For All Our Kids Podcast

கேட்டு ரசிங்க!

Is the knowledge of phonics enough for children to be able to read? Or is there more? In this episode of the Teacher to Parent Podcasts, we discuss the five elements of reading.

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!

Why and how should you read to young children? How can you foster a love for reading in your child? Listen for evidence-based tips from a teacher.

கோகுலாஷ்டமிய தொடர்ந்து இந்த கதையில் கிருஷ்ணன் நந்துவுக்கு எப்படி உதவி செய்தானு பாக்க போறோம்!

எல்லோருக்கும் கோகுலாஷ்டமி வாழ்த்துக்கள்.  சின்ன கண்ணன் பிறந்த போது நடந்தத ஒரு சின்ன கதையா சொல்லியிருக்கோம். கேட்டு ரசிங்க!

ஓர் ஆவி ஷீலாவோட ஆசைக்கு உதவ, அந்த உதவிய ஷீலா எப்படி உபயோகப்படுத்தினா, எப்படி ஆபத்துல மாட்டிக்கிட்டா  இதெல்லாம் இந்த அத்தியாயத்துல கேட்டு ரசிங்க!

பதின்மூன்றாவது விக்ரமாதித்யன் வேதளம் கதை இது.  

Wonder what the first independence day was like? Well, we have two first person accounts of that day-one a teenager, and another a seven year old. The memories of that momentous day are etched in their minds 75 year later. Listen and Enjoy!

The jagged bolts of lightning lit up the graveyard. The sound of the rushing streams drowned the noise of the rain. Vikram’s foot sunk into the slushy ground. He stopped, pulled his leg with force, and moved towards the Peepal tree. Another bolt of lightning showed him the way to the hanging corpse. Vikram steadied himself on the roots of the tree and pulled the corpse onto his shoulder. Now he ha...

King Vikramaditya wiped the sweat running down his brows. The air was thick with a rotten stench, but he didn't veer from the path. He avoided the dying embers of fires here and there and walked on towards the Peepal tree. Once again, he swung the corpse with the vampire onto his shoulder, and once again, he began to walk back to camp.  And once again, the Betaal broke the silence around him....

King Vikramaditya's long trek to his destination was almost over, for the corpse swung back and forth on the peepal tree. He knew the corpse couldn't see him. Why then did he feel its eyes boring into him? Vikrama shook his fancies away. “The biggest challenge for me here is not to let my fears take over. That’s what the Betaal wants. I cannot let it take over my mind,” he warned himself...

The graveyard was still. There was no sound of rustling leaves or howling dogs. Nor were there any moving shapes that night. Blood pounded in King Vikramaditya's ears. Somehow, above that sound, he could hear something else truly chilling. The one sound that broke that silence around him— his footsteps! Would something jump out at him from the dark? "It is a spooky sinister place, but I...

King Vikrama shielded his eyes from the leaves and dust flying about in the air. It was hard to tell if those eerie howls were just the hot wind or if there was something else, something otherworldly in the graveyard. But you don’t get to be a great king known for your sense of adventure and quick thinking by walking back on your promises. So Vikrama trudged on, stepping over hard surfaces, be the...

The rains had stopped, and the ground was covered with small thorny shrubs. They pricked King Vikramaditya’s legs as he made his way to the tree. But all his focus was on getting the Vampire in the corpse. He swatted away a curious fly and stood on his toes to grab the corpse. The Vampire stared at him, but he ignored it. Vikrama moved the rattling bones onto his shoulder and started his long walk...

Muddy water splashed on King Vikramaditya’s clothes. His feet were soaked. But there was no escaping the downpour of the monsoons. Vikramaditya shielded his eyes with one hand while he reached for the corpse with the other. Everything around him was wet, even the corpse! But Vikrama did not recoil from the distasteful touch. Instead, he slung the corpse over his shoulder and stepped down to the gr...