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PM ASKS STUDENTS TO COME UP WITH

INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS

Prime MinisterNarendra Modi hasasked students to

prepare innovative mod-els and forward them fortheir use in a big way. Fol-lowing an interactionwith a student in Coim-batore virtually, after shecame up with a model on embankments during theSmart India Hackathon (SIH), the PM asked her to makeher presentation before the authorities concerned.

With online classes becomingthe new normal, teachers arecoming up with innovativeways to make virtual classesmore engaging and fun. In

fact, a kindergarten classroom in Kerala'sMalappuram district has added a new dimension tolearning for children. Shyam Vengalloor, a socialscience teacher at the AEM AUP School has intro-duced augmented reality(AR) by bringing in ele-phants, tigers and the solar system to the onlineclasses. Using green screen, Gif (graphics inter-change format) images and several apps, Shyamhas created an AR for the class by superimposinggraphics, audio and sensory enhancements. So,how can virtual classrooms be made more cre-ative? Educators share tips. Read on...

Lockdown has deprived the children of social bonding with their class-mates, so give them activities, including group presentations and

assignments; it will promote interaction, and enhance the learningexperience. Besides, it will give them a feel of a normal

classroom, and boost their mental healthMAYA M, IN-CHARGE PRINCIPAL, KV, PANGODE,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Framing MCQs and sharing with the children, and linking the chaptercontent with contemporary events helps in facilitating learning. Forexample, as a history teacher, I created a comparison between self-reliant India during the partition of Bengal with the ‘AtmanirbharBharat’ of today and it worked!JYOTI TOMAR, PGT, HISTORY, THE HPS, BEGUMPET

Use flashcards/ picture cards for differentsubjects. Prepare cards related to the chap-ter, show the cards to the students; andask them questions related to the cardsshown. This is a beautiful way of engagingall students. Discussion board with smalllearning team cohort is an interesting tool too.BRATATI BHATTACHARYYA, SECRETARY-GENERAL, SHRI SHIKSHYATANFOUNDATION, KOLKATA

PYRAMID FORMULA

JUST A MINUTE

Ask students to work on the pyramid formula. Students need to draw a pyramid, and write three things they learned from the online class; two thingsthey thought were interesting; and one doubt that they want clarified.SMITA GHOSH, COUNSELLOR, ANAND NIKETAN, AHMEDABAD

Pick sub-topics from a chapter, and note them down. Then, pickone chit randomly, and ask a kid to explain that sub-topic in aminute. Do it in turns. This will create a curiosity among thestudents; they will wait for their turn, and making themmore attentive in the class. Every day, five topics for fivestudents can be picked up randomly. RITU CHAUHAN, PRINCIPAL, MANIPAL INTL SCHOOL,BENGALURU

IMAGE LEARNING

GROUP ACTIVITY

Before starting a chapter, collect colourful and brightimages related to it. For biology, it could be diagrams,for history, it could be the image of an

event/leader/object. Show the image to the children andask them to label it and write two lines about the event.

Alternatively, show a couple of pictures, and ask them tomake a sequence.

SUNANDA NAIR, TEACHER, ST THERESE CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL,

DOMBIVLI EAST, MUMBAI

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Composers Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy will headline the Ban-dish Bandits virtual concert

on August 5. The virtual music con-cert will be hosted around thelaunch of musical web series, 'Ban-dish Bandits', a show that markstheir digital debut. The concert fea-tures acts by Armaan Malik, Joni-ta Gandhi, Prateek Kuhad, ShivamMahadevan, Mame Khan, RaviMishra and Pratibha Singh Baghel.

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EVENING

❍The virtual musical extravaganzawill be open for all, and will streamlive on Amazon Prime Video's offi-cial Facebook and YouTube page

❍'Bandish Bandits' is set inJodhpur, and the show tells thestory of Radhey and Tamanna, twoyoung musicians hailing from con-trasting backgrounds. Radhe (RitwikBhowmik) is a singing prodigy deter-mined to follow in the classical foot-steps of his grandfather(Naseeruddin Shah), while Tamanna(Shreya Chaudhry) is a rising popsensation desperate to becomeIndia's first international popstar.

CHANDRAYAAN-2 ROVER INTACT?

