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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


Transforming a large, centralized kitchen concept into an active learning ground.
Large centralized kitchens are a great place to learn about the importance of acquiring life skills such as the ability to make detailed...

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Jul 21, 20214 min read


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


Writing as a skill is not only creative writing.
It is a means of communicating information to a reader at a later point in time. English in school typically involves studying...

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Jul 6, 20213 min read


A Day In The Life of An Editor of A Newspaper
What does a newspaper editor do? Do they simply read and edit articles? Do they also write? To find answers to these questions and many...

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Jun 17, 20217 min read


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


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


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


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


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


When An Unusual Problem Needs To Be Solved.
While it is tempting to google and find answers to questions, progress happens only when the knowledge that Google helps find with ease...

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Apr 8, 20213 min read


Word limit-Really?
Word limit can be the worst idea when you are writing freely to express. “How writing a 1000 words changed my life.” When I read this...

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Apr 2, 20213 min read


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


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


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...

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Mar 29, 20213 min read


Stories that unravel in our minds
The mind keeps conjuring up thought after thought, image after image when it is left to idle. Yet, we stumble when we have to write...

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Mar 24, 20214 min read


Gender Stereotypes, Women Empowerment & Feminism
A generation that is witnessing many success stories of women on one side and on another, they see age old traditions that demean women...

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Mar 24, 20214 min read


What Do You Think Is The Story?
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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Mar 19, 20212 min read


There is no right or wrong but multiple possibilities
Taking that approach to the Young Readers’ Club has brought out so many beautiful voices in the group. They have begun to realise thanks...

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Mar 19, 20212 min read
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