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Illustrator KHITISH CHATTERJEE
A practical guide for Balwadi, Anganwadi, Nursery, Kindergarten and Primary teachers this book gives clearly illustrated, step-by-step instructions for making a wide variety of useful and inexpensive classroom materials out of articles of everyday use. These teaching aids are useful for developing pre-school and primary skills in languages and Mathematics. These are also good for eye-hand control and socialization. A teacher and administrator for over two decades and author/editor of a number of books Mary Ann Dasgupta came to India in 1963 after graduating in Education from the Washington University. Later she acquired her Master's degree from the University of Calcutta. As an Educational Consultant and Managing Trustee of a charitable educational trust Ms Dasgupta devotes most of her time now developing educational resource material for under-privileged children.
Published by: National Book Trust A-5 Green Park, New Delhi 110016, India Price Indian Rupees 35 only
CONTENTS Introduction BASIC MATHEMATICS 1 to 10 Counting Strings Bamboo Spindles or Sorting Trays Number Pockets Matchbox Bindi 1 to 10 Toss and Count Red-Dot Number Rods Design Board Rubber 'V' Tiles Matchbox Mosaic Tile Patterns Counters Obstacle Race Adding-Box Roll-a-Coin Addition Game Pyramid Adding Game Rubber Calculator or Score-Keeper Giant Snakes and Ladders A Hundred Board Math Practice Grid Games Addition Dice 'Tables' Dice New Life for Old Calendars
3. EYE-HAND CO-ORDINATION Drop the Clothes-Pin Matchstick Pattern Cards Wooden Lacing-Shapes Plastic Beg Cords and Laces Box Building-Blocks Tin Catch-Catch Consumer Product Picture Puzzles 4. SOCIAL STUDIES, ROLEPLAY...AND PLAY Puppet with Matchbox Head and Body Puppet or Doll with Matchbox Head Sock Dolls Matchbox People Matchbox Vehicles Matchbox Animals Rubber Climbing Toy Matchbox Tik-Tak-Toe
2. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Feel-and-Write Alphabets Pick Up Three—a.b,c Colour Pockets Matchbox Scenery Vocabulary Box Matchbox Seed-Sorters and Seed-Sounds Matchbox Nouns, Verbs, Colour Words Name-Plates Fan Words Small Storage Boxes Copy-Writing Guides Word-Making Pair Packs Word Bank with Current Account and Fixed Deposit
Making teaching aids is an emotionally, intellectually, aesthetically and professionally rewarding experience. It is an act of creation. It is an affirmation — an affirmation that I as a teacher care about the pupils and believe that, with the help of these learning aids, they can learn. It is an act of love. Teaching aids provide a stimulus for exploration end thinking. With the added input of verbal, personal communication with an adult, interaction and discussion arise...and these are crucial to reel, activity-based learning. Adults (and older children) help younger ones to interpret sensory and language experiences, to clarify them and relate them to their previous understandings. Children then learn by blending language with experiences. They learn to think. For maximum mental growth and personality development, a child's life needs to be filled with stimulating, encouraging experiences. Appropriate learning materials (teaching aids) help children to develop their innate abilities. Who can make these teaching aids? Teachers, anganwadi / balwadi workers. Teacher-trainees and workshop/refresher course participants. Older school students...to fulfil the community service requirements of their syllabus. - Interested parents and other community volunteers. - Residents of old-age homes, jail inmates, and others. MARY ANN DASGUPTA
Section 1
1 to 10 COUNTING STRINGS
· Counting 1 to 10, and by 10's to 100 · Adding · Measuring · Comparing Lengths · Counting by 5's · Subtracting
You will need · Ten soft-drink bottle caps. · Two circular curtain hooks made of plastic. · A 30-cm piece of electrical wire with the copper encased in a plastic covering. This is flexible, soft, colourful, washable and unbreakable! · Coloured electric tape. · A hammer and a nail. · Enamel paint in two contrasting colours.
How to make · Paint 5 caps in one colour and 5 in another. · When dry, punch a hole in the centre of each with a hammer and nail (see instructions for Tin Catch-Catch). · Loop-knot one end of the wire round a hook and fix the end with several rounds of electrician's tape. · String 5 caps of one colour and 5 of another. Place them alternately back- to-back and face-toface so that they do not overlap and can be seen separately. Leave some extra space to facilitate movement of the caps to the left or right. This enables a child to see easily that 5 + 2 = 7 or 10 - 2 = 8. · Fix the other end of the wire to the second hook. The hooks are especially important for joining additional 10-strings to make a chain of 20, 30, etc. With 10 such strings, number work can be done up to 100 besides enabling one to count in groups of 5's and 10's. How to use · Count to 10 · Step-by-step addition: Slide the caps to the right to show
· Subtraction: Slide the caps to the left to show
Note: Teacher can demonstrate addition by holding the string in both hands and simply tilting the string to the right, or tilting the other way to show subtraction For individual practice, young children can put the circles of the two hooks on their big toes while sitting on the ground. This makes it easy to move the caps. Variation Use 10 strings linked together to measure a pupil's height or the length of a bench or a table.
too. Try to include pictures of fishermen.BAMBOO SPINDLES or SORTING TRAYS · Counting · Sorting · Logical Thinking You will need · Five lengths of green bamboo split in half to make 10 'trays' with each piece being about 20 cm long. in sky and on the land. Where should the frog be placed? Discuss. it is easy to cut. Five or more trays: Paint or paste a patch of different colours on each card. etc. or the inside of cigarette packs. living or non-living beings. When the bamboo is fresh. Two trays: Collect small pictures of human beings or animals and their young ones. · Sets of sorting/instruction cards made from the back of old visiting cards. pilots and farmers. . fruits or vegetables. · Fifty-five slim bamboo stems about the size of a new pencil. wild or domestic animals. or the unused portion of a postcard. How to make Cut a slit as shown in the picture so that the sorting/instruction cards can be inserted. Which picture should be placed in which tray? Discuss. Then make a collection of similarly-coloured small objects or pieces of paper for the children to sort. Three trays: Collect small pictures of different living beings that can move in water. How to use Suggested card sets: · Ten trays: Sets of numbers 1 to 10 in English and local language. Names of numbers 1 to 10 in local language only. etc.
· Encourage the child to speak in sentences. pocket numbered 4. say the name and number. the child who runs first to place his card for 4 in the right pocket. so that the cloth can be hung up in front of the class. I will put them in the pocket numbered 5. for example. count the objects.NUMBER POCKETS · Counting 1 to 10 · Vocabulary Development You will need · A pack of old playing cards or the back of old greeting cards cut to size. i. For example.Learning Tree . · Simple line drawings of common objects drawn on the greeting cards or stapled / pasted to the playing cards. On 4 claps. Loops are sewn along the top. is declared the winner. · The teacher claps his/her hands a certain number of times." · The pockets can be filled one by one in an orderly manner. This strip is then stitched vertically into in pockets. Name the objects.e. the child with the card showing 1 house or 1 egg or 1 car stands up first. Then the child with the card having 2 eyes or 2 slippers or 2 socks follows the same procedure till all the pockets are filled. Count them. and place it in the pocket marked with that number. · Keep the cards in a stack with the picture Side facing downwards. The numbers 1 to 10 are either marked or embroidered on the pockets. · A piece of plain post-office type of marking cloth upon which a strip of bright coloured cloth is sewn. Courtesy. Talk about them. "I have 5 red balloons. How to use · Show the pictures. Ask a child to pick up a card. speaks out hidher sentence and puts the card in the pocket numbered 1.
