My little girl is often required to make little speeches for her English classes. I'm posting them here. Mostly they are five sentences each per topic. Hope it'll be useful for some harried moms out there...
Home – my sweet home
I live at .........................................................
My home houses a wonderful family which includes my grandparents, my parents,................. and myself.
My home is very tidy and beautiful and I help my elders to keep it clean.
I think that my home is the best place in the world.
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
My Mother
My mother's name is ........................ but I call her Amma.
She is a ........................ (job).
My mother takes good care of me.
She makes me very happy.
I love my mother very much.
My Best Friend
My best friend’s name is..........................................
She is very friendly and shares everything with me.
We play many games together.
We often go to each other’s houses for playing too.
I love my friend very much.
My School
I study at ..........................................
My school, which is situated in the heart of.........................., is a temple of learning.
Here we learn basic things like manners, discipline and punctuality along with our studies.
Our teachers also pay much attention to sports and other co-curricular activities.
Recently my school was awarded the distinction of being ......................................
I think that my school is the best school in the whole world.
(School song - first two lines......)
About my pet
I have a wonderful cat named Rocket at home.
He is black and white in color and looks like a zebra.
He loves to drink lots of milk.
When I reach home after school, he comes running to play with me.
I love him very much and he loves me too.
Healthy Food
We must always eat healthy food.
Healthy eating means eating a wide variety of nutritious foods.
We should try to eat lots of vegetables, fruits, grains and beans.
We should also eat dairy products or nuts for protein.
Healthy eating habits are essential for living a long and happy life.
Health is Wealth
Health is the most precious possession of man.
Healthy people can work and play for long hours without getting tired.
Good health needs cleanliness, regular exercise, good food, sound sleep and good thoughts.
Carlyle has said that "He who has health has hope and he who has hope has everything".
Thus the well-known proverb "Health is Wealth" perfectly captures the significance of health.
How I Save Water
Water is one of nature’s most important gifts to mankind.
Safe drinking water is essential for all living beings.
To save water, I always close the tap while brushing my teeth.
For my bath, I use water from a bucket instead of the shower.
We also reuse the kitchen water for plants.
Water is Life. Save Water! Save Life!
Churidar
Churidar is my favorite dress.
They are tight trousers worn by the people of South Asia.
Churidars are usually worn with a kameez.
Mughal rulers and Kathak dancers wear churidars.
These pretty dresses can be silk or cotton or polyester.
Short story - Sand and Stone
Two friends, Ram and Shyam, were walking through the desert.
They had a fight and Ram hit Shyam. Shyam wrote in the sand: “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND HURT ME.”
They reached a mire and Shyam fell into it.
Ram saved him.
Shyam wrote on a stone: “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.”
Ram asked Shyam, “When I hit you, you wrote in the sand. When I saved you, you write on stone. Why?”
Shyam replied: “When someone hurts us, we should write it in sand so that winds of forgiveness can erase it. But, when someone helps us, we must write it in stone so that we will remember forever.”
Moral of the story is:
Write your hurts in the sand, and carve your benefits in stone.
Thought for the day
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
Excellence comes about as a result of our habits. Successful people are simply those with successful habits.
We become just by doing just actions, temperate by doing temperate actions, brave by doing brave actions. Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
I repeat the thought for the day -
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle
