MOTHERS are often taken for granted because they are always there for you. The thought that one should verbalise one’s emotions on a specific day takes a little getting used to. But, thanks to media hype and multinationals’ selling strategies, there’s a way to celebrate each and every day—Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day etc. Multinationals use all sorts of …

Mother Teresa was born in Skopje, Yugoslavia (which is now Macedonia) in 1910 and died on September 5, 1997. Her parents were Nikola and Dronda Bojaxhiu. They named her Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, but she changed her name to Teresa on May 24, 1931. Mother Teresa taught geography at St. Mary’s School in Calcutta, India from 1929 to 1948. When she …

When you came into the world, she held you in her arms. You thanked her by wailing like a banshee. When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you. You thanked her by crying all night long. When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. You thanked her by running away when she called. …

If God is Parents — I Adore If God is Brother & Sister — I Love & Share If God is Children — I Kiss If God is Wife — I Love & Have Faith If God is Life — I Care If God is Success — I Accept If God is Night — I Sleep If God is Day …

[1] The sum of a square of three numbers in a calendar Ask your friend to choose three successive dates from a calender. Let him do so in a column starting with the lowest number. You can tell the sum of 9 digits of the square so formed. How? Ask your friend the least number he had thought of. Add …

Mathematics For Kids – We are dedicated to helping parents support their children’s mathematical development. We know we need to read with our children every day, but what should we do for math? Mathematical Symbols

Tricks to Learn the Multiplication Facts – More and more in my teaching career, I’m seeing that children no longer memorize their multiplication tables. With the math curriculum as extensive as it is, teachers cannot afford to take the time to ensure that students learn the basic facts. Parents are partners in the process and will have greater opportunities for …

A swallow builds its nest inside farm buildings and on ledges in old chimneys. The nest is made of mud, straw and saliva, with feathers and wool to line the inside. It takes a pair of swallows up to several weeks to make the saucer-shaped nest in the rafters of a barn. Swallows starts arriving in Europe at the end …

Animals are said to be mutants when they show characteristics different from the rest of their species. Mutations are processes by which the hereditary properties of some of the reproductive cells in animals are altered. In nature these changes can take place spontaneously and unpredictably. But they are rare, and little is known about this cause, beyond the fact that …

The Cinderella effect is a term used by psychologists to describe the high incidence of stepchildren being physically or sexually abused, neglected or murdered, or otherwise mistreated at the hands of their step parents at a significantly higher rate than their genetic counterparts. It takes its name from the character Cinderella from the fairytale, who in the story was cruelly …