Writing to Someone Other Than the School Teacher, Who Reads to Grade.
School going children typically write something in their own words for a homework assignment or in a school test. The purpose is to be...
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lakshmimitter
- Oct 9, 2023
- 3 min
Hundred Acre Wood From Winnie The Pooh Goes Barren!
A toilet paper company, "Who gives a crap" transformed the setting of this epic children's story to a barren land. That completely...
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lakshmimitter
- Oct 2, 2023
- 4 min
Unlocking The Art of Writing
Creative writing beyond storytelling Creative writing programs for children or even for adults that matter are short term crash courses....
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lakshmimitter
- Jul 10, 2023
- 4 min
Watching The Indian Space Research Industry Reach For The Moon and Beyond
As the countdown for the Chandrayaan 3 launch begins, teens at the Young Writers' Club took a break from their busy schedules to take...
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lakshmimitter
- Jul 4, 2023
- 4 min
Making Sense of The News Cycle- Let's Talk About It
We get immune to sad stories, we even avoid reading them sometimes. And then comes along a catastrophic event that breaks the monotony of...
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lakshmimitter
- Jun 28, 2023
- 3 min
Shakti Scheme- Talking About The Big Picture. (Part 2)
How does a scheme that strives to help women, impact others in the society? Is that impact big enough to be noticed? Teens at the Young...
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lakshmimitter
- Jun 23, 2023
- 3 min
Writing Instructions Could Be An Important Skill For The Future
ChatGPT can write down instructions to tell you how to use something that exists today. But it cannot help your teen write usage...
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lakshmimitter
- Jun 14, 2023
- 3 min
Talking In A Circle With Confidence
Be it a small group or a large group involved in a discussion, speaking up and finding a way to contribute to the discussion can be hard...
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lakshmimitter
- Jun 1, 2023
- 3 min
Speaking of Data Privacy
Teens at the Young Writers' Club brainstormed to list the all that they know about data privacy before they got introduced to a currently...
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lakshmimitter
- May 24, 2023
- 4 min
Raising life long readers...
First step is to enable children to identify themselves as readers. Learning to read means decoding skills and acquisition of a whole...
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lakshmimitter
- Mar 23, 2023
- 7 min
Writing For An Audience To Read, Understand & Perhaps Even Talk About The Content.
Otherwise, what's the point of writing? Why does anyone write anything? The answer is simple- To be read by someone at some point of...
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lakshmimitter
- Mar 15, 2023
- 3 min
Vocabulary- Is it simply knowing many words or much more?
What helps a child to have a good vocabulary? Reading a lot you say? That's true. Reading extensively definitely helps in adding new...
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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...
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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 1, 2022
- 2 min
Writing an essay/speech? How you begin matters.
Do you get to the point or do you build context first? #writing #teens #speeches #essays #arguments #argumentativewriting...
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lakshmimitter
- Oct 28, 2022
- 3 min
Can Creative Writing Alone Help Teens With A Variety of Writing Requirements?
Real world writing applications are not restricted to imaginary/creative writing but have a lot more to do with written communication as...
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lakshmimitter
- Jul 6, 2022
- 3 min
Books Help Teach Empathy Through Stories. This Is One Such Book
My association with books as a reader has always been the luxury of travelling across the world from the comfort of my reading chair...
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lakshmimitter
- Jun 15, 2022
- 4 min
A Book That Shows That Failing Can Eventually Lead To Progress
That is true if one doesn't give up, one tries different approaches and perseveres. Science is about experimenting with different...
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