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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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lakshmimitter
- Nov 17, 2022
- 4 min
A Second Grade Student Taught Me To Think Again...
Having read this book with several reading companions, I thought that this would be an apt book for a second grader who enjoys Math more...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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lakshmimitter
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
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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lakshmimitter
- Dec 8, 2021
- 4 min
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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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...
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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....
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lakshmimitter
- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
Spinning the right narrative
Role play helps in overcoming inhibitions and helps in free participation in group discussions.
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lakshmimitter
- Sep 8, 2021
- 4 min
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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lakshmimitter
- Aug 25, 2021
- 5 min
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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lakshmimitter
- Aug 18, 2021
- 5 min
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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lakshmimitter
- Aug 11, 2021
- 4 min
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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lakshmimitter
- Jul 21, 2021
- 4 min
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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lakshmimitter
- Jul 6, 2021
- 3 min
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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