Is home schooling such a great ideas as when you first thought about it? There are many things to consider before taking this decision especially because it is about your child and his future.
One of the good things about home schooling is that the child receives the attention he needs. It is a well know [...]

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With the boom of computer & miniature electronic devices, the aptitude for mental computational skills are in decline.
Recent studies show that the skills of pupils are getting worse and worse. In one of the study, tested 106 Final year students of primary school? in mental addition and subtraction (within the limits of 20), multiplication and [...]

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Tuition, in this part of the world, plays an overrated role. The moment a child starts school, parents will start looking around for enough tuition classes to fill the child’s schedule. Some parents will even compare notes on who is attending which class and succumb to pressures to enrol their children for additional or unnecessary [...]

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The development of speech and language skills begins in infancy, even before your child uses his or her first word.
This development progresses gradually as your child grows, making noises as an infant, to picking up new words by the time your child is two.
Speech and language problems can cause [...]

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Parents who engage in the age-old tradition of picture-book reading are not only encouraging early reading development in their children but are also teaching their toddlers about the world around them, according to a study in the latest issue of Development Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association (APA). This finding shows that interactions with [...]

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In pointing out the shortcomings of the present education system, I believe Modern Parent has forgotten that schools and colleges are places where students are supposed to acquire academic knowledge and not job experience.
Based on my own experience, a combination of book and study and job exposure in school takes up too much time, is [...]

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What does Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Simon Cowell and Michael Dell have in common? Other than being the very, very rich and successful, they are also dropouts.
Apple founder Jobs did one semester in college before taking his chances with the real world. So did Dell, who started his company with just US$1,000 and [...]

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Dr Dutton stressed the need for cultural acceptance in a global society. He is saying, “Learning to accept others is not easy because it means dealing with our own biases first, but it is necessary if we are to build a civic society.”
“More often that not a good part of education comes from our interaction [...]

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According to Dr Michael E. Rudder, there are a few strategies that parents and teachers can adopt in teaching a language. For example:-
1) Listening; one can use
TV (sitcoms, news, sports), Movies (subtitles), Radio, Songs (karaoke song lyrics)
2) Speaking; we can encourage
Conversation with partner or groups, debate or speech contests, English lunches or parties, expose learner [...]

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LISTENING –> SPEAKING –> READING –> WRITING

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