How to study History with small kids

       We are growing so fast - now we are studying history. Yeeppp! S was so happy to see new subject in his studies and I realize how quick she is growing. 

I saw the subject list is increasing and so my headache too. I still do not enroll her in to any tuition or coaching classes because I don't feel the need. But yes, making this girl to sit and study quite hard for me. With twin babies I am not able to give extra attention. And she too feel in the same way ! Sad, but I am trying, trying to take out time and spend as much as possible, one to one time with her. 😐Poor me! Have you been going through this condition? Comment below.

So why children don't like to study history ? 

Reasons are, 

- Question answers are brief. 

- Fill in the blanks too sometimes difficult😁.

- Unable to remembers names and dates.

- Unable to understand the events and reasons behind that.

- Get irritated easily while remembering the long names because it is difficult to memorise the spellings.

And, so not ready to study the subjects. They can seat for 5 minutes, read and then close the book.😁ha,ha,ha. .....I am in the same boat. Don't worry!

But now exams are there and we have to study. Otherwise how can she write in paper?  (Mummaa trigger)😇!

History is sometimes difficult. Honestly speaking I dont like it at all. But when it comes to teach your kid you have to get it thoroughly, mumma 😐

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My kid is currently having the history of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and she is really interested in it. Why not it is like a story part. The main part comes - question answers😇😇 

You gotta baby! 

Learning spelling and brief question answers are the difficult part of the subjects. Though teachers teaching them very well but the learning and writing still difficult. 

I find out the following way to teach her. For us it is easiest way to learn about history. 

🧠Read aloud a lesson with your child.

🧠 More over it is like story sessions ( For us).

🧠Give answer to each silly questions of your child.

🧠Explain as much as possible in your native language.

🧠Summarize the whole lesson in small snippets.

🧠Check on You-tube any documentaries, movie or any fort related information for details of the lessons.

🧠 Do some role play and act. (Trust me it gives more fun)

🧠 We love to check out the forts of Shivaji Maharaj and actually take her to visit the small fort. 

Each child love Maharaj and their forts. 

🧠 And then it will make easy  to understand the questions, answers and so writing too.

Then comes spelling part : 

Accurate Spelling is the best way to earn a good marks. Use the way your child is comfortable to learn spellings. We used to make the spelling  of new word instead of ratta 😀 and sometimes we have to learn it by re- writing 3 to 5 times.😇

🧠 Tricky part : Always take revision of 2 lesson at the same time. So that it will be easy to memories them.

🧠Currently we memorize the names of people and place. With the event description it is easier. Any child can imagine and so it is effective way to memorise.

We are learning in this way because it is helpful to my kid. Do try with your kids if  they  find difficulty in studying history.

Hope this post useful to you. Share with the needy moms.😊

Do let me know ' Which technic you are using  to teach History? 

Till then,

Happy Learning

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Kid approved Indian weekly breakfast

Life keeps on changing. Season come and goes quickly. Ones you start enjoy every season of life you will be the happiest version of yourself. And you will surprised to see how  you evolved through the time. 

I remember how calm my life was before my twinee. Me and my daughter used to hang out most of the time. We laughed a lot, roam here and there, enjoyed our scooty drive to school,  errands and had dance session together.😊

Beautiful memories !

New season of my life begin with twins. We do laugh together a lot with them. Play a lot and dance a lot! Only difference is we dance when my babies get frustrated or we need to do some body workout. Moving my body is the need of my present time. And I do try to spend most time with my elder one. (That is the most difficult task -currently😓)
In all these we are missing our meal. After almost 9 months I am able to back on my home shef costume. The most favourite part is I am going to feed my family again with variety of food. It is still difficult for me to cook elaborate breakfast but I am trying out my best. My daughter is a foodie and breakfast is the first meal of the day. I want to make sure that before going to school she have her meal. Am I missing to say, yes, she is having lots of natak😇 too. (Picky eater) We moms do know very well how to feed them, right Mommies !! 

So without a further ado let's jump to the post. 

Our weekly kid approved Indian breakfast. : 

Funny part that our moms never take our approval while making a meal😁 for us. We have to ate whatever she gave us. Do you feel we pampers our kids? Comment below.

From my point of view, sometimes yes, I do pampering. But sometimes only, because it took lots of effort to make our kid eat. 😓

I do not prepare anything special but yes I make her understand the importance of the breakfast and make her eat. My funda is kid learns when they see 😎 so we both eat together always. My babies love to eat with us and I always give them whatever we eat. Yes, they do enjoy our food rather than baby food😉.

This week we have yummy breakfast. Monday is the difficult day for me. I make sure to keep the Monday breakfast simple and her favorite. So that we can  have peaceful Monday morning and then whole week goes smooth.😉 

All breakfast can be ready in 15 minutes with little bit of meal planning.

Monday : Paneer Paratha :

A simple breakfast which can made in 15 minutes, only if you have little bit pre-preparation. Knead a dough one day before.

How to prepare it?

Take paneer from the fridge and grate it. Add finely chopped onion and lots of coriander and kasuri methi with some spices ( haldi, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, and salt ). Squeeze half lemon to the mixture and mix it very well. Your stuffing is ready. Make the paneer paratha using this stuffing and roast on hot tawa using lots of butter. Yummy paneer paratha is ready. Serve it with pickle, ketch up or curd.

Tuesday : Rava Upma 

Pre-preparation : I always dry roast semolina and put it in a air tight container in the freezer. Yes I store it in a freezer so that it will not have any worms. 

Everyone knows the upma recipee. I try to do with variation : sometimes plain, sometime with carrot and peas, sometimes add haldi and tomato. if you want to feed your child granish upma with fried peanuts, bhujiya and tomato ketch up. Kids will finish quickly. 

Wednesday :  Omlete Paratha

It is simple everyday breakfast. Whenever there is nothing to make just make the omlete. My daughter love to have plain without onion and spices but I add coarinder to her omelet. I used to keep dough ready at least for 2 days in the fridge. Just take out dough, roll plain paratha and roast it with ghee. Roll the omelette in paratha. Sometimes I apply mayo and ketch up to the paratha and then put omlete and roll it tightly. Yummy for kids😋. This is one of the kids tiffin items too.

Thursday : Puri bhaji 

Pre-preparation : Keep boiled potato in fridge and dough is ready. 

I made Maharaahtrian style potato bhaji. 

How to prepare?

Heat the oil and add crushed garlic with chopped green chillies followed by curry leaves, haldi and coarinder. Add potato and fry at least for 5 second, mix it well. Cover for 5 minutes on low flame, add up grated coconut and cover for 5 seconds. It is ready in 10 minutes. Fry some puri. It is one of the best kids tiffin options too.

Friday : Sabudana Khichadi

Pre preparation : Soak sabudana at night.

Roast peanut on tawa and grind it in mixer to make the crushed powder. Make sure not to make smooth powder. There should be crunch. It is our family favorite. 

How to prepare ?

Heat the oil and add up jeera, green chillies and curry leaves. Fry till it change chillies color. Then add sabudana and peanuts mixture with salt and lemon. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. And serve with cold curd. Yummy ! 

And finally we reach towards the end of week. Weekend are lazy and we do have special breakfast. Sometimes order from the local vendors and sometimes I made. It is totally depends on our twin babies schedule. 😑

What is your favorite breakfast? Do you have this kind of routine? Share your yummy breakfast items.

This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla and sponsored by BakezbyDaizy.' 

©Neeta Kadam. This article and image are the property of Memory Flies. Any unauthorized use or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author is strictly prohibited.

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