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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…
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(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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There was a girl in our kindergarten. In the course of casual conversation, the topic of dreams came up. The girl said, “You know, I often dream of a witch. And then I get really scared.” “Ah, maybe it’s the witches from those fairy tales you read,” someone suggested. “What does your witch look like?” The girl…
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शिक्षणतज्ज्ञ ताराबाई मोडक 