Space enthusiast Shan-muga Subramanian,who found the debris of

India's moonlander, Vikramhas said that Chandrayaan-2's rover, Pragyan, seems tobe intact on the Moon's sur-face, and had rolled out a fewmetres from the lander. In aseries of tweets along with the pictures of the Moonsurface, Subramanian said, “The white dot seen inthe picture captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnais-sance Orbital (LRO), might be the skeleton landerdevoid of other payloads, and the black dot mightbe the rover. “Our experts are analysing the same,”K Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organ-isation (ISRO), said.

WHY PRAGYAN SEEMS TO BE INTACT “It seems the commands were sentto the lander blindly for days and thereis a distinct possibility that the lan-der could have received commandsand relayed it to the rover but the lan-der was not able to communicate itback to the Earth,” Subramanian saidThere is also a possibility of the roverrolling out of the lander, when it im-pacted the Moon’s surface, he added

Vikram lost contact with ISRO, followingits launch from Chandrayaan-2 moonorbiter on Sept 6, 2019, when it tried tomake a softlanding near the Moon's southpole On July 22, 2019, the GSLV rocket,nicknamed 'Bahubali', blasted off from thesecond launch pad in Sriharikota, Andhra,carrying Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter, Vikram(lander) and Pragyan (rover)

SPACEMUSIC

Indian talisman Sunil Chhetri hasbeen voted as the favouriteplayer of the 2019 AFC Asian

Cup by fans as he finished aheadof Eldor Shomurodov of Uzbek-istan. Chhetri beat Shomurodov51-49 in the poll, after trailing inthe initial stages of voting."19 days,561,856 votes. The #AsianCup2019favourite player has been decided.Congratulations Sunil Chhetri!"the Asian Football Confedera-tion (AFC) wrote on its Twitterhandle.

The 35-year-old Indian cap-tain scored twiceduring the groupstage of theAsian Cup in thebeginning of last year. Thepoll was conducted by AFC on itsofficial Instagram handle.

FB launched the video conferencing toolMessenger Rooms in May to take on Zoomand other video platforms In FBMessenger Rooms, the users can post linksin their News Feed or in Groups or eventpages Rooms can be created right fromthe Messenger and gives people the abilityto share links to invite anyone to join, evenif they don't have a FB account nThe socialnetworking giant has also introduced a newtool for users to broadcast live to FB fromthe Messenger Rooms.

Between WhatsApp andMessenger, more than 700 mil-lion users participate in calls everyday. In many countries, video call-ing on Messenger and WhatsApphas doubled, since it began

FACEBOOK MESSENGERROOMS QUIETLY ARRIVES ON

WHATSAPP FOR WEB

I n the next stepto inte-

grate its fami-ly of apps thatare being usedby 3.14 billionusers globally, Facebook has integratedMessenger Rooms with the WhatsApp on theWeb. People can now access MessengerRooms, which allow group video calls of upto 50 people, via WhatsApp on the desktop.It will enable the users to connect with theirfriends and family via Messenger Roomsfrom their PCs and laptops. The MessengerRooms integration is yet to arrive onWhatsApp on mobile.

TECH BUZZ

A movie based on thelife of India's 'humancomputer',Shakuntala Devi, wasreleased on an OTTplatform recently.Take a look at someother Indian mathe-maticians, who cameup with theorems andequations, makingmath seem like amere number game...

1SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN hadalmost no formal train-

ing in mathematics, but hemade substantial contribu-tions to mathematical analy-sis, number theory, infiniteseries, and continued frac-tions, including solutions tomathematical problems,considered unsolvable dur-ing his time. Ramanujanalso independently compilednearly 3,900 results. His orig-inal and highly unconven-tional results, such as theRamanujan prime, the Ra-manujan theta function,among others, have opened

up entire new areas of work,and inspired a vast amountof further research.

2CALYAMPUDI RADHAKRISHNARAO, an Indian-American

mathematician and cur-rently a professor emeritusat the Pennsylvania StateUniversity, is “a living leg-

end, whose work has influ-enced not just statistics, buthas had far reaching impli-cations for fields as varied aseconomics, genetics and an-thropology.”

3RAJ CHANDRA BOSE, an In-dian-American mathe-

matician, is known for hiswork in design theory, finitegeometry, among others. Healso invented the notions ofpartial geometry, associationscheme and strongly regu-lar graph, and started a sys-tematic study of differencesets to construct symmetricblock designs.

