Its easy to make a kid smile – such a simple thing but a really rewarding experience. Once in a way when I’ve tried it, not only the kid is happy, its also brought out the best in me!
I’m sure any reader here can figure out his/her own way to make a difference to someone… 😎
Thanks a ton – to everyone – who suggested names for my son! Well that almost sounded like poetry, but I guess Robert Frost dosen’t really have to worry about competition That everything is changing – that “The only thing constant is change” – is a well known but most easily forgotten fact. The most…
I’ve heard this song countless times over the years. But somehow after my three day workshop for chilren’s camps last weekend, it makes more sense than ever. Here are the lyrics:
Step 1: naanonthu yedheLallappa! there’s no way I’m going to wake up! Step 2: seri yochane maaDthini ok let me consider the option Step 3: aithappa nODONa… Ok lets see…. Step 4: nijavaaglu yeddelLebeka do I really need to wake up Step 5: hecchu kaDime yeddebute konege… more or less finally woke up… Step 6:…
When I first saw this video tweeted by @charityfocus, I wondered how sensible these children are. But then I had to remind myself from my own experience interacting with kids, that any child can be so, as long as they’re treated with respect. This video is really the perfect living world example of the earlier…
My son left on his own, first cried a bit trying to get anyone’s attention, and then tried moving around by himself. It seems like such a miracle how hard it is to for us to learn just to move one little inch forward! He was quite persistent for a while, gradually frustration and helplessness…
[happened to accidentally e-unearth an old report from a few years ago – still very much valid actually] I believe that children are our future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it easier Let the children’s…
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Just some technical info, quite unrelated to this post.
This again is an image created for a report a few years ago, the original was from a really short few seconds video clipping in a forwarded email of a sad girl breaking into a smile… I took one of the first and last frames of that clip and converted it into this gif using some animation software.
Hmm another possibility is to suggest to the viewer clicks on the image to launch the animation, and have a line stating the fact that it can be as easy as a mouseclick to make a kid smile
Leonid‘s got a beautiful post on the same topic…
(Thought of posting an excerpt here but better to click ont he above link read the whole post 😉 )
More than what you have written in the post, liked this line in the above comment: “it can be as easy as a mouseclick to make a kid smile “. Sanjaya, neenu Bruhaspathi kanayya !
After seeing you play with my son, I can say that “makkalanna sakatthagi aata aadisthiya.”
read leonid’s post. thanks sanjay for the link.