The children can be asked to put up as many fingers as the number that is pointed out. · Fevicol.MATCHBOX BINDI 1 to 10 · Counting 1 to 10 · Reading 1 to 10 You will need · Ten empty matchboxes. Be careful to leave both ends open. . write the numbers 1 to 10 in words. "1) I see 1 red bindi. · Mix up all the lids and trays. · Fifty-five bright red. · Strips of silver paper from powdered milk/coffee/ cigarette packets. 2) 1 see 2 red bindis. stick-on bindis of the size of the following dot: · A black marker pen. Ask each child to provide the lid numbered 1 for the tray numbered 1. How to make Paste a strip of silver paper around each lid of the matchboxes. · White paper (like the inside of old envelopes. Ask the children to open their matchboxes by pushing out the trays to help in saying out the number of bindis stuck on the trays. · Mix up the trays on the table or on the floor. Paste a piece of white paper inside each tray so that the red bindis show up better. Stick the bindis inside the trays as shown. blank price-tag labels. Ask the children to arrange them 1 to 10 in ascending order and also 10 to 1 in descending order. Ask a child to place the lid numbered 1 against the tray with 1 bindi The same is done with each successive number. Stick a label or piece of white paper on the top of each of these lids and write numbers 1 to in. of equal size. · Point out the name for each number written on the bottom of the tray. · Ten self-sticking." and so forth.'This is number 1. The child can be asked to match the names with the numbers on the lids. They will say. Mix up the lids. Each lid is then shown to the children to point out the number labels thus. Silver paper is used because it is both attractive as well as durable." and so on. How to use · One by one each tray is pushed into its respective lid. · Arrange the trays in the numerical order of 1 to in. This is number 2. Note: Children are encouraged to find more ways of matching and arranging numbers. and so on till the end. for instance). Arrange in order according to the names. On the back of each tray.
Note: If you can collect big. Points can be awarded. . so that it looks like a honey-bee going in search of pollen or like a lady-bug out on a stroll.TOSS and COUNT Simple Adding · Keeping Score · Taking Turns Eye-Hand Control You will need · Seven ice-cream containers or clay tea-cups. each child stands at a fixed position and tosses 7 buttons towards the floral pattern. and zero for any that land on the floor. 1 point for each 'petal' cup. you could mark each one with a black pan. · Seven large buttons or seeds. Two points for tossing a button in the centre cup. · Turn by turn. light-coloured seeds. · Paint or put some coloured paper in the container placed in the cantre to make it look different from the others. How to make and use · Arrange the containers on the floor in a floral pattern.
of equal size and same colour. How to make · Mark 3 cm long sections on the strip and with the help of the saw cut into in pieces. · Reverse it. and on each of the 3 remaining sides write the number in 3 languages using a different colour for each. · A saw. · Stick a bindi exactly in the centre of each 3 cm segment on all the strips of wood. · Fifty-five large.5 cm square ends to make a perfect cube for the number 1. Multiplication: 'How many 2's make 8?" 'How many 4's make 8?" 'How many 3's make 9?" Note: Cut lengths of wood with 2 or 2. · Or arrange 8 dots in different ways. each 3 cm long. Put a red bindi on top. · Sandpaper. Varnish or paint. How to use · Arrange in stair-step order.RED-DOT NUMBER RODS · Recognising and Comparing Numbers · Addition · Simple Multiplication · Subtraction You will need · Thin strips of wood like the ones used by electricians when laying wires in a house. to prevent any danger of getting hurt by splinters. · Arrange in high-rise older. self-sticking red bindis. if necessary. Write them down. Saw the other strips into the following lengths and number: · Rub sandpaper over any rough surfaces. · Ask children to give you 5 dots in 4 different ways (they should be encouraged to discover the ways themselves). Courtesy: Pang Hung Min . · On the back of each strip write the number corresponding to the number of dots.
. How to make · Rub sandpaper over the piece of wood.DESIGN BOARD · Development of Sense of Balance and Design · Forming Geometric Shapes You will need · A 28-cm x 28cm square piece of pressed board or soft wood like that used in packing cases. Drive the nails deeply enough to ensure that the tension from the rubber bands does not bend the nails out of place. mark equal points for inserting the nails. A collection of rubber bands of different colours and sizes. How to use Stretch the rubber bands round the nails to construct a wide variety of patterns and geometric shapes. · Hundred headless nails with their tops nicely finished so that children do not hurt themselves. Variation Make another board with an alternating grid of 10 and 9 nails and see how the pattern possibilities differ. · The nails should be evenly driven in so that the top surface of the board is fairly level. · Leaving a l-cm margin all around.
.RUBBER 'V' TILES Sense of Balance and Design You will need · A sheet of rubber 1 cm to 2 cm thick or else soles of old shoes or rubber slippers can be used. How to make · Trace the stencil 'V' onto the rubber sheet. light weight. · Place the rubber sheet on a pad of paper. durable and easily replaceable. so that the knife. · A thick pad of newspaper. Cut out the letter 'V'. · A sharp knife or blade. Note: These rubber 'V' tiles are washable. You will need 24 such pieces. the size of the pattern shown in the picture. when cutting out the 'V'. How to use Children can arrange the various 'V's in a fascinating array of designs and patterns. · A stencil.blade does not get damaged.
If squared paper (graph paper) is available. Courtesy: Govt. a logical next step would be to invite children to create patterns with coloured pencils. ICDS projects . children can make the following designs: Note: A few patterns as 'starters' can be stored inside the matchboxes. of West Bengal.MATCHBOX MOSAIC TILE PATTERNS · Sense of Design · Sense of Creative Control you will need You will need Four to 20 matchboxes of the same size and with coloured paper pasted on top in the same arrangement as shown on right. How to use For example. though it Is advisable to let the children create their own designs. by using only 4 boxes covered with the pattern shown in the figure above.
· Cover some numbers on an old calendar and have children guess/tell which numbers are covered. How to use · Caps can be counted 1. . Paint them in 4 different colours (25 or 50 of each colour). · Designs. · Pattern counting: 3 yellow 3 green 3 red 3 blue 3 yellow 1 yellow Variation 2 green 3 red 4 blue 5 yellow · Score-keeping for children at pre-number writing level. etc.COUNTERS · Early Number Concepts · Sense of Design You will need · Collect 100 to 200 soft-drink bottle caps. This could ebo be done vrith the Hundred Board. 2. 4. alphabets. 3. etc. numbers.
· Eight to 12 empty matchboxes. 3 or 1. 2. How to make · Cut off about three-fourths of the cover. 5 at each opening. · Make a 'V'. · Make 3 to S slits in the front of the box. 4. on the back of the small side of the cover.shaped opening. Stick 2 matchboxes under the box at the back so that the box slopes forward. · The marble rolls down to any of the openings. · Stick this part of the cover to the bottom of the box. · A few marbles. How to play · A marble is dropped into the 'V'-shaped opening. · Fevicol. hollow box with a lid. See which child scores a total of 20 first. · Stick randomly 6 to 10 small portions cut from separate matchboxes inside the bottom of the box to make the obstacles. The player gets the points written at the opening through which the marble passes out. large enough for a marble to pass through. 3.2. . each wide enough for a marble to roll through easily. a zero is given if the marble gets stuck in no man's land.OBSTACLE RACE ADDING-BOX · Addition Practice up to 20 · Keeping Score · Taking Turns You will need · A flat. Write numbers 1.
to make it slope forward. · Fevicol. . · Take a piece of stiff card on which you have marked 18 or 25 squares and keep it about 50 cm or 80 cm away. · Four empty matchboxes.ROLL-a-COIN ADDITION GAME · Adding up to 20 · Keeping Score · Taking Turns You will need · Two old file covers or pieces of stiff card. · Stick two matchboxes side-by-side at the top with a small gap in between them to allow a coin to roll through. · A black marker pen. How to play Take turns in rolling the coins (or buttons) one by one. How to make · Stick 2 matchboxes to the bottom of the file cover. Add up the scores and see who reaches the total of 20 first. · A round coin.
