Active Learning vs. Passive Exposure: What Parents and Caregivers Should Know There’s been a lot in the news about babies and children watching TV, movies, and videos. You’ve probably noticed that there’s a new wave of movies and videos geared specifically to babies. Keep in mind that there’s a big difference between actively engaging your child in a learning experience and simply exposing them to it. There are a lot of great video programs on the market for babies and children.
In a sprightly retelling of the holiday classic, Little Critter dreams of dancing sugarplums while patiently waiting for Santa and his reindeer to arrive.
Ten Indians sailed around the world in a yacht, covering 55,000 km in fifteen months and twelve days. The yacht was only 11m long and 3.25 m wide— Trishna. It was the first Indian sailing expedition around the world. All ten, including myself, were army officers from the Corps of Engineers, which is often considered a small navy within the Army. We work in and on water, constructing bridges and ferries and are familiar with crossing lakes, rivers and seas in crafts of different kinds.
When and why did mankind begin to write? What did he write with? How did writing become a vital tool of learning, for everyday use and for storing information? When did it become an important factor in human cultural progress, being used on a bigger scale for literary, scientific, legal and administrative purposes? And finally, when did it become an efficient and powerful system of communication?
Have you ever wondered what makes you laugh when someone tickles you? Or why some people are left-handed and some right-handed? Or why do babies smile in sleep? Well, how about a sphinx to answer these and many more such queries as and when they occur to you? The book explores, with the sphinx, the scientific principles behind the day-to-day happenings. It is necessary to wonder why and to know the answers in some degree!
