Amrita, or Am, as she is now fondly called, has always been a loving and responsible daughter. At five years of age, she asked what “independent” meant, and when she got the answer, she said she wanted to be independent!
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Judging from the plethora of books in the market on “How to teach your baby/child to read” and hundreds of similarly titled books, we can safely deduce that parents and educators view the ability to read (and starting as early as possible!) to be highly and profoundly important.
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A very interesting and inspiring presentation by Peter Benson, a must watch! Help you understand your potential, how to nourish it and grow it!
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we forgot do check P out and we will get back to O, okay?
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The beauty about being human is that each and every one of us is born with unlimited potentials. The tragedy that befalls most of us is that this is not recognized and instead of bringing out these potentials, we systematically and methodically destroy them by denying them space to sprout and to grow. For a [...]
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Our homeschooling daughter Amrita Soon, will be turning 16 next February, and she would like to visit Nashville to attend the Country Music Festival there in June 2012. As a fundraiser for the trip, she is planning a singing gig:
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Ever since Amrita discovered Miley Ray Cyrus, Taylor Swift’s (eventually a host other musicians) music at age 12, she was hooked on country music. She started learning the guitar (daddy taught her the only 3 chords that he knew – the rest, she figured them out herself with the help of YouTube!). She spent hours in [...]
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What is natural learning? It is learning that comes naturally to the child. Natural learning is learning that is self-motivated …, it has to be interest-driven
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