Top 10 TED talks on education picked by Sir Ken Robinson.

http://www.ted.com/playlists/124/sir_ken_robinson_10_talks_on.html

3.5 year old reading stories on www.think-bag.com.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLNoFOuQLAk

We are glad we were able to let an young reader experience the joy of reading.

Regards
Mathangi
Co Founder
ThinkBag

Testimonial from parent
Congratulations to your team for launching think-bag. It is a great effort and I really wish the best. Sahasra enjoys the stories and I am glad you all liked the video. :) She gets very excited to say "whee" at the end. That is her favorite part.
Will look forward for more interesting stories especially of Tinku and Binku :)
Vijji. (Mom of Sahasra)

For parents of 0-6 year olds.

This weekend, Make noises with your kids. Kids love funny sounds.

Play a game ; take turns to make funny noises.
Or enact an animal or just make a funny noise for no reason!

Geeee Haaaaww
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Boink Plonk
Drrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Sploth poth

You can make funny faces too!

Let the child in you come alive!!!!

Happy Weekend!
Hooo Haaa Haaa
Mathangi
Co Founder
www.think-bag.com

Adai Dosa (Dal Dosai)

Wannna serve a protein rich Dosai to your family?. Here you go.

Channa Dal - 1.5 cup
Moong Dal - 0.5 cup
Whole Urad Dal (the one used for idli) - 0.5 glass
Tuvar Dal - 0.5 cup
Boiled Rice - 1 cup
Soak all the above together for 2 hours

Grind it with the following ingredients
1. Red Chillis -3
2. Green Chillis -3
3. Corriander leaves - as per taste
4. Ginger - as per taste
5. Asafoetida
6. Grated coconut - 1 table spoon

Your batter is ready.

Viola! serve hot protein rich Dosais to your family, with chutney or curds.

Note : Adding onions to the batter makes it yummier.

Enjoy!



Regards
Mathangi
Co founder
ThinkBag.

“Tia’s world of Rangoli” in Tamil arrives at www.think-bag.com

Waiting to read books in your mother tongue to your child? If your mother tongue is Tamil, go ahead and read the book “Tia’s world of Rangoli” in Tamil. It has arrived just today. 

Oh! Your mother tongue is not Tamil. Telugu? Hindi? Marathi? We already have books in these languages on our site.

For the rest, follow our site and our posts for future arrivals in other regional languages.

Happy Reading.
Best Regards
Mathangi
Co Founder

Science and Sensorial activity for Young minds

It’s never too early to introduce science to children in the simplest form. Children are curious by nature. Let us nurture this curiosity right from the beginning by means of simple activities/experiments.

 The following activity is appropriate for children of age 2+. Make sure you adjust the level of activity (simplify or make it slightly challenging as per the age and readiness of the child) This activity/experiment involves mixing various things in water and observing... which dissolves, which does not, what is the colour of water after mixing etc.
1. First talk to your child that he/she will be performing this activity of mixing        a few things in the water and observing what happens.
 
2. Show him/her samples of salt, sugar, honey, lemon juice etc and pose a question “What more he/she can think of to mix in the water". ( I got an instant answer of pepper powder which worked out well, because he could see that while sugar, salt got mixed with water, pepper powder did not.)

3. Take water in a few glasses (based on the number of samples chosen).   4. Take one sample at a time. Have the child mix in the sample in water. Ask a question as to what they observe with each sample. Let the child taste the mixed solution. ( Do not use too much of the sample ). Ask the child, how it tastes. For a young child, give the name of the taste so that they can associate. (For ex: salty, sweet etc ).

5. Repeat step 4. with each of the samples.

Finally, help them summarize what they have observed in the activity. This is an excellent sensorial activity too which helps them identify and relate to the tastes.

Science is Fun - Understanding Energy

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

-Albert Einstein


Children are naturally born curious with an innate desire to explore the world, learn about the various intriguing aspects and wonders of the world.
Fuel a child’s curiosity and the inborn drive to learn how world works, by enriching his/her environment with simple day to day activities.
What more? These can also become conversation builders with your older children.
Enjoy the themes brought to you by ThinkBag under the series of “Science is Fun” .

Today's theme- Understanding Energy

So how would you explain the concept of energy to your little one, drawing examples from our daily life?
Before you explain any concept or share information with your child, ask a few guiding questions to prompt the child to do some thinking. Then slowly introduce the concept.
Please note that the questions are NOT intended to grill the child but to initiate the thinking process which aids in subsequent learning.
So, start with some questions like these…for example:
So, how do you think the fan moves?
How are able to run? What do you need to run?
What does the fan need to move?
And so on… ask follow on questions based on responses from the child.
What is energy?
Energy is the ability to do work.
Work can be anything like running, moving, heating etc.
People need energy to do work. Where does this energy come from?
Gadgets or appliances need energy to do work. Ask your child to identify all the devices/objects outside or inside the house that need energy.
Ex: TV, fridge, mixer/grinder, Microwave, computer, Lights, fans washing machine, geysers

Energy changes from one form to another -
For ex: When you turn on the fan, electrical energy changes to mechanical energy.
When you turn on the geyser, electrical energy changes to heat energy and heats the water.
When you turn on the light, electrical energy changes to light energy.

Mechanical energy
Child riding a bicycle is an excellent example.

The main point to note here is that using the above snippets of questions for reference, you as the facilitator enable your child to understand the concept of energy. Take every learning opportunity in your day to day life and draw your child’s attention to it and watch your child experience the joy and fun of learning.
Happy exploring with your child!!!!