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Hello friends, I have been doing a lot of maths and reading comprehension worksheets lately but haven't done any brain-boosting activities for a long time. Hence, I thought that I should make some worksheets that have no reading or writing in them but pure fun. When it comes to brain-boosting activities that are also quite fun, mazes are the first thing that comes to my mind.  🧠 💡 🧠 💡 🧠 💡 🧠 💡 Why is maze solving a brain-boosting activity? Why is maze solving a brain-boosting activity? 🟢 Mazes improve the cognitive skills of children. 🟢 When a maze puzzle is placed in front of children, it boosts their brain by making them think, reason, and remember. 🟢 They have to first understand the puzzle, work out a way ✏️ while remembering the dead ends. It makes them focus 👀 and sharpens their memory; Mazes are amazing for stimulating the brains inside the little heads of our children. 🟢 In today's world, children are too much dependent on screens and it is dulling their...

Hello friends, While it is still snowing in some parts of the world, other parts have started showing signs of ice thawing and winter waning. The lemon trees in my garden are sprouting new leaves so I thought that it is a good time to tackle some spring topics. When I thought about spring, the first things that came to my mind were the ladybugs and the pretty Japanese Sakura blossoms but then I started thinking more and added a few more spring-related topics. So, here I am with my six spring reading comprehension worksheets. I have kept the English simple but have tried to add interesting information about all the spring topics so that the children enjoy reading these short passages. A few questions are at the end of each passage to test children's comprehension. I hope you like my effort. Don't forget to share and like if you like my work as it encourages me to be more creative and unique in my work. Happy spring reading while I go now to do some spring cleaning. 😁 All my w...

Hello Friends, It has been a pretty long time since I did some read and write worksheets; the last I did were the Summer worksheets. If you missed those, have a look here . Now, I am here with something that is very, very close to my heart. I was in my junior year at my university when I read my first Harry Potter book. I fell in love with the wizarding world imagined by J. K Rowling. Today's children are super lucky as all the books are out and they can read them whenever they want. We had to wait  😔  for the next book to come out and it wasn't easy waiting. In any case, I loved everything HP (Harry Potter). So, when my elder one started reading books, I just couldn't wait to see him read Harry Potter. To my utter disappointment, he wasn't interested. HE WASN'T INTERESTED IN HARRY POTTER! Imagine my feelings 😔! One day, I coaxed him to read the first book. I promised him sweets and other goodies 😃. He gave me a tough time reading the first chapters but soon he ...

Hello friends, The summer season is at its peak in the Northern Hemisphere. In tropical regions, it is raining frequently. Children are home from school and it is a good time to polish their reading comprehension skills. Hence, I decided to make these read-and-write worksheets on the topic of summer-related things. I hope your children will have fun reading these simple, short passages and then, answering questions. These worksheets are perfect for grade 1-2 aged children. I am giving a high-quality PDF file link below. Just download PDF, print on A4 size, and use the worksheets with your students or children. If you like doing worksheets with your children, then as a parent I would personally recommend purchasing an inktank printer such as  HP Smart -Tank 6001  Wireless Cartridge-Free all-in-one printer. There are no cartridges just ink bottles and believe me, we have been using the printer constantly for the last 3 years with no refills. I am in love with how economical and...

Hello everyone, I am back with some more Mental Math practice worksheets but this time in the form of flashcards. I know that I have already uploaded worksheets for single-digit addition and subtraction that correspond to Class #1 and Class #2 of my Mental Math Classes on my YouTube Channel but I believe that more practice is needed. Single Digit addition or single digit number bonds are the basics of mental math. Almost all mental math tricks use these facts that have to be learned. So, I decided to convert them into flashcards for better learning. You know how much I love flashcards 😄; I can't stop myself from making them again and again.  So, here they are again but this time not related to Geography or Animals or Fruits but in the form of single-digit addition sums. They are again two-way. The procedure to use them is the same as my Geography or Buildings Flash Cards: How to Use: Cut out an A4 size cardboard paper or you can even recycle an empty cereal box. Cut in the m...

Hello friends, Learn and practice verbs and tenses in this beautiful e-book called "My First Book of Verbs and Tenses".  Before downloading the high-quality PDF for the verbs and tenses worksheets for the kids' booklet, spend a few minutes with me to go over verbs and their role in the English language. When children start learning the English language, they are taught the correct usage of verbs in the very beginning. Verbs are action words . They tell us what action is taking place. For example, I swim. Here the action word or verb is  swim . What is so complicated about verbs? There is nothing complicated as such but some rules have to be followed when using verbs; the form of verbs changes depending on when the action is taking place. Look at the following two sentences:  1. I swim.    2. I swam yesterday.  These two sentences don't mean the same thing as they use different tenses. The first sentence means that I do the action (swimming) often. This sen...

This is part 3 of my Mental Math worksheets: If you are a regular visitor of my website, you might know that I have developed a Mental Math mobile app . It is available on both Google Play Store and iOS App Store and it is 100% Free. I also publish video tutorials on the concepts and tricks taught in this app. Now, this app provides unlimited practice and you can practice even with a timer so you can easily become faster at mental math but I do know that some people like practicing on paper so this is why I started making these Mental Math worksheets. These worksheets correspond to Class #5 of my Mental Math series on my YouTube Channel. However, I have tried to make these worksheets independent of the tutorials by giving quite a lot of detail about the mental math tricks in them. I hope you like this effort. Have a look at my mental math app too where it all started 😀.  The worksheets have a lot of questions for practice. I have explained two tricks to solve two-digit number a...