Read your way to better Grades!

Reading is one of the most fundamental skills that you are required to possess to do well in school and later on in life. Apart from directly affecting your grades in the language subjects, it also affects your overall understanding of all the other subjects, as reading followed by understanding must go hand in hand for anyone to do well. 

To enhance these reading skills, and make sure you do really well in your exams, we have a wide range of comprehension books to help you. For more, click here.

Cover the World: One Continent a Time

If you are someone who is interested in the world and its various continents, latitudes, longitudes and various other details, then the smartest investment you could make is that of an Atlas. 

For all you Geography enthusiasts, we have sourced some of the best World Atlas books, which are now available on our website. Click here for more.

Flash UP your Grades!!

Educating young learners with flash cards are some of the most useful yet underused methods in teaching. One of the biggest advantages of using Flash Cards, is that it appeals to different learning types, as they contain a colorful image, a written text along with a list of activities for the kids. These flash cards, address the visual, the kin-aesthetic as well as the auditory learner, when the teacher reads it out aloud in class. Appealing to all the sections of learners enhances the efficiency of the teaching itself, and enables the students to understand things in a better manner. 

Flash cards can really be a useful activity and resource in the class, for revision of words, and learning new vocabulary. Check out some of the best flash cards available, by simply clicking here.

Practicing Worksheets: The key to success

During competitive examinations and tests there is one point of distinction between the elite and the rest of the students, and that is the level of practice. Practice as they say, makes perfect, and that is very true. Simply learning from the text book or your notes, and writing the exam is not enough if you are aiming for the top. You need to constantly keep practicing and keep your mind exercised for those crucial exams. For this reason, we will be focusing on worksheets and how to go about practicing them this week on SkoolShop. First we must know, why do we need to practice these worksheets? How do they help us? Here are a few points to address these questions: 

1) Timing Adjustments: Practicing worksheets, and previous years papers, will help you realize how much time you need and for what. Since everyone is different, and each has his own strengths and weaknesses, by practicing worksheets, you will realize in which areas you need more time, and which areas you can make up for that time. This is crucial, as students tend to submit incomplete papers due to lack of planning and time adjustments. 

2) Understanding Paper Patterns: Each exam has a particular pattern which is generally the same throughout the years. By practicing worksheets, you get a brief idea of at least the marking side of things, the weight-age of particular chapters and an overview of the subject as a whole from an exam point of view. Although you should be thoroughly prepared and not leave anything out, this understanding of exams, helps you gain expertise in some crucial elements of your particular paper. 

3) Speed Gain: By actually drawing diagrams, writing answers and solving worksheets implementing these elements, you gain a little speed, since you are already aware of the answer. When you have solved the sum or drawn the diagram before, it gives a flow to your writing and provides you with confidence that you know the answer. 

4) Fills in the blanks: When you are constantly solving worksheets and exam papers, you realize if you have actually missed out on a sub topic or even skipped a topic completely and can go back to it. Worksheets help in filling in the blanks or voids, in the study of that particular subject. 

5) Understanding strengths and weaknesses: Understanding these elements are crucial in making the time-table for studying, and deciding how much time to devote for each subject and sub-topic. For example: You could be strong in maths as a whole, yet weak in a small sub-topic, say, quadratic equations. So you can plan to put in more effort towards quadratic equations and make the subject strong all the way through. The only way, to realize which sub topics, you are weak or strong in, is by practicing worksheets. 

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Write your way to better Grades!

You may not realize it, but handwriting plays a crucial part towards your grades. Think about it...a teacher has to correct thousands of exam sheets, and this is a really time consuming procedure. So, obviously the teacher's perception of a paper with some really good handwriting and neatly done work will be high from the very beginning. You obviously need to have really good content, but, the presentation will make sure that you are differentiated from the others and can score more, especially in theory based questions. 



Good handwriting, can only come with practice, and a determination towards good presentation and neatness. We have some of the best handwriting practice books available on our website. Click here for more information. 

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Watch and Learn!

In these modern times, there are tremendous learning tools for students, in order to make studying more interactive and fun. Although all students should attend school and pay attention to their teachers, the use of videos and DVD's can be really helpful for a child in understanding the core concepts while studying at home. These videos, not only strengthen the core concepts, but they also give a student a visual learning experience which tremendously helps for the actual understanding of the subject. 

We, at SkoolShop, have a wide range of Learning DVD's made specially for students going to school in India. Click here to check them out.

The importance of English Language

Any language is designed as a mode of communication between different people, and contains symbols as well as vocational words and phrases which help people express themselves. Now, if there was a language which was universal and people in most countries would know it, then that would automatically become the most important language in the world. Thus, the English Language is one of the biggest modes of communication in the world and is therefore highly important. For this reason, Skoolshop will be focusing on English Language tips, websites and videos for the entire week.

Especially in a country like India, where we are competing with other countries, we need to meet global standards and speaking English fluently is one of those standards. Also, when looking for a job, companies hire those people who are fluent in English and have the required skill set over people who are not fluent in English and have the required skill set. So, being fluent in English gives you a competitive advantage, and in a country like ours, with so many people and so much competition any advantage is welcome.

Apart from these work related factors, knowing English will enhance your life and open up so many doors. You can read some of the most brilliant stories and novels, understand some brilliant poems and literary works and watch some of the best movies. Although you should not neglect your mother tongue and your roots, being fluent in English is also as important for your career and your life. 

Here are just a few tips to get you started to gain a better insight into the language, and tomorrow we'll get into the details of the language:

1) READ, READ AND READ!!

There is no better way to learn English than reading. Read books, newspapers, magazines, articles, anything! Reading introduces you to more words, makes you more aware of the world and is one of the best ways to keep learning English and enhancing your knowledge at the same time. 

2) Watch and Learn

One of the most fun ways to learn English is definitely by watching movies, shows and other video materials. Watching English movies and shows, or even the news, really improves your vocabulary and vocational skills, as you learn how to pronounce words you otherwise might have been saying wrong. 

3) Talk

Just start talking in English, with people who are already fluent in English, so they can correct you when you are wrong, and also that way you will become more confident with the language as time passes, and as with everything, confidence is they key. 

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