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Hello friends, As most of you know by now I am a great fan of the synthetic phonics system of Jolly Phonics. When my elder son was 3 years old, he was introduced to Jolly Phonics. It was a completely new thing for me as I belong to the generation that learned to read by memorizing that A is for apple and B is for B. We were never taught the sounds of the alphabet. We learned their names. I guess our brains just added the missing link of sounds on their own. A huge thanks to the people behind the Jolly Phonics and other synthetic phonics systems. Instead of second-guessing the sounds of the alphabet on their own, children now learn the sounds first and then, the names of the alphabet. I got inspiration from my son's education to develop my first mobile app.  Check out  my free Jolly Phonics Mobile App . It is an all-in-one solution to everything related to phonics. The complete version is 100% FREE. Phonics has become the starting point of learning to read in almost all countr...

Hello, Phonics is the starting point of learning to read. Children learn the sounds of letters and can recognize that the letter 'a' makes the sound /a/ - the beginning sound that our mouth makes when we say the word  apple .  I personally really like the Jolly Phonics system of synthetic phonics as it has divided the English alphabets into groups in order of difficulty. For example, group 1 has the letters s, a, t, i, p, n. These letters are not just easy to learn but they also make the most 3-lettered words so that children can start to blend sounds and read 3-lettered words as soon as they know the group 1 sounds. However, any kind of learning requires patience. I recommend that children spend at least a week on one letter before moving on to another letter. Moreover, make the learning of phonics fun using my Jolly Phonics Fun app . Children can not only learn phonics sounds but test their learning using multiple matching activities. You can download my app from here: I ...

 Happy Women's Day 2022! If we turn the pages of history, we will find many great women who have made a huge impact on the world of Science, Mathematics, Nursing, Philosophy, Astronomy, to name a few. While studying about these subjects, these great women sometimes don't get the acknowledgment that they deserve and International Women's Day is one day when our children should read about these great women and their marvelous work. I have covered three great women in these reading comprehension worksheets: Florence Nightingale: One of the greatest women in the world of nursing, Florence Nightingale was born in a wealthy family. She didn't have to work but she devoted her life to caring for her patients and had the courage to take care of wounded soldiers. She was so concerned about the welfare of her patients that she used to go out at night to help her patients.  Marie Curie: From the world of physics, we have Marie Curie who was a woman unsuited for her world as she wa...

A relative pronoun is a pronoun that is used to refer to nouns that have been mentioned previously. The nouns can be people, places, things, animals, or ideas. Relative pronouns can be used to join two sentences. The most common relative pronouns that are taught to children in the very beginning are as follows: Who Whose Whom Which  That In some situations, words like “ where ”, “ when ”, and “ why ” are also used as relative pronouns. The following chart is a good way of understanding how to use relative pronouns in sentences. Relative Pronouns Chart: Using some relative pronouns might be confusing in the beginning; they require some special attention. For example, it takes time for children to understand where to use " who"  and where to use " whom" . Who vs Whom: “Who” is a subjective pronoun.  “Whom” is an objective pronoun. You can only use “who” as the subject of a sentence; the subject is the doer of the action. “Whom” is the object of a sentence. The objec...

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...