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Innocent questions that need an answer

      Usually when I am taking tutions, my daughter sits with me... She loves me taking classes as she gets to enjoy with all the other kids..  Tutions has become part of our lives.. I love teaching and my daughter loves to read with all the other children. She also listens to carefully when I am teaching the other kids and sometimes reacts to it with her own understanding.      One such incident happened when one day I was taking a class on English Grammar and was teaching phrasal verbs in particular to my kids. I gave an example to them as "put in". I said "put in" means to spend some amount of time or effort in doing something. Example " I have put in lot of effort in learning to ride a bicycle". All the kids listened carefully. Then I asked them if they had any doubt.. Everybody said no and that they had understood... but there was one small voice which came inbetween who had a query.      My kiddo had a question. I was very su...

Small activities create Great Moments

   It was a regular day for me..I sent my baby to school and as usual finished my daily chores.. i had to complete a blog post on my laptop so was little fast than usual.. By the time I was done with it was already 12.. I had to pick her up.    My baby seemed a little more happy than usual.. When we returned, she told me that she is grown up now. "Why..what happened? " was my instant reaction.. She said I would be going to a Vegetable market and shop all by myself. You need to give me Rs.20 for it. Now i had a smile on my face.. but I was more interested to know the details.. Then I checked the diary and I got all the details.. The school would set up a Vegetable Market in their Garden Area and we had to send an eco friendly bag with the kids for their shopping along with Rs.20.     This sounded so nice to me, because it had brought in a sense of responsibility in my kid. The event was day after. So the two days went by thinking what all vegetables she w...