When Water Can Bring Smiles & Much Cheer
Discussions the Young Writers' Club about water scarcity and survival- Being thankful for the water that flows through the taps even...
top of page
Search
lakshmimitter
- Jan 12
- 4 min
When Someone's Contribution In A Group Discussion Completely Transforms Your Thinking...
It can be absolutely liberating to be able to see a subject matter in new light. #reading #joysofreadingtogether #groupdiscussions...
22 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Dec 21, 2022
- 4 min
Creative Writing Workshops Teach Children How To Write Stories. But Is That Enough?
Writing as a skill needs practice and time to develop. Learning to observe writing approaches while reading Reading outside of school is...
3 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Dec 16, 2022
- 4 min
Speaking Up In A Group- Collaboration Helps
We need both speaking and listening skills in a group discussion and in a problem solving situation. But is it right for the group to...
2 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Dec 13, 2022
- 3 min
The World Cup & Going Green?
It's an exciting time for football fans across the world. At the Young Writers' Club, teens who are sports enthusiasts and otherwise came...
4 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Nov 23, 2022
- 4 min
Peer Support Helps Build Confidence in Communication and Public Speaking Skills
Do these skills get acquired only if a child appears in short term courses, oratorical competitions and debates? Perhaps yes. But these...
1 view0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Nov 22, 2022
- 4 min
Reading Together To Write Better
The style of writing, the choice of words, the writing approach (direct or metaphorical) and the connections that the written content...
6 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
Children's Book Clubs Are A Consortium of Sorts For all Kinds of Readers
That's what makes them interesting. #children #bookclubsforchildren #raisingreaders #youngreadersclub #books #bookclubs Everyone of us is...
17 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Jun 29, 2022
- 7 min
In conversation with Shravan Shankar, Co-Founder of Climake
It is so easy for especially the younger generation to get swayed by pessimistic social media posts about climate change and believe that...
24 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
Traffic Congestion, Flyovers & Expressways- Speaking Of Their Impact on Quality of Life
Flyovers have always seemed to be the obvious solution to reduce traffic congestion on the roads and to ease traffic flow. Major cities...
33 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- May 18, 2022
- 4 min
The Connection Between Vocabulary and The Willingness to Read
While it may sound obvious that knowing many words help with better comprehension, the fact that it has direct correlation with the...
23 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- May 11, 2022
- 3 min
Enable young readers to take ownership of their reading journeys
The lessons that my young reading companions taught me. I once recommended Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angleberger to a few young readers....
60 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Mar 23, 2022
- 4 min
5 Tips To Encourage Your Child To Pick Up A Book And Read.
A seven year old had just learnt to read after much effort. She was able to read quite fluently but became nervous each time she stumbled...
115 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Mar 16, 2022
- 4 min
The Surprising Side Effect of Reading- An Imagination Boost
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination Will Get You Everywhere."- Albert Einstein How did that butterfly land on the tip of the...
35 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Feb 2, 2022
- 2 min
Facing One's Fears Is Easier Said Than Done.
Here is a teen novel recommendation that takes the reader on a journey to realise why facing one's fears is actually uplifting contrary...
22 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Jan 5, 2022
- 3 min
Reading an Encyclopedia to Reel off Facts is Barely Useful
It is definitely interesting to know about what makes the African Elephant different from the Asian Elephant. Why do they have gigantic...
35 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Dec 29, 2021
- 5 min
Building A Model City of the Future That Could Help Reverse Climate Change
Growing up in the digital world, children especially teenagers are privy to all sorts of information. Climate Change has been a much...
18 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Dec 1, 2021
- 5 min
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...
55 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
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....
73 views0 comments
lakshmimitter
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
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...
6 views0 comments
bottom of page