http://www.a1articles.com en-us editorial@a1articles.com Cooking can translate into a wonderful hobby for children. Children learn a lot about the food they eat by cooking themselves. Cooking is also very creative, besides being a lot of fun. The kitchen can be a very adventurous and exciting place for a holida... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586741_40.html 23rd July 2008 Stress can be an intrinsic part of growing, for both boys and girls. A child’s growing up years are wrought with tremendous change in terms of his physical make up - necessitating dynamic mental transformation. A child’s world also changes very rapid... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586727_40.html 23rd July 2008 India is a great country in terms of culture and values. Children from all over the world will learn to be better human beings by learning about this country. The Republic of India is a South Asian country. It is the seventh largest and second most populo... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586705_40.html 23rd July 2008 To ride one’s hobby horse, is to indulge in ones favourite pastime. Learning new hobbies are a wonderful way for children to have fun, develop skills and make new friends. A hobby can either be practiced in a group or alone, according to ones temperamen... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586694_40.html 23rd July 2008 Children are taught certain traditional poems or songs at the nursery level. These are called nursery rhymes. Nursery rhyme’s lyrics are written to rhyme, and are set to lovely tunes - which are immensely enjoyable for children. Nursery rhymes also doub... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586687_40.html 23rd July 2008 The word motivation is used to describe the reason why a person engages in a certain form of behaviour. According to Geen “motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of human behaviour”. Motivation can also be described ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586679_40.html 23rd July 2008 Children tend to be unruly on eating tables. Table manners don’t come naturally to them. Table manners have to be imbibed in children through training and demonstration. They gobble food and push it around on their plates, place their elbows on the tab... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586665_27.html 23rd July 2008 As the summer holidays approach the major thing that’s on the mind of a child is, “What’s next? What will I do this summer?” This thought has to be catered to, by considering that each child is unique and a different individual than the other one.... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586621_40.html 23rd July 2008 Wavy hair is a very recent and widespread trend these days with most Indian and Hollywood celebrities sporting this look. So if you want to try something fresh and turn some heads too, here is how you go about it: 1) Turn your hair upside down and spra... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586601_34.html 23rd July 2008 In Karaoke, amateurs sing into a microphone, to recorded music, while reading lyrics displayed on a video screen, generally for the purpose of personal entertainment and pleasure. It is held on a public address system like other shows but does not stage p... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586503_48.html 23rd July 2008 A group discussion is essentially an arrangement wherein a group of individuals (generally applicants to professional degree courses or certain job profiles) are made to sit in a group (usually of ten to twenty) and asked to share their opinions on a cert... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586493_15.html 23rd July 2008 Origami can be simply defined as an art in which paper (generally square is shape) is folded in order to make it look like varied recognizable objects. Neither scissors, nor glue and nor tape are used in origami. Origami is all about following basic inst... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586480_80.html 23rd July 2008 Dried flowers can be used as a typical and unique style of decoration. One can get the dried flowers from a florist or can dry the flowers oneself. There are many flowers which dry quickly and easily. Few of them are violets, roses, .daisies, zenias etc. ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586467_80.html 23rd July 2008 One of the best privileges in a job is congenial working conditions. This is accentuated with recreation facilities and most corporate structures include a yoga centre which is believed to be the best way to beat stress. Stress is a normal by-product of a... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586318_23.html 23rd July 2008 The toughest job of the employer is retaining the employee. With the attrition rate high, employees are job hopping for greener pastures. Most times money is not the criteria, but human beings require positive strokes for functioning. It is very important... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586299_24.html 23rd July 2008 Hairstyles are personal style statements. Hair cuts are important for a person to exude confidence. Convenient length happens in medium haircuts. The length is easy to maintain and offers variety in styling. It is advisable to actually browse through pict... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586288_34.html 23rd July 2008 Children have the virtue of innocence. Their minds are pure and educating them about good values is worth every effort. Parents are the best teachers. As a child graduates from pre-school to a routine academic schedule, his primary values come to the fore... