I like emulate great folk around me. I try to take the good in them and ignore the bad - because they wouldn’t be human if they had no weaknesses. I notice something common in these great people - they have a goal and they go all out to reach it. Nothing deters them and [...]

When I first began painting in oils, I found that imitating a great artist helped me learn a lot. I initially found ‘Mona Lisa’ a bit boring, because I prefer vibrant, alive expressions and this seemed outdated. But when I got down to painting her skin tones, I learnt how Leonardo works in layers [...]

Everyone loves a good laugh. I first thought up these jokes and later did these rough sketches in four parts for a CD ROM. You can write out your joke in four paper squares or more. Now sketch in stick figures for each frame, cut the squares out and jumble them. Can your friend guess [...]

© Jeyanthi ManokaranEarth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed. —Gandhi
Tutu turns towards the cluster of turtle eggs buried on the beach.“I got here first!” squeals Aveek the fisher boy, digging in a fury as if for gold.“MY eggs!” Shourav yanks him away.Tutu dashes to the sandy mound where Olive’s [...]

Check out this word building online activity I created.

Make your own word building game with paper and alphabet blocks. Use animal cutouts and create silhouettes. Allow your child to match one animal to its correct silhouette. Then use a set of alphabet blocks to form a long word - eg if the [...]

Dino Doc© Jeyanthi Manokaran
Dino Doc is on his wayReady for a busy dayIt’s his job to cure the sickHelping dinos get well quickCera’s head makes him wailBronto’s ache is in the tailStego’s back is pretty sore!Hang on Doc - There’s just one more!Mother T Rex brings her eggBaby pops out, watch her begHis teeth are [...]

© Centre for Learning Resources Collages are such fun! You can use anything and everything! Its a mix of any media possible. I made this one with stuffed cloth on penwork in black ink. The hair is just wool.
Make a collage First think of a theme. Is it Animals? Plants? Cars? You can make your [...]

Go down on all fours and look at the world from this angle. It’s refreshing to see things through a child’s eyes. 3 year old Adi pats a Dad at the supermarket, points at his pram with a gurgling baby in it and asks seriously -“Hey Mr! How much for this?”“Er.. that’s my baby!”“I want [...]

Want to create a board game? All you need is an idea, some colored paper and a sketch pen.

An Idea
Is your game about cars, or animals, or superheroes? Write out (on a rough paper) happy events and dangers on the way that make you gain a turn, or go back a few steps. If [...]

Does your child thumbsuck, stammer, bedwet, become aggressive or cling to you because she’s worried?
What is your child worried about? Spend quality time playing with her, so she can express herself comfortably - talk to her and find out what her real problems are.
A new baby in the house?Her position is threatened and her [...]