With luck (and skill) it will land inside any one of the trays. · Stick or staple trays in a pyramid as shown below. See who succeeds in reaching the total of 25 or 50 first. The player earns the number of points indicated by the number pasted or written in the tray. How to make · Paste or write a number inside each tray. The second counter or button will 'flip' up towards the pyramid. Plastic buttons or round LUDO counters. · Numbers 1 to in cut out of an old calendar. How to play Press the edge of a LUDO counter or a button against the edge of another counter or button lying on the floor/table. .PYRAMID ADDING GAME · Adding up to 25 or 50 · Keeping Score · Finger-Muscle Development You will need · The inside trays of 10 large matchboxes. · Fevicol or a stapler.
deeply puncture holes into the marked dots. right: total score of 132 How to make · Trace out the stencil onto the rubber piece. While cutting. the size of the given pattern (old X-ray plates make marvellous stencils. of course). a Sticky labels or strips of paper and Fevicol (for writing H T U or making coloured circles). · Label the top H T U. Leave space at the top for the label. · Cut the piece of rubber into a rectangular shape. · With the help of a compass point. · A thick pad of old newspapers. · Use the ice-pick or poker to make the holes bigger so that the matchstick markers can be fixed easily into them.RUBBER CALCULATOR or SCORE KEEPERCORECounting 1 to 10 · cCounting 1 to 100 KKe0 · Keep KEEPER · cKeeping Scores · cHundrerds / Tens / UnitsggkKkk You will need · A piece of rubber at least 2 cm thick or soles of old rubber slippers (washed. · A stencil. so do the plastic covers of ration cards). · Carefully measure and mark 3 rows of 9 dots. Pattern for rubber calculator Courtesy: Arvind Gupta . · A sharp knife or blade. the rubber must be placed on a pad of newspapers so that the knife edge does not get damaged. · A pencil-compass and an ice-pick or poker (cobbler's awl). · Some used matchsticks. Left: coloured circle with holes in the centres for the winning 10.
To make an interesting sound. Markers in 6 colours for 6 players.GIANT SNAKES and LADDERS · Learning Numbers 1 to 100 · 'Reading' Dice · Taking Turns You will need Cemented floor surface or a sheet of rubber cloth or thick plastic or an old white bed sheet or a square of woven palm. You could paint soft-drink bottle caps. Injections Germs Capsule strip Tonics Spoons . Add dots by using self-sticking bindis.leaf with several coats of white paint for the base. put a few grains of dal (lentils) inside the boxes before sealing them. How to make One large dice can be made by squaring off 2 matchboxes and pasting them together to form a cubel Wrap several layers of paper around it to make it secure. Variation You could make a health-message version of this game by using germs instead of snakes and injections or capsule strips or tonics end spoons in place of ladders.
The caps/buttons can easily be pushed aside to check if the answer is correct. Once the children are ready for further information. 6. ODD NUMBERS/EVEN NUMBERS Cover the odd numbers from 1 to 99 with markers (buttons.. 4. Write the numbers 1 to 100 horizontally on the front side and vertically on the flip side. They must be large enough to cover the numbers.. 7. Or else you could make two separate boards. you can tell them that these are called even numbers. You will need 50 of these. each large enough to completely cover the number in a square. How to use DODGING Keep the Hundred Board in a clear cellophane bag along with 5 bottle caps or brightly coloured buttons. Call out the numbers (2.A HUNDRED BOARD · Numbers 1 to 100 · Adding/Subtracting · Dodging · Odd/Even · Multiplication Tables You will need A piece of very stiff card at least 28 cm by 28 cm square. At the next sitting. etc. a or 0.. 6. 3.) as you cover them.) before covering them one by one. Shake again.. draw a 25-cm square grid. 5. Staple the bag shut. Say these numbers in the right order as a child points to them. . When all are covered. Leaving a 1. When all are covered. 4. Shake it and quickly cover the squares the buttons lie closest to.). ask the children to recall and say the numbers without looking under the markers. Call out the numbers (1. cover the even numbers with markers. try to recall them without peeping under the markers.. Ask the children which numbers are covered. bottle caps.2-cm margin all round. Help the children to observe that all the uncovered numbers end with 2. Look at the numbers that are not covered.
3. i.3 from a number.e.e. 4. These will be or end with 1. point to the number 7. a collection of toothpaste caps. On reaching 100. 6. 10. say. Let the children count the even and the odd numbers between 1 and 100 and ask them how many are odd and how many are even. 7.Help the children to notice the numbers that are not covered. The answer will be 4. 8. 7 or 9. 3. Repeat these numbers in order while someone points to them. the same can be done with tables ranging from 2 to 10. The figure below shows the pattern made when we count by 3. Two or more children may play the game and the onato score 5 points first is the winner. point to a number. Each writes down and adds his 2. Then move backwards 3 squares with your fingers. Let the children count aloud along with you and ask them to mark every third number with one of the above markers. i. 5. 3. Tell the children that this is called 'counting by 3' and it is same as the multiplication table for the number 3. plastic flowers. Later. 9. 4 or 5 addends. Soon their pleasure will know no bounds on seeing a pattern forming. 4 or 5 beans or buttons or stones onto the Hundred Board. to subtract. They also serve as convenient storage containers for the pieces. Tell the children that these numbers are called odd numbers. They may copy this pattern in their notebooks and colour all the third squares falling between 1 and 100. PATTERNS THROUGH TABLES This is a beautiful way to visualise the patterns made by multiplication tables and becomes more so when we use colourful buttons. . remove the markers one by one and call out each number as it is uncovered. LUDO counters. AS AN ADDITION/SUBTRACTION LINE To add 3 to a number. etc. Then move forward 3 squares with your fingers. Similarly. The highest sum for each round wins 1 point. 5. Small plastic boxes may be used as 'shakers' for the pieces. SPILL THE BEANS Children take turns in spilling 2.
The player with the highest total or the first player to reach 100 is the winner. seeds. can be used as markers. Multiplication: · Toss 2 markers onto the grid. Note: You can give each child or a group of 2 or 3 children a rubber calculator for maintaining the score. Multiply the numbers on which the markers fall. A player with the highest score or the first player to reach 50 or 100 is declared the winner. Use the digits from 0 to 9 except for 1. Add these numbers.MATH PRACTICE GRID GAMES · Adding 3 Numbers · Multiplying 2 Numbers You will need · Grid squares marked on a card or paper or slate or on the ground with a stick or a chalk or charcoal. . etc. Small stones. How to use Addition: · Toss 2 or 3 markers on the grid and note the numbers on which the markers fall.
· Add the dots on the top surfaces of all the 3 dice.ADDITION DICE · Adding Practice up to 50 or 100 · Keeping Score · Taking Turns You will need · Three dice. TABLES' DICE · Quick Addition · Tables practice upto 12 You will need · Two dice. the player with the highest answer gets 1 point. The total number obtained by counting the dots on the top surface of each dice on every toss become the factors for multiplying and the player must give the final answer correctly. · One storage box. · A slate or paper for keeping score. How to play · Both the dices are tossed by a player twice. How to play Throw all the 3 dice. · The winner is the first player to score a grand total of 50 or 100. · After each round. This game is far playing in pairs or in small groups. · A storage box or an empty film container or a matchbox. = 6 = 9 6 x 9 = 54 . The winner is the player to score 10 points first. Note: You can make individual rubber calculators for keeping or recording the scores. · A slate or paper for recording the score.
4's. Mix up the months.NEW LIFE for OLD CALENDARS · Number Line · Odd-Even · Adding/Subtracting Patterns NUMERICAL ORDER Cut number-squares separately. the number below increases by 8 and the number above decreases by 8. 28 or 29 days. Mix them up. 3's. 30. · When a right diagonal is taken. ODD-EVEN Encircle the odd numbers in red and the even numbers in blue. AUTUMN : October. SPRING : Second half of February. 17. first half of February. . etc. Discuss why. · Take a left diagonal. Point out numbers that never get encircled: 11. · Paste the months on 5 large sheets of newspaper and label the seasons: WINTER : December. November. in green for counting by 3. 13. June. in black for 4. MONSOON : July. May. SUMMER : April. COUNTING BY 2's. Try with grids of 5/10/12 etc. Circle in blue colour all the numbers you would use when counting by 2. Notice the numbers that get encircled more than once. September. in red for 5. then the number below would be plus 8 and the number above would be minus'8. NUMBER LINES Make number lines by cutting rows horizontally and pasting in a long. March. Ask the children to rearrange them in order. (If the grid had 8 numbers. MONTHS AND SEASONS · Tear out the calendar into its 12 months. January. straight line from 1 to 30 or 31.). ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION PRACTICE · The number below a calendar number is always plus 7 and the number above is minus 7. WALL CHARTS Wall calendars that are blank on the flip side can be used for making charts for the classroom. Ask the children to rearrange them in order. Make a list of the months that have 31. August. You will find the numbers are obtained by adding or subtracting 6.