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586275_40.html 23rd July 2008 Stories are loved by children. Bed times or long drives are the best way to bond with your child. To keep a child interested, proverbial stories work wonders. It can actually be put to use while relating to routine doings in life. Proverbs and idioms can ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586259_40.html 23rd July 2008 Retail outlets are flourishing globally. With business expanding, there is a need for resource allocation. Newer talents and proactive staff is required to manage the outlets. Malls and shopping complexes seem to be crowded all throughout the season, ther... http://www.a1articles.com/article_586251_36.html 23rd July 2008 Finally after all the wait, craze, rumors and excitement, Apple iPhone is now available in India across markets. You can purchase the iPhone online as well as in offline stores in the country. Apple has been very strategic in all its positioning strategie... http://www.a1articles.com/article_573899_45.html 10th July 2008 Until ten to twenty years ago one did not plan on being an artist or a film-maker. One simply stumbled in these careers while in the midst of a more serious career, like law, medicine, engineering, etc. However, today youth are encouraged to follow their ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572908_36.html 09th July 2008 What we eat determines a lot about who we are and how we behave, apart from the basic fact that it also determines how healthy we are. In recent times an increasing number of people have been turning towards professional help and guidance where there dail... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572904_26.html 09th July 2008 There is this constant discussion between intellectuals regarding the role formal education plays in building successful business ventures. Well, none can doubt the fact that a majority of the industrialists of the last two centuries, barely attained a fo... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572900_36.html 09th July 2008 People cannot not communicate… the fact is that the way one communicates reflects one’s innermost self, one’s skills, one’s confidence. The ability to communicate: Has a direct bearing on one’s friendships, promotion, pay raises, responsibil... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572898_50.html 09th July 2008 Group dynamics is an important aspect for the success of any business – big or small. This is why companies are inviting trainers to conduct programs in team building and leadership. In fact, according to the experts, fun team building activities during... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572891_15.html 09th July 2008 The first step towards beginning a healthy exercise routine is to get the equipment required to do so. This is mainly the sports apparel and accessories, as recommended by the experts. To begin with, one should know what clothes are needed. Ideally, wheth... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572884_47.html 09th July 2008 A wedding on the beach seems like an exotic idea; whether in Hawaii, Goa, or the beach-belt along South-East Asia. It could be a lot of fun, and a lot more informal, than the otherwise formal traditional wedding formats. In fact, in recent times a lot mor... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572167_41.html 09th July 2008 During the middle of the nineteenth century, the Japanese began to move away from their traditional clothing, to adopt the western style of dressing. Two centuries later this trend came to be termed as Street Fashion. Basically this term implies the custo... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572164_34.html 09th July 2008 If you are interested in learning embroidery, then the first step is to learn about the various stitches. Once you have learnt and understood each stitch, then no matter how complex a design maybe, it is not difficult to fill it up. Ideally, you must star... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572162_24.html 09th July 2008 Nowadays many parents complain about their young ones getting easily bored; or then another common complaint is that their child/children are spending too much time in front of the television. And this includes the younger lot of kids between the age of t... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572159_27.html 09th July 2008 For one’s speech to be effective, one should ensure to answer the following questions: What? – The overview of the speech Why? - Why is the speech/subject important? How? – The format of speech to be used Who? – The speaker and the audie... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572158_50.html 09th July 2008 While hard work and good ideas are needed to achieve success, one’s ability to express those ideas and to get others to join them is just as important. A lot of this verbal expression will be either individualistic, or in small groups, but there will be... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572156_15.html 09th July 2008 These days we hear a lot about coaching. Coaching can be heard in every field be it sports, education, business, life etc. But what exactly coaching is? In the definition of Eric Parsloe of Oxford School of Coaching "a process that enables learning and de... