Infancy
(Speech delivered on December 23, 1951, at the Kamgar Sabha program, aimed at mill workers and other labourers, broadcast from All India Radio, Mumbai. Translated from the original Marathi ‘Shaishava’.) Friends, Children up to two years of age are called infants. From two to six or seven years, they are considered young children. At first,…
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Translated from the original Marathi article ‘He paani ahe ho’, published in Shikshan Patrika, October 1936 One afternoon, a four-year-old girl was deeply absorbed at home in drawing with her pencil and paper. At first, the drawings appeared to be random scribbles. After making several such drawings, one picture seemed to have turned out according…
Keep readingHow Will You Teach Children?
(Translated from original Marathi article ‘Mulanna Kase Shikval?’ published in Shikshan Patrika, Year 1, Issue 11, April 1934) Séguin was a French educationist who worked with children with intellectual disabilities. While teaching them, had to proceed without skipping even a single step. The three steps he developed have proven very effective when used with children…
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शिक्षणतज्ज्ञ ताराबाई मोडक 