Saturday 30 August 2014

Interesting Learning Apps for students- Lawrence School

With kids these days being completely hands on with gadgets and technology, it makes sense for the parents to introduce learning Apps that make learning fun and easy for kids. Here are some interesting Apps that could be introduced to your tech-savvy kids:

Moose Math:

Suitable for kids aged 4 years and up, this App assists in learning counting, addition and subtraction. With fun characters and stories that tie up the activities interesting, this makes for a great App. Parents can even add swipe control screen to protect the kids from straying away into other Apps.



Dinorama:

A great App to introduce the concept of money to your older kids. Kids can learn about decision making and economics with this past paced App laced with their favourite animal character.




Word Ball:
A simple and fun word building game that challenges the players to build three or more lettered words. A great way to get spelling and reading practices for kids.
Suited for ages 9 and above.







Endless Alphabet:

Suited for three years and above, this App presents new words and ways to spell them. The cute monster will be loved by the kids and reading will be fun activity. Some words can however be difficult for preschoolers.




Read me Stories:


Whether you have a book-worm for a child or someone who runs at the mention of reading a book, this App is perfect to introduce fun into reading stories. Newer stories and newer words are added with a fun element, and these stories can be read along too.





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Lawrence High School, located at HSR layout, Bangalore, focuses on educating children with traditional values to adapt and excel in the world. To know more about Lawrence school, please visit the website http://lawrenceschool.in/ and join us at our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lawrence-School/ 

Wednesday 20 August 2014

Power of disconnecting and doing nothing- Lawrence School

When was the last time you spent a day without the T.V or the phone or the computer? A day? It's impossible to be away even for an hour, you say. Even the tiny tots now play video games on the phone to 'pass time'. We are so addicted to screen time that we find it difficult to think of alternate ways of entertainment, should we be freed (god forbid!) of our gadgets.

How many kids today play with blocks or stare into the pictures in their book? They are constantly fed with outside stimulation and rarely know how to spend time alone, much less in a productive way. There is so much of activity stuffed into their schedule that they display withdrawal symptoms when none of the fast-faced accessory in life is made available to them.

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Take the kids out to a park, let them play in the sand, make castles, break bridges; let them be. Allow them to feel the warm sun on their skin without rushing them, teach them the pleasures of walking, strolling small distances and observing life as they see. Encourage them to describe their surroundings. Help them spot the various insects, birds that you may encounter on a vacation to a hill-station.

Which brings us to the point of taking a vacation or break periodically in a year. It need not be a long and/or expensive one. Just a couple of days spent in the nature will help you and the kids rejuvenate. And, most importantly, do not encourage the use of any gadget during the vacation!

Lawrence High School, located at HSR layout, Bangalore, focuses on educating children with traditional values to adapt and excel in the world. To know more about Lawrence school, please visit the website http://lawrenceschool.in/ and join us at our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lawrence-School/  

Friday 8 August 2014

Encouraging right atmosphere at school - Lawrence School

A good teacher ensures not only imparting the lessons listed out in the syllabus but also makes sure that all the students are growing on the learning curve. While it is not possible to have all the students at the same level on the graph, it is important to create an atmosphere wherein every student embarks on the upward chart and progresses as per his/her abilities.

A typical class consists of all kinds of students. Some are inquisitive and gregarious by nature that makes them easily visible to the teachers, while some are rather quiet who'd want to introspect and think before posing a question. Some are easily distracted while some are able to concentrate on their activity for longer periods of time.


It is therefore a enormous and difficult task for a teacher to take the entire class along. Yet, when the atmosphere is non-threatening and open ended, it allows every child to grow at his/her own pace.We have listed top 5 tips below that we follow and believe would enable a more positive nurturing of the child's character:


  1. Emphasize on questions being raised rather than judging the nature of question asked. 
  2. Discussions on various topics can be introduced to enable the children to think out of the box. 
  3. Enabling children understand that sometimes approaching a problem in the right fashion is more important than the actual solution. 
  4. Sometimes there are no right or wrong answers. 
  5. Adopting positive rather than punitive measures to help child differentiate between right and wrong actions.
Lawrence High School, located at HSR layout, Bangalore, focuses on educating children with traditional values to adapt and excel in the world. To know more about Lawrence school, please visit the website http://lawrenceschool.in/ and join us at our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lawrence-School/