The 2015 film,'The Man Who KnewInfinity' is based onRamanujan's life

Desi Math wizards who played with numbers With 72 goalsand 115 appearances, Chhetri isIndia's all-time highest scorer,and the most-capped player Chhteri, who was earliernamed an Asian Icon by the

AFC on his 34th birthday, isthe second highest

international scoreramong active foot-

ballers, behindPortugal's

CristianoRonaldo and

ahead ofArgentina's Lionel

Messi

SPORTS

Sunil Chhetri voted 2019 AsianCup's favourite player by fans

Fun facts onGEOGRAPHY

BOOK REVIEWWINGS OF FIRE BY APJABDUL KALAM‘Wings of Fire’ unrav-els the journey ofthe 'Missile Man ofIndia', APJ AbdulKalam's life. It trackshis journey from ahumble beginning tobecoming the MissileMan of India. The book is about chas-ing your dreams. A must read to staymotivated, especially during thesetesting timesINAYAT KAPOOR, class XII, Bhavan

Vidyalaya, Panchkula

1M Shwetha, a IVth year student of MSc, Sri KrishnaArts and Science College, has developed a model of

an embankment, and how the replica could help preventloss of life and property, if there were a breach

2An embankment is the soil on the periphery of thenatural water bodies that protects people from any

water overflowing into the adjacent areas. If there is abreach in the embankment, it can cause loss to life andproperty. This danger can be warded off, if it is knownwhen the next breach is going to occur, Swetha said

3With the help of machine learning, students can studythe breach pattern and predict it, and support the

government in taking preventive measures

4Support of the local residents in taking photographsof embankments, and uploading them on the portal,

along with information of breaches can help avert naturaldisasters in time, Swetha said

FOOTBALL TEAMS CAN PLAYAGAINST EACH OTHER IN DIF-FERENT HEMISPHERESThe stadium, Estadio Milton Correain Brazil, also known as Zerao(meaning, ‘Big Zero’ inPortuguese.) is located right onthe Equator, so that both teamswho are playing, defend two dif-ferent hemispheres.

POINT NEMO IS THE MOSTCHALLENGING POINT TO REACHIN THE WORLDIn the Pacific Ocean, there’s a pointthat is the most remote from anypiece of land. The closest land islocated 1,670 miles away. This placeis also known as the pole of inacces-sibility. The nearest lands are DucieIsland, Motu Nui Island and MaherIsland. The point was named afterthe famous submarine sailor fromJules Verne’s Captain, Nemo (20,000Leagues Under the Sea.)

GLACIERS STORE MOST OF THEFRESH WATER ON EARTHAround 10% of the land area on theEarth is covered with ice.Glacierised areas cover over 5.8 mil-lion square miles. These 10% storeabout 75% of the world’s freshwater. If we consider only unfrozenfresh water, it appears that lakeBaikal located in Russia, contains20% of the world’s fresh water

THE WORLD’S LARGEST DESERTIS LOCATED IN ANTARCTICAA desert isn’t always about hotweather and sand. In fact, a desert isa dry region, where there is almostno water, rain, snow, trees, or plants.So the Antarctic desert is the largestdesert in the world: its area is5,400,000 sq miles.

supriya.sharma2@timesgroup.com

Roald Dahl once said,“The more risks you al-low children to take, thebetter they learn to takecare of themselves.”

What we and our parents have beendoing on the contrary is happilyfighting all the battles and solvingall the problems for our children,to an extent of being accused of“raising a generation of deludednarcissists”. Times are tough andthe real goal of education todayshould be to equip students with lifeskills – emotional, social, survival– essential to meet the challengesof everyday life. And it is not pos-sible to find these skills in a closedenvironment. Outdoor learning ex-periences help in developing re-flective and inquisitive thinkingalong with problem-solving approaches in ‘real’ situations. Andmind you, ‘problem solving’ is a 21stcentury essential.

Agrees Rahul Jagtiani, a travelshow host who loves adventure andoutdoor sports, “As an avid traveller,

I’m amazed how the lessons learnedduring my time spent in the greatoutdoors has played a crucial role inshaping my attitude towards life. Justa night spent camping overnight inharsh conditions in Antarctica taughtme to appreciate the comforts we areused to. We had to shovel throughthree feet of snow and create our own‘bed’ as the icy rain made it difficultfor us. The experience taught me grat-itude.” His other snowboarding andscuba diving expeditions have beenlessons in team spirit, determinationand humility.

