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General Knowledge - A Cornerstone of your child’s success

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  In the modern era, general knowledge plays an essential role in defining a student’s growth and success. In a student’s life learning and gaining knowledge in different fields play a crucial role. Students always pick things from their surroundings and these surroundings help in deciding their achievements. General Knowledge develops the students’ social, sensitive, reasoning and analytical skills. It helps them to build their perspective about the world. General Knowledge mainly includes Current Affairs, Fashion, Family, Physical Health and Recreation and Arts and Sciences. General Knowledge is essential at the personal and academic levels. A solid foundation in GK allows children to: Overcome their fear of public speaking when addressing a public gathering  Understand the world around them and the events going on  Improves their performance in schools, colleges and extracurricular activities Helps in making well-thought decisions in different situations Make profitabl...

General Knowledge - A Cornerstone of your child’s success

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In the modern era, general knowledge plays an essential role in defining a student’s growth and success. In a student’s life learning and gaining knowledge in different fields play a crucial role. Students always pick things from their surroundings and these surroundings help in deciding their achievements. General Knowledge develops the students’ social, sensitive, reasoning and analytical skills. It helps them to build their perspective about the world. General Knowledge mainly includes Current Affairs, Fashion, Family, Physical Health and Recreation and Arts and Sciences. General Knowledge is essential at the personal and academic levels. A solid foundation in GK allows children to: Overcome their fear of public speaking when addressing a public gathering  Understand the world around them and the events going on  Improves their performance in schools, colleges and extracurricular activities Helps in making well-thought decisions in different situations Make profitable decis...

7 Ways to teach current affairs to kids

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  War, economics, crisis, famine and politics. How can we teach our children about the current affairs happening around the world? Little Genius shares 7 exciting ways to teach current affairs to your children. Listening for details - Ask your children to listen carefully as you read a story from the newspaper. Then you can ask them questions that are based on the story to know how many details they have paid attention to. Introduce them to a News Scavenger Hunt - Provide your children with a list of things that they need to search on the front page of the newspaper. They can hunt for maths-related words and terms (a percent, a measurement of distance, a cost, an address or a fraction) or grammar-related terms such as (a present tense verb, a past-tense verb, a proper noun, an abbreviation, a colon and a list separated by commas). You can also ask them to scavenge the sports page for sports-related terms to increase their knowledge about sports. A to Z adjectives - Make your child...

How to boost your child’s confidence with Olympiads

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  Olympiad examinations are aimed at improving your child’s confidence. It helps them to learn more about themselves, their strengths and weaknesses and enhances their knowledge. Olympiads test a student’s academic ability in Mathematics, English, Science and General Knowledge. Olympiad exams are designed for students to compete in the same subjects at national and international levels. Platforms like these can push their thinking skills beyond the book based theories. Olympiad exams can help them to face new difficulties and intensify their logical and reasoning skills. If your child is not performing well in their exams, the Olympiads can help them. Participating in the olympiads and scoring well in the subject of your interest is the proudest moment and gives a sense of accomplishment to the students and their parents. Here are some of the ways how Olympiads can help in boosting your child’s confidence: Exploring interests helps encourage confidence from a young age Students par...

4 Ways to brush up your child’s general knowledge

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  General Knowledge can help your child understand the varied facets of the world. The more they are aware about world affairs, the easier it is for them to relate to their subjects. General Knowledge can make them more open-minded and helps them to become better problem solvers.  Here are 4 ways to brush up your child’s general knowledge:  Discuss various topics with your kids - A good interactive family discussion can help your child to imbibe vast knowledge and get a good flow of ideas that can help erase the myths about certain topics. You can also host a quiz session which is based on various disciplines of knowledge. You must encourage your child to go ahead and participate in school quizzes which can also help in improving his/her general knowledge.  Introduce them to informative movies and books - Good insightful movies are an excellent way to improve your child’s general knowledge. Such colourful and engaging modes of knowledge attract children more than t...

Dos and Don’ts to achieve success in Olympiad Exams

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  The Olympiad exams are one of the most competitive exams for kids. Participating in Olympiad exams can help in enhancing your kid’s analytical and problem-solving skills. It can help in nurturing their minds from a very young age. However, to score high marks in Olympiads is not easy. Here are some dos and don’ts that can help you to achieve success in Olympiad exams. Do’s  Set a perfect timetable - Make sure to prepare yourself for the exams. Allot yourself adequate time to study and avoid last minute preparations for the exams. Make a list of topics that you have studied and are yet to be covered. This can help in setting a perfect timetable. Give equal time to all the subjects and study accordingly.  Practise previous question papers - Studying from the previous year’s question papers is highly effective. The papers can give you a perfect idea of the format of questions that will be asked in the exams. This practice can also help in determining the time required for...

Ways to Teach Public Speaking to Kids

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  Public Speaking is one of the most essential skills that children should learn. Whether they are speaking in front of their class or a group of audience, it is a skill that children must learn.  This skill can help in removing their stage fears and encourages them to become great orators. Here are a few ways on how you can teach public speaking to your kids. Kids enjoy activities that are relatable  Kids have a contagious enthusiasm to try new things. Choose relevant topics that they might enjoy speaking on. Example: The need to have one free period or why the recess should be 10 minutes longer. Such sessions can help kids in sharing their thoughtful responses and helps in reducing their anxiety of being unfamiliar with a topic.   Offer Examples Once you have chosen the topic, you must review the well-formatted speech. Show your kids videos of some famous speakers to learn and get inspired. Introduce them to various examples and ask them to note down the various te...