'W'.'d'.Section 2 VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT FEEL-and-WRITE ALPHABETS · Letter Recognition · Early Letter Writing You will need · Squares of stiff card about 7 or 8 cm square. use black ink or a marker pan to mark and number the direction of the arrows. · Repeat this several times. · The child makes the same movement on the table or floor beside the card while the teacher watches. for 'the letter 'E' take 1 long piece. · A marker pen. Mark a small dot at the centre below each alphabet. or paper. letters like 'M'. Cut them out one at a time. · Fevicol. Depending on the colour of the cards and the ropes and sandpaper. Without this dot (or a thin coloured line).'p'. How to make · Using a pencil. · Spread quick-drying glue over the pencil lines on the card (one line at a time) and immediately press the piece of rope in place. Note: The dot below each letter indicates the bottom of the letter. Letters with rope: · Cut a small piece of rope for each of the writing strokes needed to form the letter. 3 order. · Then cut each letter into sections according to the strokes used in writing it. For example. · Sandpaper or string. For example. · The child may then be asked to write the letter in a bowl of sand or salt or on a slate. the letter 'M' can be cut thus: · Spread quick-drying glue over the pencil lines on the card and immediately press the pieces in place. . · To complete the cards. you can outline each finished letter (optional). Letters with sand-paper: · On the smooth reverse side of sandpaper draw each letter. 2.'u' and 'n' tend to get mixed up and confuse the child. 'b'. write an alphabet on each card. How to use · Show the child how to feel the shape of each letter by moving the index finger in the correct direction (as per the arrows) and in the correct 1. 1 short piece and 2 medium pieces of rope.
· Take all the 156 cards for word-making. C can be made. Children will automatically learn to hold each card the right way up. he/she says. ICDS. The player who puts the third card down gets to pick up the set of 3 and keep at his/her side. helshe puts it on the first card. · A red marker pen. Anita. TV. MR.PICK UP THREE—a. B. At the end. the winner is the one with the maximum sets of 3.c · Pre-Reading Matching · Alphabet Recognition Y ou will need · Seventy-eight pieces of 8-cm square cards. making 3 cards for each letter of the alphabet. How to use · Deal all the cards out to a small group of children (5 to 8 in a group). DR.. write an alphabet on each card." This continues till the third card is put on the other 2. . Then the child to his/ her left puts down a card to start another round. "I pass. like Delhi.. using capital letters for proper nouns or for abbreviations. if not. STD. How to make · Using the black pen. · A black marker pen. · Similarly a set with capital letters like A. If the next child to the left has the same letter. The first child puts one of hid her cards face-up on the table/floor.b. · Mark a very small red dot at the bottom centre of each card so that there is no confusion about which side is thetop and which the bottom.
cow. parrot. post-box. I lilts to play. Two loops can be fixed at the top for hanging up and for display so that the whole class can see. grass. WHITE cloud. newspaper. the white rind or the green skin!). monkey. moon. 'Here I am. ace of spades or clubs in a pack of playing cards. black. Say riddles like:'I live in a tree. Name the objects. brown or green coloured cloth. goose or swan. · A piece of white post-office type marking cloth upon which 6 pockets are sewn. place the cards in a stack with the pictureside facing down. slate. cut to sire. Independent Thinking You will need · A pack of old playing cards or the flip side of old greeting cards. · Simple black and white drawings of common objects either drawn on the greeting cards or pasted / stapled to the playing cards. crow. I have a mother and a father." He puts the card in its correct pocket. I like to eat. gas cylinder. buffalo. Each pocket should be in plain red. Ask a child to take a card. "Can it be in any other colour? Is a newspaper black or white? Are you looking at the paper or the print? What colour is a raw banana? A ripe banana? An over-ripe banana? The inside of a banana?" Give each child one or two cards. pine tree.COLOUR POCKETS · Colours · Vocabulary Development for Divergent. I am a red gas cylinder. sunflower. but remember that a few come in more than one colour. How to use · Show the pictures. banana. Variation Here are some objects that can be used for pictures of each colour. say its name." The child with a picture of an LPG gas cylinder jumps up and says. GREEN leaf. BLACK rose. Who am I?" The child with the picture of a monkey on a card jumps up and says. hair. Talk about them. Discuss his / her choice by asking. bear. egg. white. yellow. YELLOW sun. and put it in the pocket that shows its colour. Give each child one or two cards and announce. 'I want something red that helps to cook our food. I have a cute face and a very long tail. tyre. deer. mango. banana plant. ace of hearts or diamonds. Courtesy: Learning Tree . slice of watermelon (unless you are looking at the-black seeds. · When the children can more or less say the name of all the objects.' You are a brown monkey. star. BROWN tree trunk or stump. rope. peas.
" or 'Place the gem-clip inside the circle of the red bai~gle. colour. say "Put the pencil under the spoon. rubber band. Similarly." or "Priya. marble. new objects can be placed to replace some old ones. feather. · Concept of size. · Assorted scraps of coloured and textured · Fevicol. the child is asked to identify the missing object. bangle.paste lid. gem-clip. piece of coal. · Tweezers for piecing small pieces in place and hiding them there till the glue is dry. small plastic animals. used matches tied in a bundle. · Cellophane paper to cover front of the box once the scenery is complete. "It is a pencil. small comb. Ask what has been put in. hair-clip. key-chain. leaf. a new object is added to the box. bus. Two or even 3 objects can be removed at a time.MATCHBOX SCENERY · Vocabulary Development · General Knowledge Night Land Day Water You will need · Large matchboxes. paper. piece of chalk." etc.ticket. stone. flower. clothes-clip. "Please give me the smallest thing in the box. Courtesy: Zofin Moochhala VOCABULARY BOX Observation Prepositions Names of Objects Memory You will need · A large shallow box about the size of a flat file. tooth. please give the blue lorry to Naresh. jar lid. padlock. shoe-lace. can be given by saying. ball. · Lots of love. Note: From time to time. · For prepositions. shape. a child covers his/her eyes while an object is removed from the box. ask. How to use · To teach nouns. etc. "What is this?" The child will reply. On opening his/her eyes. key. . nail. small car. etc." or "Who can give Aliya something made of wood?" etc. · In memory games. · Twelve to 20 small objects like a button. pencil. piece of string. patience and imagination. empty matchbox. dice.
what we do with them. · Fill a matchbox half with wheat. UNICEF. How to use · Show the grains to the children. Point to a colour on a child's shirt / dress and ask the child to pick up the matching colour-box. · Small pictures to paste inside the trays. · Bits of clear cellophane paper like the ones wrapped around a pack of cigarettes. Listen to the sound. etc. Then ask a child to shake a box. · A handful each of locally available grains like maize. VERBS. Ask the children to close their eyes while you interchange the coloured lids and the trays. bajra. · Mix up the grains and give a spoonful to each child. COLOUR WORDS · Vocabulary Development · Self-Teaching Word Recognition You will need · Dozens of small empty matchboxes. and so on. · Scraps of white or coloured paper to cover the box-tops.loor. Note: You can also use different types of dal (lentils). How to use · The child is asked to read the word printed on the cover. the rice grains in another. Hand it to another child to open and see if the first child is correct. He/she has to carry out or do what the word says. Then the tray is pushed out to check if he / she has read what the picture shows. wheat. and shake it. Courtesy: Let's Play. SCAR. · Bits of coloured paper to paste on the boxes. · Hand a child a Verb-Box. close the box. thick long-grained rice. so that each is a different colour.MATCHBOX SEED-SORTERS and SEED-SOUNDS · Identification of Food Grains · Comparing · Sorting · Listening · Discussion You will need · Empty matchboxes. Slide the box open to check if the child's answer is correct. Which one makes the most noise?" "Which is the biggest grain?" "Which makes the softest sound?" · Play a guessing game by covering the inside trays of the boxes with clear cellophane paper so that the grains do not fall out. thin wooden ones make better sounds than those made of cardboard. Ask the children to place them in pairs. sizes. how we prepare them. listen. · Remove all the trays from their covers and mix them on the table/ floor. small fine rice. · Gum. · Older children could be asked to line up the boxes in alphabetical order. etc. Ask the children to sort out and put the wheat grains in one heap. and tell what is inside. New Delhi MATCHBOX NOUNS. · Ask the children. · Marking pen. colours. · Do the same with the other grains. · Talk about their names. . Another child may open the box to see if the act is correct.
