Parent Diaries: Myriad of learning through pyramid

After my son had built a small tower, something stuck in his mind. All of a sudden, he just got the tower down and restarted working on it, this time with some pattern in mind. He was keenly observing the designs on the cups and …

Expert Diaries: Right Answers or Right Questions?

While going to buy biscuits, Vinu would ask his mother not to give exact change but give some extra money which he could give to the shopkeeper and get change in return. For instance, if the biscuits cost ₹7, he would ask his mother to give ₹10. He felt that by getting ₹3 back he would…

Parent Diaries: 1,2,3 Vs One, Two, Three

I told her that I was not looking for ‘3’ but for one, two, three. She once again replied that she didn’t see a ‘1, 2 and 3’. I gave her three pieces and counted – “one, two, three”. She said, “No, this is not three (by looking at the piece)…this is 4 ….