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Kerala's 85-Year-Old Teacher Is Winning Hearts by Teaching Children with Just Sand and a Stick

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In an age of smart classrooms, digital boards and expensive educational gadgets, an 85-year-old woman from Kerala is winning hearts online with a teaching method that relies on little more than sand and a small stick. Affectionately known as Ashaatti Ammumma or Indira Amma, she has been teaching children for around 10 years, using a traditional method that has caught the attention of social media users. The elderly woman lives in Alappuzha distr…

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An elderly woman in Kerala uses sand instead of pens and notebooks or a blackboard to teach children. She teaches them by writing letters on sand and then encourages them to practice writing themselves. Her simple and indigenous method is going viral on social media.

These days, smart boards, digital tools, and expensive notebooks are used to teach children letters. But this grandmother... naturally writes letters on the sandy ground.

Alappuzha: You don't need big classrooms to learn, and expensive equipment is not necessary. Ashatti Ammumma is showing through her teaching style that a little sand and a small stick are enough to impart knowledge. Indira Amma's class, which teaches letters and numbers to children even at the age of 85, is now making waves on social media. This grandmother's simple teaching style is noteworthy at a time when digital boards and smart classrooms …

Nowadays, when it comes to teaching children in schools, many things like smart boards, projectors, digital screens are used. But there was a time when only a board, chalk and a teacher were enough for education. An old teacher in Kerala has even preserved the previous method of education. That is, teaching children through sand. A video of him teaching children is currently going viral on social media.

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India Today broke the news in Noida, India on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
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