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Exploring Beyond the School Textbook- Using The Reading Skill To Be Curious.
School textbooks are a good base. They provide a set curriculum and serve as a propelling force to get your child started on an...

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Dec 15, 20212 min read
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Reading To Win A Debate
Exhausting someone in argument is not the same as convincing him. - Tim Kreider Harish Natarajan is a debating champion. He obviously...

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Dec 8, 20214 min read
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Reading To Write Better
Children who read for fun generally tend to write better. Here is why... Reading for some children clearly is a chore, not something that...

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Dec 1, 20215 min read
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Developing the power of reading comprehension
There is a tendency to focus on maths and second language and even third language in a child's learning curriculum and rightly so....

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Nov 24, 20213 min read
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Taking The Lead For One's Own Book Recommendations
Every young reader as always was asked to find and read books that caught their attention. But this time, they were told that they would...

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Nov 17, 20212 min read
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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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Are we underestimating the power of reading comics?
If the purpose of reading is first and foremost entertainment, followed by all the benefits that we as parents would like our children to...

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Oct 20, 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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Spinning the right narrative
Role play helps in overcoming inhibitions and helps in free participation in group discussions.

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Oct 6, 20213 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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We have a potato problem to solve!
History can give interesting situations to ponder about and think of innovative ways in which one can solve a problem, given the...

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Sep 8, 20214 min read
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Building Self Confidence In Writing
The ability to communicate through writing is a skill that is developed through practice. However, practice alone is meaningless if...

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Sep 1, 20212 min read
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Creating A Math Textbook Needs Teamwork!
Collaborating, performing non-routine tasks, finding solutions to stumbling blocks and effective written communication, are essential...

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Aug 25, 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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