NASA has some great stuff on their website.

Lots of stuff about science in general since you need the basics to build up to aeronautics and rocket science. Games, images and video. Even though my son is bit younger than their target audience, we are still getting a lot out of it. They Have Nasa kids club.

Those of you with older (4+) kids will probably get more out of it than we do.The stuff on the site is free. here is the link:

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html

starfall

One of thos most educational and fun website is :

www.starfall.com

I owe a lot to this website for my son's learning about alphabets - upper case and lower case, phonics, About me (my body part, my kichen, my living room, my bathroom) etc

It has lotsa pages which makes 'reading' fun.

About shop and numbers

I wanted to teach my son about shop, buying stuff etc.

To demonstrate that to him, first we (me n Sunny) did this fun craft activity.

Out of an empty cereal box we made our own shop.

And then, i made some fun currencies like coins, notes etc. I told him how we buy stuff.

We pick stuff, then check the price and pay it at billing counter.

This is a fun way of telling kids about "buy-sell" concept and lean numbers.

My son knows his numbers pretty well now.

Get Your Preschooler Thinking With These Problem Solving Activities

Challenge your preschooler’s mind with these problem solving activities. Placing a new challenge or problem before your preschooler helps her brainstorm new ways to solve it. These are necessary life skills your child has to learn, not only in the classroom environment, but also as an adult.
Try these simple Activities :
1. Push her toy under the couch, and ask her to retrieve it.Watch what she does. If she needs help, give her a rod or stick to try pushing the car towards her.

2. Ask her to fetch you something that’s on a higher shelf she can’t reach. Observe how she solves the problem. Make suggestions if necessary – she can drag a chair or stool over…

3. Mix a cup each of beans, salt and rice in a large bowl, and give your child three smaller bowls, a strainer and a colander. Ask her to separate the beans, rice and salt. talk about the different ways you could do this.

4. Spill some water on the ground (you could do this when she actually does spill something on the floor!) and give her a variety of materials to wipe the mess with – paper napkins, a wash cloth, sponge, a synthetic piece of fabric etc. Discuss what material is best for mopping up the water.

5. Draw two parallel lines in the yard with a piece of chalk, about four feet apart. Place a piece of crumpled paper just inside one line. Ask her to get the paper to the other line without touching it. Brainstorm different ways she can so this – the obvious one would be to blow on it. See if there are other ways to move the paper forward – fan it with a plastic plate or magazine, perhaps. Memorizing things alone won’t prepare your child for serious learning. The brain is exercised when you throw these little challenges at it.

Have fun!

Homeschooling

While planning activities for my son I come across many sites. I likes this concept of homeschooling. But I think it good for foundation stage. Kids do need to go out in the the proper school outside and see the world from their own eyes. Exposure to school environment and company of other kids is very important to enhance social and communication skills.

I will soon put links of interesting homeschooling resources which I too use for my son.

My sone is 3 yrs 11 months old and goes to playgroup everyday for 2.5 hrs.

The first post

This blog is for putting all my experinces of parenting. All those precious moments will become memory. I want to record all those moments and memories here.