Well, this is why schoolsummer and adventurecamps came into being inthe first place – to fosteremotional intelligence, self-confidence, independence,healthy living, environ-mental awareness, learning,leadership and other skillsthat prove beneficial longinto adulthood. “Rapid ur-banisation and so-called de-velopment in cities has leftno space for people to get thefeel of the “outdoors”. Kids

and teens especially need more move-ment than adults on a daily basis,they should not be sitting idle formore than 30 mins. Leaving the gadg-ets and walls behind, children mustspend more time outdoors in parks,lawns, wood & beaches to uplift theirspirits and learn more in life,” saysfunctional fitness trainer Gagan Aro-ra. He adds that outdoor picnics,hikes, sports and expeditions are agreat way to develop many importantattributes like decision making, lead-ership, self-confidence and bonding.

“Survival is the ability to swim in strange waters.” FRANK HERBERT, WRITER SURVIVAL SKILLS02

Only the real, raw world canteach you real life skills

Learning lifeskills outsidethe class

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It may be the longestlimbo of our lives.But what’s adversityif we can’t learn a fewlessons to equip our-

selves for the future.Thinking about exams,career prospects wereusual worries every stu-dent grappled with till thebeginning of the year. It’s awhole new story today. Thefuture has never seemedmore distant. But you knowthe secret of somethingbeing distant? You thinkharder to get to your goal.And that time is now – andwe do have plenty of it.

Psychologist Dr SanjayChugh says, “This ongoingpandemic, unfortunately,has put a brake on many ofour plans and ideas. It hascreated a feeling of theunknown.” So, how can weuse our resources at hand,and use it to our benefit?The answer lies at home.While talking to membersof our family, friends,teachers, we can hone ourskills of negotiation.

Here’s why it’simportantChugh says, “All of us have aprimary need to feel in con-trol. It is what makes us feelsafe. While we know thatnothing can be controlled

100%, we at least aim forabout 70-80% of control tofeel mentally at ease.” Oneway to tackle this “in limbo”feeling is to actively bringback the feeling of controlin some areas of your life.Start to engage, listen hard,think, negotiate and reach aconsequence that works foreveryone in the family.

Here’s how to goabout itThere are two essentialpoints to keep in mind.1.Elders and older siblings,are together responsible forthe outcome; ‘together’being the keyword here.2. It must be a win-win sit-uation. That doesn’t meantwo sides get exactly whatthey want. It involves com-promises on both sides toreach an acceptable solu-tion. For instance, for anextra hour to talk to afriend or play a game, youcan swap an hour’s chorefrom your dad or mom.

Most – if not all – par-ents start financialplanning for theirkids even beforethey are born.

While it’s a good thought, the truthis that if the child is not finan-cially savvy, planning can be point-less. Financial literacy has becomea key survival skill for the timesahead. A child, it’s said, starts un-derstanding the concept of savingand spending by age 3. In fact, byage seven, their money habits aretypically set. Children tend tolearn the most by observ-ing the behaviour oftheir parents. So, thebest way to teachthem any good habitis by practising it inthe first place. Buthere are some basicsto start with...

Work for yourpocket moneyPocket money is not about just get-ting money at a set time, you haveto earn it. Mutually decide a listof chores that youwill handle everymonth. Only ifall tasks are

ticked off you get the agreed sumof money.YOU LEARN: That there are nofree lunches.

Plan a partyWant a shindig for your birthday(this for post-Covid time)? Askyour parents to give you a budgetand let you plan it – withtheir help of course.Prepare a checklist:theme, games, re-turn-gifts, snacks,

cakes, and

guest list. Your job is to make sureeverything just fits the budget.YOU LEARN: Making do withlimited resources is a basic financial planning skill.

ShoppingAccompany your parents to themarket next time (or even online).Observe how they shop for gro-

ceries. You should learn how toread labels and compare

prices of available options,and pick the one that fits thebudget. Create your owngrocery store at home topractice comparison pur-chases.YOU LEARN: Being care-ful with spending,

researching purchase andavoiding poor decisions.

