Teacher Sutra - Inspiring stories and experiences from teachers

“We are the stories we tell.” This issue of the Teacher Sutra brings you a mix of inspirational links and classroom stories from across India.

Share your own stories by clicking on the ‘share here’ to get published on our website and even get featured in the next issue

“Make your Mark and see where it takes you”

Teachers know the value of confidence in a child. We all have had times when someone - trusted us to try something new and break our mental barriers.

The Dot is a beautiful story about Vashti who is encouraged by her teacher to take a risk. Later she succeeded in her task and also encouraged other friends to push their limits.

How did the teacher encourage Vashti to try a new path? See here

Do you have a similar story to share? Share here.

Vivekananda Young Explorer contest – season 2

We got an overwhelming response to our Young Explorer Contest - with over 8700 project submissions.

We are back with season 2 with exciting themes and prizes which includes scholarships over R 1 lakh and chance to interact with top scientists of India.

The contest aims to promote project based learning aligned to curriculum. The aim is also to make it creative and fun and develop life skills.

To know more about the contest and register click here

Teacher Stories from 3 states

Meet our 3 Excellent awardees in Share Your Best contest and listen to their stories. Surekha madam is from Jammu, Priya madam from Chennai and Aanchal madam from Bihar.

One day Surekha madam found that the question no. 3 was missing from the notebooks of all the students.

Click here to listen to exciting stories from our 3 teachers.

Do you have a similar story? Share here.

Fun Activities to Engage students

We all have students in the class who have blazing energy and can’t contain it. And We all struggle channelling their energy into the class.

There are several activities to keep the different types of learners busy and learning. Here we have found some activities to try with your kids.

Click here to watch some amazing activities.

Have you tried anything similar in your classroom? Share here.

Best Reader Responses

MS. Manpreet Kaur, A primary teacher from Satya Bharti school Sangrur, Punjab got thrilled to read our activity section in the last issue.

She expressed how the games and activities always come handy while teaching tiny tots. She has shared some wonderful activities with us which has worked in her classroom.

See what she and others have shared Click here to see.