· Black marking pen. easy-to-read embossed letter. Transport. they are written together). 3 for 'sheep'— s + h + e + e + p. · Paste the matching picture on the back of the last strip (for self-checking by the child). clear. · Put them on the piece of wood.g. Courtesy: Arvind Gupta FAN WORDS Reading/Spelling with Phonetically Regular Words Self-Checking You will need · Many strips of stiff card of the size shown below. Hit it firmly with the hammer. Cut it out with an ordinary pair of scissors. · Lay them flat. · Many empty Frooti~Dhara or other sturdy boxes with silverlined insides. etc. 3 for the word 'fan'— f + a + n. · A set of metal-rod alphabet punches. Household Items. so. · A collection of very small pictures of common objects. How to make · Take as many strips as there are sounds in the word.NAME-PLATES · Vocabulary Development · Spelling · Eye-Hand Control You will need · A small hammer. etc. · Split pins (used for closing big envelopes). · Storage boxes (about the size of a soap box) for keeping each category of words like Animals. e. with the silver-side up. These are usually ust~d for embossing. · Using a compass point or a paper punch. How to make · Cut the boxes open. Write a letter or combination of letters on each strip. · A piece of soft wood as a 'cushion' for hammering. · Wash them. · Continue till you have completed the name-plate. Courtesy: A Montessori class I. · Lift it up to see the lovely. · Fix the Fan Word with a split pin so that the fan easily opens up to reveal each letter. make a hole at the straight-edged end of the set of strips. · Place an alphabet punch on the silver surface. available at machine tool shops. 4 for 'clock'— c + l + o + c + k (where c and the k together make only one sound. Germany . near Cologne.
. Permits a quick child to advance quickly and a slow child to proceed at his own pace and learn through repetition. Medicine strips · Strengthen these flimsy boxes by: A. Children can. · Write a full set of joined letters and patterns to include the entire hand-writing syllabus for a term. B. so that the folded edge is at the top. · Draw 2. at their own individual pace. · Turn them round.SMALL STORAGE BOXES Tea bags · Make a notch for easier opening.box. How to make · Draw lines about 4 cm from the base of used envelopes. Stick coloured cello-tape along the outside edges. take a copywriting guide. · Black marking pen. Advantages Eliminates need for handwriting books. · Label the box according to its contents: very durable. · Cut open the right end of half of them and the left end of the others. If correct. Courtesy: Mohua Sarkar COPY-WRITING GUIDES · Language Development · Handwriting You will need · Used envelopes. bottom and sides of box and pasting them inside the. fix it to the top of their exercise page. You will need several such sets for a class. they can take the next one. · A ruler. attractive and useful. D. · Select boxes that open at the top. 3 or 4 lines or as many as there are in an exercise book. Paste silver or other strong colourful paper around the box. Use Fevicol. · A pair of scissors. C. Cutting pieces of card the same size as top. copy it and then show to the teacher. Number them in the order of their complexity. Cut along the lines. Pasting strips of brown paper (from old envelopes) across the side and bottom joints from the outside.
g. a in 'leg' becomes a long vowel in 'me'. u in tube. ba+g bu+g As a precaution against any mix-up. How to use · The child can practise alone. · Marking pens. e in leg. a in pant.WORD-MAKING PAIR PACKS Vocabulary Development · Reading · Spelling You will need · Dozens of 8 cm or 6 cm square cards. and so on so forth.g a in baby. for instance. Each set should include a master-list card showing (in small print) all the words that can be made. i in high school. e. e in me. the back of each ending card in the 'ba/bu' pack should have 'ba/bu' written on it in small letters: Each pack has only 2 beginning cards and any number of ending cards. Courtesy: John Ellis . or with a teacher or a partner. than include 2 cards with the same ending. i in sit. a 'bo/be' pack could have a blue line. e. This can be followed by adding 'long' vowel sounds. The beginning cards are easily identifiable because a coloured line is drawn across the bottoni. u in umbrella. children can be told that sometimes the letter a says its own name. You might mix up 2 or 3 packs for the game but be sure to sort them out again immediately afterwards! Note: Each pack must be kept in a separate envelope or small plastic bag or large matchbox or soap box so that the sats do not get jumbled up. · A small group may play a game by putting the beginning cards face-up on the table end the ending cards in a stack. They then take turns picking up an ending card. · Later. If both the beginning letters can make a word with the same ending. o in box. o in rose. How to make · Start with common words where the vowel sound is more or less 'short'. · For self-teaching the master list may be consulted but the note below should be carefully seen. matching it to a beginning card and reading the word aloud. The ba/bu' pack might have a red line. for instance.
The student now arranges the word strips in a sentence or a phrase before reading aloud to the teacher or a classmate.5 cm long. in large. Deposit Slips— Blank pieces of paper for new words · Write a letter of the alphabet on each pocket. neatly printed letters on the blank Deposit Slips. Mastered words can be kept in the Fixed Deposit envelope.'uv:' 'wxyz': The Current Account pockets are used for keeping the word strips until the student has mastered them and no longer needs to refer to them when writing. How to make · Fold each long strip of card in half. A Monthly Account of its contents may be kept inside. · A length of string long enough to tie both ways round the outside of the closed cover to prevent the word strips from falling out. Encourage students to decorate the covers. The new words required are written by the teacher clearly. the words required and then withdraws them. The teacher herself may suggest some new words. · Blank pieces of ordinary paper about 2. strong envelope on the back of the Word Bank. . · Slightly bend about half a cm of each end inwards and staple the ends. The student consults his / her World Bank for. How to Use · The student discusses with the teacher the topic he / she wants to write and the words he/she will need. · With Fevicol. · With Fevicol. Each student should have his/her own Word Bank. In every language. The teacher should regularly go through the contents of the Word Bank with the student. This may be labelled Fixed Deposit. fix an old. the student needs to replace the words in their correct Current Account pocket. read aloud. · Now the student re-assembles the words in the sentences and practises writing on a slate or paper. spelt phonetically and taken out of the sentences to be used as flashcards. 'opq'. The new words should be particularly emphasized. · Fevicol. · On finishing writing. Keep the last few pockets blank for holding Deposit Slips / Blank pieces of paper for writing new words. like 'ijk'. · Eight to 10 strips of stiff white or light-coloured cards about 5 cm wide and as broad as the width of the inside of the covers. Then they are put in the Fixed Deposit envelops at the back of the file cover.WORD BANK with CURRENT ACCOUNT and FIXED DEPOSIT "Basic Literacy for Child or Adult · Reading/Writing "Alphabetical Order · Banking Concepts You will need · A pair of old lab-file covers with a shoe-lace. It should be open at the top to serve as a handy pocket for storing all the words the student has learnt (secured in his/her memory). lengthwise. · An old large envelope of a fairly stiff paper. These can be obtained from high schools after exams. These can be doubled or tripled up in a single pocket. Words which are used rarely or never at all may be removed. · Stapler. This provides another opportunity to read the words and become familiar with the alphabetical order. some letters are infrequently used for beginning words. · Staple 3 or 4 times along each strip to make little storage pockets.5 cm wide end 7. fix these strips onto the inside of the covers.