Start a fundHelp your kids startsaving their pocketmoney towards theirmaterial goals – could

be a picnic or a new toy. You canalso suggest that you will chip inwith a certain percentage only ifthey are able to get to their goal ina given time.YOU LEARN: The value ofsaving as the first step to achievefinancial goals.

Learn about interestIntroduce the concept of interestby offering them a certain bonusamount, say, on every `1000 thatthey save from their pocket mon-ey. This bonus could be in termsof percentage, say 10%. Showthem how the calculations workevery time you do so.YOU LEARN: What is interestand how it works.

Sharing is caringKids should learn about doinggood deeds and sharing their mon-ey and possessions early on.Inculcate sharing as a child by en-couraging them to donate theirtoys, books, or clothes to NGOs.To overcome any resistance to thisidea, follow up a trip to the NGOwith ice cream or a pizza party.Over time, they will start associ-ating happiness with a good deed.YOU LEARN: Sharing is

rewarding.

Q.1) What is the numberone thing you need tosurvive in the wilderness?A. Shelter B. Food

C. Heat D. Water(D. Average human being can’t survive ifthey go more than 3 days without water,whereas the same person could survivefor several weeks without food.)

Q.2) If you’re the onlysurvivor of a plane crashand you’re trapped onan island, what shouldyou do?A. Build a raft from fallen logs

B. Search the island for food

C. Get away from the scene as

fast as possible in case the

plane explodes

D. Take any survival and medical

equipment you can find from the

wreckage and set camp nearby(D. Always stay nearby after a crash. Thatway, you have a better chance of beingfound if a search and rescue crew comes.)

Q.3) Which water sourceis the cleanest? A. Lake B. Pond C. River

D. Spring

(D. Springs are the cleanest watersource, giving you the smallest risk ofingesting bacteria or viruses.)

Q.4) What should youNEVER do if you can’tfind a fresh watersource in the wild? A. Collect and drink salt water

B. Collect and drink rain water

C. Collect and drink morning

dew D. All of these(A. You should never drink salt water. Itwill only further dehydrate you.)

Q.5) How do you purifyan unclean water source? A. Use your clothing to strain

the water B. Boil it C. Leave it

in the sun D. All of these(B. You should boil all unclean water.)

Q.6) In general, wheredoes the sun rise and set? A. The sun rises in the North and

sets in the South B. The sun rises

in the East and sets in the West

C. The sun rises in the South and

sets in the North D. The sun rises

in the West and sets in the East(B. In general, the sun rises in the Eastand sets in the West. In the winter, it willrise further to the South and in the sum-mer it will rise further to the North.)

Q.7) What should you do ifyou or someone you knowis stung by a jellyfish? A. Ice it B. Pee on it C. Use hot

water D. Cold rinse(C. Remove the tentacles using saltwater with tweezers, a credit card, or astick. Then soak the infected area in thehottest water you can stand.)

Q.8) Which items shouldbe in your survival kit? A. All of these B. Bottle of fresh

water C. Waterproof & windproof

matches D. First-Aid Kit(A. Your survival kit should include all ofthese items.)

Q.9) After an earth-quake, how long shouldyou be prepared to survive on your own? A. 3 days B. 1 month

C. 2 weeks D. 1 week(D. Up to 2 weeks on your own.)

Q.10) How many blasts,whether it’s of a gun, aflare gun or even awhistle, is the universalsignal for distress? A. 2 blasts B. 1 blast C. 5 blasts

D. 3 blasts.(D. The universal sign of distress is 3 blasts.)

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WHAT THE OUTDOORSCAN TEACH YOUAAddvveennttuurree:: By exploring natureand following a trail of yourcuriosity, you can discover hid-den groves and areas wherepeople don’t often ventureSSeennssoorryy AAwwaarreenneessss:: Your senseshave far more potential thanyou presently use. Take some

time to sit outside innature, close your eyes andlisten as far as you can hearSSeennssee ooff DDiirreeccttiioonn:: It’seasy to get lost in thegreat outdoors. Nature willteach you to hold clearimages in your mind andkeep track of where youare goingGGrraattiittuuddee:: Learning to

experience the gift of lifethrough our senses in naturehelps us to feel thankful for allthe amazing things that we havein our worldNNaattuurraall CCoonnsseeqquueenncceess:: Natureshows us that our choices in lifehave natural consequences. Welearn to be on alert for what theweather is doing and take actionto avoid unwanted consequencesDDeecciissiioonn--MMaakkiinngg:: You have tothink fast in order to respondeffectively to what nature givesyou. Make the choice to bring araincoat or else you get soaked!TThhiinnkkiinngg OOuutt ooff tthhee BBooxx:: Childrenwho play outdoors have a widerperspective of things aroundthem and they can create theirown original masterpieces withbeautiful gifts of nature like mud,sand, wood and so on