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572152_24.html 09th July 2008 Six Sigma is basically a business process that allows companies to improve their profit margins. Six Sigma stands for Six Standard Deviations. Six Sigma methodology provides the techniques and tools to improve the capability and reduce the defects in any ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_572146_15.html 09th July 2008 With over a billion plus population, the bike industry in India has seen spectacular growth in the last decade and continues to move from strength to strength. Motorbikes in India encompass a major portion of the Indian two-wheeler industry. This huge gro... http://www.a1articles.com/article_570292_31.html 06th July 2008 The eye-pleasing craft known as embroidery has become more popular than ever. Machine embroidery has two sets of functions. It can be used as a sewing machine, designing designs manually and also using a specially designed embroidery machine to create des... http://www.a1articles.com/article_570280_47.html 06th July 2008 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than one billion people are overweight, with nearly 300 million touching obesity. Various researches on obesity have concluded that due to an excessive combination of nutrient intake and a very placid... http://www.a1articles.com/article_570265_17.html 06th July 2008 Being motivated in life is quite difficult with showers of sadness and sorrow that soak us from time to time. You just struggle out of one stormy weather only to get into another. At this time the mind conjures negative emotions and with increasing bitter... http://www.a1articles.com/article_570234_24.html 06th July 2008 Your newborn baby can sense smell and touch even though it is a few hours old. When you cuddle it and bring it close to you, it feels complacent and happy. So feel no harm in holding your newborn baby. Mothers bond sooner with their babies because they br... http://www.a1articles.com/article_570226_40.html 06th July 2008 Bringing a baby home is a thrilling feeling. You want the house and the baby’s room to be at its best. So you go out baby shopping and buy out the whole store. It is very natural for you to be excited and shop but do you take a moment to know how safe t... http://www.a1articles.com/article_570217_47.html 06th July 2008 Telugu Christians are those people that largely emerge from Andhra Pradesh in India. Telugu Christian music has deep roots in the Christian faith and is sung all over the world by these followers who have settled abroad. The music that is written and sung... http://www.a1articles.com/article_569930_48.html 05th July 2008 Songs that are sung in the praise of God are called Hindi Devotional Songs or bhajans. There are also kirtans that sung with all devotion for God. These songs are sung with eyes closed so that one may concentrate on the words of the songs and experience t... http://www.a1articles.com/article_569927_48.html 05th July 2008 Indian pop, indi pop or Hindi pop prevails in many names in the over 1 billion Indian population. With Hindi as the main language there are many other languages where pop music entertains the masses and classes. It was introduced in the 80s by Nazia Has... http://www.a1articles.com/article_569922_48.html 05th July 2008 Long hair is not by luck. It is by choice and by conscious effort. So if you do have long hair, don’t go green because the next door girl does. You too can have long flowing hair. Hair grows at an average of ½ an inch every month, but if you do not... http://www.a1articles.com/article_569916_17.html 05th July 2008 The fashion industry is raging in India as any country in the world. More and more students are taking up this highly creative and outrageous career. Outrageous because there is a lot of differentiating once has to weave in with his or her product. There ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_569913_36.html 05th July 2008 While considered by many as daring, outlandish and provocative, Japanese fashion has come a long way from being just about kimonos and school uniforms. Their eye-popping and flamboyant outfits have largely been influenced by Japan’s huge underground clu... http://www.a1articles.com/article_569906_34.html 05th July 2008 Hindustani music is just a glimpse of the rich cultural scene in India. India is a land of festivals, music, devotion and the strength of communal harmony. Instrumental music is divine and soul lifting. This is used in meditation and when interspersed wit... http://www.a1articles.com/article_569869_48.html 05th July 2008 The music of Korea is over 1000 years old. Isang Yun - a musician teaching in Berlin included Korean songs in his course which was later brought back to Korea. Like all other strong influences, war definitely had its impact on Korean music. Korean music i... http://www.a1articles.com/article_569864_48.html 05th July 2008 Indian traditions and ceremonies are loaded with fun as rituals and songs are chief representations. There is a song and dance session to express happiness, welcoming someone in the family or a simple family get together. Marriages are full of celebration... http://www.a1articles.com/article_569843_48.html 05th July 2008 Music is characterized and influenced by the prevailing times. War and history bring about changes in the style and form of music. Western influence is certain with pop, jazz and also indicates a change in dance forms. Percussion, string and wind form the... http://www.a1articles.com/article_569840_48.html 05th July 2008