact, in 2021 Europe will ban the sale of single-use plastics such as drinking straws, cutlery or cotton buds within its borders. To put the magnitude of the problem into context, let’s review some objective data:

Every year, 500 billion plastic bottles are produced worldwide.

In 2021we will generate more than 500 million tonnes of plastic, 1900% more than in 1980.*

Plastic in the ocean is already more than 150 million tons of waste.*

By 2050, they could contain more plastics than fish.**

Each year around eight million tons of plastic ends up in our seas and oceans.*

While on the subject of single-use plastics, which account for half of the plastic we use each year, they have an average useful life of 12 to 15 minutes and yet can take up to 500 years to disappear

According to Life Out Of Plastic (LOOP). Plastics outlive us and will outlive our children.

The good news is that it is in our hands, as consumers, to turn this situation around.

We have the power to make manufacturers change the way they produce.

TIPS FOR REDUCING YOUR PLASTICS CONSUMPTION

Minimising he consumption of plastics is much simpler than it seems.

Avoid single-use plastics such as drinking straws

Single-use plastics, such as plates and cutlery made from this material, make our lives easier, but seriously harm the planet.

If you go shopping, remember to take a cloth bag

Recycle chewing gum… it’s also make of plastic Replace plastic Tupperware for glass or steel containers

If you eat at work, a Tupperware container is part of your day.

Not only will the planet appreciate it, so will your health because some of these plastic containers can release harmful substances.

When hanging out washing use wooden pegs instead of plastic ones

you manage to get your family, friends and co-workers to do the same by setting an example

Avoid using cosmetics that use micro-plastics, buy a biodegradable brush and wear natural fabrics

So in nut shell

Plastics are now a serious headache for the planet and it is in our hands to reverse this situation.

Plastic has become a constant element in our lives. It’s everywhere: product packaging, cosmetic ingredients, textiles, mobile phones, etc. It’s even in the chewing gum you might be chewing on right now!

*Its omnipresence is such that many would find the mere fact of giving it up a difficult task.

Reducing the consumption of plastics therefore requires not only a change in habits, but also a change of mindset.

JAI HIND