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There are other not-so-obvious advantages to solving the Rubik's cube that will indirectly help your brain become sharper. For one, it betters your eye-hand coordination. It improves your concentration in general and ensures that you can process your thoughts faster.

It has both physical & mental benefits.

Physical:

• Improves your reflexes as you keep solving it.
• It gives finger dexterity & agility.
• It improves your hand-eye coordination.

Mental:

It has been found that engaging your brain in mental activities like solving puzzles, cognitive games can help keep the mind sharp in old age. So when you get old(really old), and your friends have faded into obscurity, you can still be sharp because you fed right things to your brain.

A few of mental benefits are:

• Problem-solving skills
• Optimisation
• Re-framing problems (from an outsider’s view)
• Breaking multiple tasks into easy steps

It also teaches you life lessons like perseverance, patience, ability to focus, concentration etc.

If you haven’t learned to solve a Rubik’s cube, I suggest you learn it. Some take a long time to learn, and some learn quickly. Regardless, the joy & satisfaction of solving a cube is unparalleled & unmatched. Gift your brain a Rubik’s cube & you will thank yourself in future.

Parents must ensure the following qualities in the home tutor for their child's benefit -

1.  A verified teacher-  The tutor should have a valid ID proof and address proof. It ensures safety of child.

2.  Educational background and experience - The tutor should be qualified to teach the concerned subject.

3. Compatibility - There should be a perfect level of understanding between the tutor and the student. This can be checked by taking a free trial class.

4. Communication skills - The tutor should have language proficiency and communication skills.

5. Passion and attitude - The tutor should have a passion for teaching and should have a positive attitude towards education.

Rover is the vehicle that we send to the places where a human can't go easily. These places include deep caves on earth as well as the moon and other planets like Mars. We use them to conduct many scientific experiments and gather data from those places. Now we are going to make a model of Rover using Lego parts that can also move around.

What is Robotics?

A robot is a mechanical device, that can be programmed to follow a set of instructions. We use lots of machines in our day to day lives. All these are nothing but robots. It is essential for everybody to understand mechanisms and functioning of these machines.

Why should kids learn robotics?

Robotics is a field where students can apply the theory they have learned in schools to practically build and implement machines/mechanisms. Its a perfect blend of theoretical knowledge and application of that knowledge in day to day lives.

Through Robotics one can learn Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology concepts. Robotics offers an opportunity to integrate technology into a curriculum in a way that students find it interesting. 

It enhances Critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills. Student develops team working spirit.

In Robotics, students learn to program Robots and give them a set  of accurate instructions to follow. This develops programming skills in the student which kids otherwise finds complicated and boring. Through Robotics they develop better programming skills. Students get to handles processor, sensors, motors, gears etc. All simple and complex mechanisms can be understood directly by implementing and having hands-on experience of same.

In robotics, as students can build, program and run a Robot develop by them; they find it fun and interesting. It builds positive competitiveness among kids as they participate in a range of national and international level Robotics competitions.

This technology knowledge that they get by self-experimenting is a lifetime asset for them.