Initially use of slang words and colloquial expressions may be permitted if the student needs them to express himself/herself.Note: Care should be taken to see that more than 100 words are not stored in the Current Account at one time because it is difficult to manage and the words will fall out. Courtesy: John Ellis Section 3 EYE-HAND COORDINATION .
Courtesy: Pang Hung Lin . How to make · Cut the top of the tin and smooth the inner rim so that children do not cut their fingers. Note: This can also be made from sections of a bamboo piece that has an opening at least as big as that of a talcum tin. · Eight to 12 wooden or plastic clothes-pins. in different colours if possible. · One point is awarded for each success. The hand must not dip down to drop it in. How to play · The tin is placed on the ground. The clothes-pin must be held at the waist/shoulder/nose level (depending on the age and ability of the child) and then dropped into the tin. · He / she tries to drop a clothes-pin into the tin. · The child stands with feet together just in front of the tin. large talcum powder tins are perfect.DROP the CLOTHES-PIN · Eye-Hand Control · Patience · Perseverance · Taking Turns · Keeping Score You will need A tall slim tin. Paint the outside of the tin and add a few attractive stickers or cover it with coloured paper.
Staple or seal the opening. Children should also be encouraged to create their own designs and pictures. · Several matchboxes filled with used matches. · Used matches for pasting on the cards. Fevicol. Sealdah . Decorate the box-tops so that they may not get mixed with 'real' matches. Paste with Fevicol. This set of cards can last for years. How to make · Cut the cards to a desired size. if possible. Courtesy: Loreto Day School. He / she makes a matching pattern on the table / floor next to the card.MATCHSTICK PATTERN CARDS · Pre-Writing · Eye-Hand Control You will need · Pieces of thick cards. · Arrange the patterns on the cards with used matches as shown in the picture. clear plastic bag. How to use A child picks up a pattern card of his/her choice and also a decorated matchbox. · Put each in a separate.
· Lengths of metal-tipped shoe-laces or cord to thread through the 'eyes'. You could plait your own pretty-coloured cord from old plastic carry bags (see next page). · Fix a screw at each marking. . How to use Encourage children to string the lace through all the eye-holes. · Sandpaper. · Several dozen eye-screws. · Tie one end of a lace to one of the eye-screws so that the shoe-lace does not get misplaced. How to make · Carefully sandpaper each piece of wood to make sure there are no splinters. · Mark a pattern for placement of the screws.WOODEN LACING-SHAPES · Eye-Hand Coordination · Dexterity You will need · Scraps of wood cut into geometric and other simple shapes.
· To seal at the end. and make fine stiff tip for lacing. · When you open a strip. · If you need a longer cord. · Cut the rest of the length of the folded bag into strips twice the width of your finger (with practice. you will get a loop as shown. and 'pinch' it at the tip after it cools a bit. hold the end to a candle flame for a second. withdraw it. add more loops with a slip-knot. · Cut off the sealed end. you can cut 3 or 4 bags folded together).PLASTIC BAG CORDS and LACES · General Classroom Use · Shoe-Laces · Hair Ribbons Plastic carry-bags: rubbish or resource? · Hold the bag upside down. they can make their own shoe-laces! Simple enough for children to make by themselves and helps to keep the environment clean too! . · Tie 3 loops together at the top. · Fold it in half. 3 or 4 times lengthwise. Once the children are shown how to do this with old black plastic bags. · Plait tightly.
· Continue dropping and pressing till the box is tightly packed and full. tea-bags. · Silver paper or other durable coloured paper. Check to see that there are no bulges. · Fevicol. Each will be about half the size of a marble. strong and durable. butter. etc. · Drop a dozen or so wads to Me bottom of the box. · Carefully cover the entire box with coloured paper. · Old newspapers or magazines. · Cello-tape or bits of brown paper and gum. toothpaste. · Make dozens of tightly-rolled wads from the paper. · Seal other end shut with tape or pasted strips.BOX BUILDING-BLOCKS · Eye-Hand Control · Construction Skills · Imagination You will need · A collection of small cardboard boxes of soap. Press them down with a stick or a spoon. These boxes are light-weight. · The edges and corners could be reinforced with coloured cello-tape or electrician's tape. . · Tear/cut sheets of newspaper into pieces about half the size of a postcard. How to make · Paste cello-tape or gum on one end of the box to close it. A set of 2 or 3 dozen such blocks could last for years with just a new layer of outside paper being changed once in a while.
Variation Try with 2 strings of the same length and different lengths and with 2 bottle caps. · Pull the string partly through the hole. the knot prevents the string from going all the way through. . Note: The string should be about twice as long as the height of the tin. The tin and bottle cap look very attractive when painted in bright colours or the tin could be covered with coloured paper.TIN CATCH-CATCH · Eye-Hand Control · Development / Dexterity · Concentration · Perseverance You will need · A small empty tin with the top removed and the inner rim smoothened. · Make a hole in the centre of a bottle cap. How to make · Puncture a hole in the centre of the bottom of the tin. · A soft-drink bottle cap. · A length of string (a pretty-coloured string can be made from an old plastic carry-bag). so that children do not cut their fingers. and fix it with a knot. · A hammer. · Now the cap is dangling from the string which is hanging down from the bottom of the tin. a nail and a block of wood. Tie a knot at the end so that if pulled out. How to play Hold the tin up to shoulder height and swiftly dip it downwards in order to 'catch' the cap. · Pull the other end of the string through this hole.
CONSUMER PRODUCT PICTURE PUZZLES · Eye-Hand Coordination · Fine Muscle Development Patience · Word Recognition You will need · A collection of consumer product boxes made of stiff card. sometimes the back panels which have big words or interesting pictures can be used too. How to make · Cut out the front panels. · Store each picture in a separate envelope or plastic bag. ROLE-PLAY AND PLAY . Section 4 SOCIAL STUDIES. preferably laminated. · Cut each panel into several pieces.
Use a big needle and strong thread. · Push lid 1 and lid 2 half way over each end of the tray. Courtesy: Loreto Day School. · Tie or stick or stitch a piece of cloth around the bottom of lid i. · Narrow satin or nylon ribbon. Paste the face on lid 1.PUPPET with MATCHBOX HEAD and BODY · Vocabulary Development · Story-Telling · Dramatisation · Socialisation You will need · Two matchbox lids and one tray · A broomstick. Attach the 2 other ribbon pieces to bottom of lid 2 to form the legs. Attach the broomstick to the back of the boxes. Sealdah . Press gently till dry. · A small handkerchief or a piece of cloth. · Attach the ribbon ends to the top of lid 2 to make the arms. How to make · Apply Fevicol on the back and long sides of the matchbox tray. needle and thread. · A face drawn on a card and coloured. · Sew buttons at the ends for hands and feat. so that the ribbon ends come out. Cut a small opening on each side. · Fevicol. · Four small shirt buttons.
