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Cohort Based Learning Sessions and Speaking With Confidence
Can online cohort based learning sessions help make a more impactful difference in enabling children to speak with confidence? There is...

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Nov 10, 20215 min read
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Reading Aloud to Your Children
Do you feel tired reading aloud and wish that the children read books on their own? If yes, take a moment. As adults, we read the...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read
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Leadership, Collaboration and Speaking Skills
Recognising the fact that everyone's voice matters. Collaboration as a life skill: Learning to work in teams is an essential life skill...

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Oct 27, 20214 min read
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How to Enhance Reading Comprehension?
Simply asking questions from the passage to test comprehension skills is hardly useful in enabling young readers to acquire the skill of...

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Oct 13, 20215 min read
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The need for instant gratification even in reading
"What do I do now? I am bored..." is a line that every parent knows. "Why don't you read a book?" is generally met with groans....

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Sep 29, 20215 min read
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Talking to Learn New Words
What if it's possible to discover new words by talking about a word that everyone knows in the group? One thought could lead to another...

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Sep 22, 20212 min read
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5 Top Reasons Why Children Don't Read, No Matter What You Do.
If you are an anxious parent who is trying hard to make your child to read outside of school and with little success, you are probably...

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Sep 15, 20215 min read
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Gearing Up For The Future - Active Learning By Talking
Online classrooms have paved the way for an effective mode of learning, which is encouraging "talk" in the classroom amongst the students.

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Aug 18, 20215 min read
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An Exploration Into How The Legendary Amar Chitra Katha Comics Are Created @ The Young Readers' Club
We love experimenting with a variety of books at the Young Readers' Club. Comics and graphic novels aren't shunned but appreciated as...

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Aug 11, 20214 min read
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Do Children Absolutely Need Fairytales and Superheroes stories? Are they of any use?
There is much discussion about the pros and cons of these stories among adults. But what does Gen Z have to say about the stories that...

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Aug 4, 20213 min read
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Enabling Active Learning At The Young Readers Club
A list of words that have some connection to a picture. What can a child do with this combination? There is room for exploration and...

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Jul 28, 20212 min read
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When Reading for Pleasure Becomes 'A Test'
While for some a large library would sound like paradise, for many young readers it can be the complete opposite. Many young readers find...

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Jul 12, 20213 min read
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One Audio Book and A Variety of Interpretations
The Paper Boy written by Dav Pilkey set the ball rolling for a lot talking at the Young Readers' Club. The Young Readers made connections...

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Jun 16, 20213 min read
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Asha Nehemiah comes to Young Readers' Club As a Reader!
What does a children's book author read for fun? What does reading mean to an author? All this and many more questions were on our minds....

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Jun 11, 20215 min read
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Spicing up reading non-fiction books with a dose of imagination- Part 1
Reading about urban planning by oneself can be dry. But definitely not the case when one can collaborate with peers to discuss and share...

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Jun 9, 20212 min read
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The book that sparked a lot of discussion at the Young Readers' Club
Reading books takes us to places we don't know of and it gives us a peep into people's lives which is very different from ours. The book...

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May 13, 20212 min read
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Access to a variety of books early on, helps build self confidence
Simply knowing how to read is pointless if your child doesn't know how to choose a book that appeals to him or her. That self awareness...

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Apr 16, 20213 min read
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Developing a problem solving mindset early on...
It is not enough if your child can read and comprehend. He or she must learn to ask questions based on the text, take a step back to...

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Apr 1, 20213 min read
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Reading can be awesome! Age no bar:)
It depends on what one associates reading with. Photo by Brina Blum on Unsplash “We tend to think of that era as one when there were no...

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Mar 31, 20214 min read
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Can a protagonist in a book dissuade a reader from reading a book?
An enthusiastic reader on the Young Readers' Club shared that Iqbal's character in the book Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea reminds her of...

lakshmimitter
Mar 29, 20213 min read
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