BUILD YOUR NEGOTIATING SKILLSEEffffeeccttiivvee LLiisstteenniinngg:: Listening is the most important skillto learn for healthy communication. Be empathetic tohow people around you are feeling.CCrreeaattee rroooomm ffoorr ggiivvee aanndd ttaakkee:: The aim is to find a middle ground to any problem. The keyword here iscooperation. Both sides need to walk a few steps, getout of their comfort zone to meet each other half way.TTeeaamm wwoorrkk:: The effort to find a balance needs to be collaborative. Both parties need to feel equally engaged.No one can be forced or manipulated to do chores. Letthe effort come out from a spirit of partnership.SSeettttiinngg cclleeaarr rroolleess:: Check what responsibilities you’dlike to take at home – cleaning rooms, washing utensils,watering the plants, helping in the kitchen. PPrroobblleemm ssoollvviinngg:: Separate the person from the problem.A solution is not possible till you are annoyed or angrywith any member of your house.PPeennaallttiieess:: Discuss penalties from before so that there isno bargaining and manipulation later.

— DDRR SSAANNJJAAYY CCHHUUGGHH, psychiatrist

Interacting with family is daunting. Butif you learn to engage well, it’ll go along way to build the leader in you

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THIS WEEK, I LEARNT…

Upskilling If you haven’treally heard thisterm being

bandied about in the last few months,have you even been reading the papers?Upskilling is the new buzzword in the jobmarket – in addition to skilling andreskilling. It all starts with skilling. It’sthe basic skills you have for doing a job.Then comes reskilling. Thanks to mostplaces going digital, some jobs are goingto become less relevant while others aregoing to suddenly become crucial.

Reskilling is retraining existingemployees. And the word for2020 is upskilling. Unlikereskilling, this involves trainingpeople up but keeping them inthe same roles, rather than fun-damentally changing their jobprofile. Upskilling is the processof teaching employees new skillsthat will aid them in their work.It fills this skill gap through ongoingtraining. Ways to upskill are through…virtual or online courses; mentoring andshadowing; “lunch-and-learn” sessions;

and microlearning. Thanks to the lock-down, it hasn’t stayed a workplace trendand many people are upskilling on theirown to adjust to what we now call the‘new normal’.

1) Doing theLaundry:

Parents shouldbegin laundry

training by age 6.2) Planting a

Seedling: Lots ofpreschoolers learn to

plant seeds in class butnot how to transfer

sprouts into a garden. Growing yourown plant is an essential life skill now.3) Wrapping a Gift: Start them youngso that by age 10 they know how towrap gifts on their own, includingrationing the paper. 4) Hammering a Nail: Start with a small

hammer and softer wood. Hold the nailfirst and by age 10 they should know howto hammer nails.5) Writing a Letter: Get kids to startearly by dictating letters. By age10 they should have at leastone pen pal.6) Preparing a Simple Meal:There are many firelesscooking videos. 7) Navigating:Set up treasurehunt to get them toknow about navigatingminus technology. Whenyou do step out for out-ings, get kids to lead the

way by reading maps.8) Treating a Wound: Teach your childfrom a young age how to handleinjuries. They should know how to

administer basic first aid. 9) Cleaning the Bathroom:

Keep rags or a spongehandy for wiping toothpaste blobs. Toilet

duties require greater skill.10) Comparison Shopping:

Teaching kids to be smartconsumers takes practice.But they should know how to read labels and compare prices.

Source: parents.com

CHECKLIST: 10 LIFE SKILLS BY AGE 10

Successfulnegotiation is

not about gettingto ‘yes’; it’s aboutmastering ‘no’ andunderstandingwhat the path to anagreement is” Christopher Voss, author,former FBI negotiator

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spending. And by age 7,their money habits are

typically set

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