· Make 9 such rolls. two-thirds of it should be sticking out below. · Rope. Later this will be fixed in the centre of the body roll. then use a stronger and longer stick. Tie a knot at the 'hand' end. This makes the body roll the centre of gravity for the deli. · Paste the head to the matchbox with Fevicol. · Fevicol. Sealdah . · A face drawn on a card and then coloured.PUPPET or DOLL with MATCHBOX HEAD · Vocabulary Development · Dramatisation · Story-Telling · Socialisation X HYou will need · Newspapers. · Pull a long string through 2 rolls to form an arm. Add clothes made from colour paper. Tie a knot for the other hand. Tie the centre of the string round the broomstick 'neck' and thread the rest of it through 2 more rolls to form the other arm. · Paste the face on the front of the matchbox lid. Courtesy: Loreto Day School. Paste with Fevicol the outside edge. · Tightly roll a strip around a pencil. Push the pencil out. · A matchbox lid and a broomstick. make the legs and feet. scraps of cloth or even colourful bits of old plastic carry bags. · Cut sheets of newspaper into long strips of 7 to 12 cm wide. How to make · Fix with broomstick Fevicol a broomstick inside the entire length of a matchbox lid. · Take 9 sheets of newspaper and roll each separately around a pencil. If you want to make it into a stick-puppet. Paste the last layer of paper with Fevicol. The string for the legs must be pulled up through the 'body' roll and knotted round the 'neck' broomstick at the top. Remove the pencil by sliding it out. · In the same way.
because it is more cuddly and washable). · Stitch or paste black wool on the head for the hair and make some clothes for the doll to wear. · Turn the sock around and cut it about half way up the centre. · Turn the sock inside-out and back. · Sew the arms onto the back of the body. · Embroider or paint a face. · Tightly tie a string around the neck to form the head. Leave the end open for stuffing.SOCK DOLLS · Imagination · Role Play · Verbal Expression Sense of Security and Contentment How to make · Cut off the toe part of an old sock. · Stuff the legs and body with cotton or sponge or rags (sponge is best. · Turn the two pieces inside-out and do a backstitch along the long sides. cut the toe of the sock in half. Turn right-side out.stitch along the bottom and centre cut to form the legs. Turn each piece right-side out and stuff them. . just below the head. Sew up the opening behind the face. · To make the arms.
Draw or paint the face. · Scissors. · Fevicol. · Scraps of white and coloured paper. Large Cart: · Two trays and two whole boxes.half matches. . · Bits of cards for wheels. Courtesy: Zofin Moochala MATCHBOX VEHICLES Vocabulary Development · Social Studies You will need · Matchboxes (cardboard). How to make Small Cart: · One tray and two-and-a. · Two strips of paper of the same colour as the face can be pasted to each side for forming the arms.MATCHBOX PEOPLE · Vocabulary Development · Story-Telling · Social Studies You will need · Empty matchboxes. How to make · Gum the 2 parts of a matchbox in the position as shown in the picture. · Paste coloured paper round the bottom part. Add hair by drawing or pasting coloured paper. · Cover the top part with a light-coloured paper. · Gum. · Clear cello-paper to make the windshield of the jeep or lorry. Add bits of another colour of your choice to indicate clothing. · Pens or coloured pencils. · Few used matches. · Scraps of coloured paper.
· Now take the whole matchbox and slide it one-third open. Keep the long. · Cover with the same coloured paper as above. · Cut the portion as shown in the figure from the front and back of both the covers. number plate. top and sides with coloured paper. Top view Bottom view · Lorry: Two boxes for base One tray and 2 covers. Put some Fevicol on the sides to make it stay in position. · Fit the tray into one cut cover as shown in the picture. black sides intact. Cover its back. fit the other cover over the engine. headlights. · Stick the cover on top of the whole matchbox as shown in the picture. Snip off a little extra from the front side so that the driver has a window. number plate. · For the driver's cabin.. Turn it upside down. This will form the windshield. etc. · Paste strips of coloured paper. · Take the cover and stick clear cello-paper over the front opening. Put some 'goods' in the back and off you go! Wheels from cards Courtesy: Zofin Moochhala .Jeep: One cover and one whole box.Add wheels. Also snip off the extra side endings. This forms the engine and the body of the lorry. Add wheels.
· A compass. Fold it in half. Press till dry.. make 4 small holes at the bottom. · Draw a double image of the head. · Insert a piece of brown paper at the back to serve as a tail. Apply some gum to make it stay in place. How to make · Cover the closed matchbox with brown paper cut out of an old envelope or paper bag. · Old brown envelopes. Courtesy: Zofin Moochhala . Insert the shaded portions between the cover and the inner tray. · Apply a bit of Fevicol at the centre of the back of tray and push the tray into the cover. · Using a compass point. Add a bit of gum so that the head stays in place. · Gum. · Used matchsticks. Cut it out.MATCHBOX ANIMALS · Story-Telling · Vocabulary Development · Social Studies You will need · Empty matchboxes. Insert old match sticks for the legs.
· Thin string. The slant of the angle of the hole should be slightly inwards. the rubber 'V' slides down. · A used match. · A compass. left. each 125 cm long. Pattern for rubber climbing toy (actual size) Courtesy: Arvind Gupta . Cut 'V' shaped pieces from it. · A very sharp knife. Tie one end of each string to the notches made near the ends of the stick. Pull down to create a slight tension. · Insert a bit of a dot pen refill into the holes. · Take 2 pieces of strong. Place Jack and Jill on the rubber 'V' with a picture of a wall at the top. Or use a picture of a frog and a fly or a lizard and an insect. Then tug alternately: left. · The other end of each string should pass through the dot pen refills and be knotted round half of a matchstick as shown in the figure. right. · Hang the centre loop from a nail.RUBBER CLIMBING TOY · A Lively Accompaniment to Nature Study Lessons and Nursery Rhymes You will need · An old rubber slipper. so that the knife blade does not get damaged. right See the rubber 'V' climb up! When you release the tension. Tie a loop of thick string to a notch at the centre of the stick (the notches keep the string from sliding off). Note: Paste a picture of a bee or a butterfly to the rubber 'V' and hang a flower from the centre of the stick. · Puncture a deep hole at each end. A thick wad of newspaper to use as padding when cutting the rubber. etc. Or use a mouse end a clock for 'Hickory Dickory Dock'. How to make · Cut a 5-cm wide strip from the slipper. · Hold a matchstick in each hand. Repeat the action. · Used dot pen refill. thin cotton string. · A thin bamboo stick. · Thick string.
· The second player inserts 1 stick in a hole of his choice. . one has to succeed in making a row of 3. Be careful not to paste it shut. the game results in a standoff. store the matchsticks in the tray for safe-keeping and close the box. Paper from the inside of old envelopes can be used. · Twelve used matches. · Slide the tray in to give support to the box. · Wrap one colour of tape. · The first player begins by putting a matchstick in one of the holes.MATCHBOX TIK-TAK-TOE · Eye-Hand Control · Taking Turns · Planning a Strategy You will need You will need · One matchbox (card.around the top of 6 matchsticks and another colour round the rest. How to play · Each player takes 6 matchsticks of the colour of his/her choice. · After the game is over.board). · Mark 2 black lines across the top and 2 lines from top to bottom so as to divide into 9 equal spaces. To earn a point. puncture a hole in the centre of each space. for the tray must be able to slide in and out. · Very often. · A compass or ice-pick. · Sharpen the wooden tip a bit with a blade. How to make · Cover and strengthen the lid of' matchbox by pasting a strip of paper round it twice. "· Using a compass point. Each player tries to make a straight (horizontal. vertical or diagonal) line of 3 matchsticks while trying to outwit the other by preventing him from doing so. · Cello-tape in two different colours. Make the holes large enough to accommodate the matchsticks.


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What does Katreina mean?
Katreina [ka-treina] as a girls' name is of Greek derivation, and the meaning of the name Katreina is "pure". Katreina is a version of Katrina (Greek): short version of Katherine.
Katreina has 16 variants: Caitrionagh, Catreena, Catreina, Catrina▼, Catriona, Catrionagh, Kaitrina, Kaitrona, Katreena, Katriona, Katrionagh, Katryna, Ketreina, Ketrina, Ketryna and Kotryna.
3 more related forms via Katrina: Katrin, Katrine and Kotrijna.Creative forms:
(male) Middle name pairings:
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A "for rent" banner atop the building occupied by Fastenal in Shelbyville has driven speculation that the store is closing, but that's not the case, its district manager said.
Mike Miller, who oversees 10 stores in the region, said that the company has asked the landlord of its store at 251 Alpine Drive to review its 5-year lease that has 14 months remaining.
Fastenal signed its agreement with landlord Lewis Brashear during a boom time and Miller feels that the monthly rate is higher now than it should be.
"We're paying way too much," Miller said. "We opened when things were moving. I don't think maybe we pushed hard enough.
"We're working with the landlord to try to reduce the rent. I told him to look around the Louisville market where there is twenty-five to thirty percent vacancy. We're moving our Shepherdsville store and cutting our rent in half."
Miller said he told Brashear to put up the for-rent sign if he wished to do so.
For his part, Brashear says he feels fortunate that the company is allowing him to advertise the building.
He said he loves having Fastenal as a client and is trying to help the company, but he can't afford to reduce the rent.
"We have to meet our debt service," said Brashear of Lexington. "Fastenal a great client and a great company. They want a reduction that we can't do.
"But we're trying to sell the building or find a co-tenant and keep them in there. We would like to make this work."
The building is about 6,400 square feet, Brashear said, and Fastenal needs only about half that space. "We also have looked at expanding the building and could do so by two or three thousand square feet," he said.
He said he has had a call from one interested party and had a conversation with another.
"But it's hard in these times. It's tough on all of us. That's a small building on an expensive piece of property," he said.
Whether Brashear is successful or not, Miller said the store definitely was not going to close and that he has been looking at other locations nearby, including a spot in Governor's Plaza and another in the 747 building on Mount Eden Road.
"The store is doing well," he said. "We're just trying to reduce rent and trying to capitalize on that."
Fastenal, which sells a variety of mechanical and industrial parts and services, was founded in 1967 and has 2,300 stores. It is about to open a new store on Westport Road in Louisville.
The company also sponsors the No. 60 Ford that Carl Edwards drives in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
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Like the other reviewer, I can't stress enough how great the author's simple and consistent approach to bread making is, and especially the sections on starters, making, keeping and feeding them!
I'm also often a little suspicious of American books, citing ingredients, measurements and methods which just don't seem to work, but having tried at least 50% of the recipes in this book, I'm yet to experience a failure!
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a) If you don't already have them you will need to buy a set of American measuring cups as the ounce measurements are, bizarrely, converted as decimals ( 0.39 ounces of Yeast for example or 2.67 ounces of Honey), rendering precision a little redundant. Although one reviewer clearly does not have a problem with doing their own conversion from cups and ounces to grams - suggesting that it is so easy to do - it does rather beg the question, if it is so easy why has it not been given here?
b) The lay-out is at times a little confusing eg the Pre-ferments (Biga ,Poolish , Balm etc) are not all in one place. This requires a certain amount of going backwards and forwards through the book. The referencing is however excellent so this doesn't pose too much of a problem.
c) The recipes are almost exclusively from French, American and Italian recipes. Those wishing for a comprehensive review of world breads would do better looking elsewhere. Indian breads are completely absent as are, with one exception from each, Scandinavian, English and German breads.
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I have tried 10 of the recipes since owning the book (just a couple of weeks). I have baked about 8 loaves a week for the past decade so I have a moderate amount of experience in home bread making.
I have three issues:
The recipes appear to be authentic and the explanations are clear but that does not mean you are going to like all the different kinds of bread. I found the bagels (extremely time consuming to make) a real dissapointment. They looked great but tasted nothing like any bagel I had ever tasted. To be fair the author does say this is a traditional water bagel and not a commercial bagel. But in a book that champions tasty bread I found this unimpressive. The explanations of why different ingredients effect the outcome and flavour are very good.
The author is very keen on long fermentation to improve the flavour and the are lots of two stage two day recipes. Dissapointingly I have not yet been able to detect the flavour enhancement that deserves all this extra preparation (nor has my family). I would have been happier if the book had contained more angles on bread making. I feel that the author has collected lots of lengthy recipes because he believes this is the best way to make bread. I had expected a greater variety of approaches.
And last but not least. Why only imperial measurements? What happened to metric?
This is not a book for a beginner. If you want to purchase a single book on bread making I would not recommend it. As part of a library it is a very good reference book.
Being British I am just about comfortable weighing things out in pounds and ounces, though my scales being non-antique have kilograms as the larger markings. To the authors credit the recipes are weight based but those who use the volume conversions in the book may find themselves scuppered by the difference in volume between a US "cup" and those found in other countries that use the term. The biggest gripe however is that all temperatures are in Fahrenheit. I have never in my 29 years seen an oven that is calibrated in Fahrenheit outside the US. It is possible in the UK to purchase oven thermometers graded in Fahrenheit on the secondary scale but they are harder to find and the secondary scale is much harder to read without taking the thermomenter out of the oven.
It seems to me that if a publisher has any intention of releasing a book outside the US then they ought to take the trouble of changing the parochial units to ones in common use.
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Just for the record...I never said I hate Cutler...I just don't want to draft him..hence the screen name. But i think I posted a few weeks ago that if we do indeed draft Cutler..I'll buy a freakin' Cutler jersey and wear it..tounge in cheek...I support whoever wears the two-tone blue)
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[GhostZ] 10:32 pm: what i meant was
[GhostZ] 10:32 pm: somone needs to shut him up
[SEC 330 BIPOLAR] 10:32 pm: Ghostz, what is all this Pacman hurt stuff about?
[GhostZ] 10:32 pm: he thinks hes a bigshot
[GhostZ] 10:33 pm: im just adding on like everyone else has been doing
[SEC 330 BIPOLAR] 10:33 pm: so you are talking about verbal correction, leardership stuff?
[GhostZ] 10:33 pm: ya
[SEC 330 BIPOLAR] 10:34 pm: I'm not sure you came accross that way. At least not to me
[GhostZ] 10:34 pm: or maybe just getting smacked around a bit out there by the vets
[SEC 330 BIPOLAR] 10:34 pm: It sounded as if you were wishing him harm
[GhostZ] 10:34 pm: and they can show him whats right and wants not
[GhostZ] 10:34 pm: not really
[GhostZ] 10:34 pm: cause hes a great player
[GhostZ] 10:34 pm: i just want him to get his act together
[GhostZ] 10:35 pm: cause its annoying to see all these things about him in the news because of the people that hes
hanging around
[GhostZ] 10:35 pm: if u know what i mean
[SEC 330 BIPOLAR] 10:35 pm: I don't know the silent code of the NFL locker room. me too.. about the act
together stuff.
It's all good.
well i sent the pm and i dont really know what i said to offend u so much bipolar, i thought we were pretty tight
ok boys, you 2 hug and make-up...lol
He ain't heavy... he's my brother...
me and bipolar have been friends for a while now, aint that right buddy
The Vince Young Movement is sweeping the board.


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Our World Tuesday
Sydney Mardi Gras 2014
Our World Tuesday
17 comments:
Sounds like super fun, Rajalakshmi. Great pictures. I love to watch carnivals of any sort and this one is so bright and lively!ReplyDeleteReplies
thank you so much... even I love watching carnivals... this was my first Mardi Gras thoughDelete
Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos. Just one question. Did throw beads at the parade?ReplyDeleteReplies
We didn't throw... but we were wearing loads of beads .. blue green red :DDelete
Sorry. Typo. Did they throw beads at the parade?ReplyDelete
such lovely pics! Wish we will get to see this once in my lifeReplyDeleteReplies
thank you so much :) yeah sure you must watch it onceDelete
Lovely to be trasported to Sydney for the mardi gras. I love carnivals and have been to Sydney's a fair few times but not for about 10 years now. Nowadays I get to participate in Nice carnaval as it's my local town. You might enjoy this post I wrote about it last week.ReplyDelete
you definitely check out :) this was the first time I had attended a carnival of this magnificence :)Delete
Wow! Amazing! Looks like you had lots of fun!! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
ohh yeah I had... thank you :)Delete
It looks like an amazing celebration...ours is very small and intimate and this one is huge in comparison!ReplyDeleteReplies
yeah the parade was quite colorful ... and very crowded too.. thanks for visitingDelete
Wonderful and colorful shots from the event.ReplyDeleteReplies
thank you so much :)Delete
Looks like great fun.ReplyDelete
Lots of great photos but the ATMs are really great.ReplyDelete
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