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How to Foster a Love for Writing in Your Child: Tips to Enable Enjoyment and Success
For starters, let there be a purpose. What is the purpose of a book review? That's easy. It is for the teacher to check if the child has...
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Feb 28, 20243 min read
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Children Associate Writing With Grades, Not As a Communication Tool
The question "Do you read your work after writing it?" yielded one popular response amongst the young writers at Talking Circles- "Yes in...
lakshmimitter
Nov 28, 20233 min read
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The Art of Empowering Young Writers: How to Help Children Write Content That Captivate Their Readers
Be it a story or a short non-fiction paragraph, it needs to have interesting content to keep the reader tuned in. Here is how reading...
lakshmimitter
Oct 12, 20232 min read
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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...
lakshmimitter
Oct 9, 20233 min read
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A very bizarre plot paves the room for much speculation
Experiments with a fictional story based on real life incidents. An artwork made of gold. A golden toilet. A golden toilet in a common...
lakshmimitter
Sep 19, 20232 min read
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Looking At a War Through a Kaleidoscope.
When you sit with a group of tweens who also are your reading companions and an unplanned topic such as children's books set in world war...
lakshmimitter
Aug 2, 20234 min read
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A Sure Shot Way To Make a Child "NOT" Want to Read.
Eight year old Saransh has a book from the Secret Seven Series in his hand to read, but he is not fond of this series at all. Does it...
lakshmimitter
Aug 2, 20235 min read
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Writing a Book Need Not Be Entirely Based on Imagination. Authors do more.
Reading a book can be a cathartic experience for some children, for some it could be a source of entertainment and for others it might...
lakshmimitter
Jul 12, 20234 min read
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What's The Best Word?- A Vocabulary Building Debate!
At the Young Readers' Club, readers recently found themselves in a interesting situation. Everyone of them had a different way to...
lakshmimitter
Jul 5, 20232 min read
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10 Reasons Why It Is Important For Your Child To Read Outside of School
There are plenty of activities to fit it in to an average school child's weekly schedule. Apart from school homework and tuitions, there...
lakshmimitter
Jun 7, 20234 min read
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Confessions of a Book Club Facilitator While Reading the "Alien Next Door Series"
If there is a book that has caused much hue and cry, ups and downs in the reading journey of a book club, it is this book hands down!...
lakshmimitter
Jun 3, 20234 min read
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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...
lakshmimitter
May 24, 20234 min read
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The Year Of The Millets- Reactions From A Generation That Has Grown Up On Rice and Wheat
Having studied extensively about the Green Revolution and its impact on rice and wheat cultivation in India, 2023 being designated as the...
lakshmimitter
Apr 26, 20234 min read
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Reading About Human-Animal Conflict
This year happens to be the 50th anniversary of Project Tiger in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been to Bandipur Tiger Reserve...
lakshmimitter
Apr 19, 20234 min read
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What's In A Riddle?
5 Reasons Why Riddles Hold A Special Place In Your Child's Reading Journey In case you are unable to figure out the answer to that...
lakshmimitter
Apr 12, 20232 min read
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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...
lakshmimitter
Mar 23, 20237 min read
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Power of Dialogues in Writing Fiction
Dialogue writing can be a very useful tool in writing as illustrated in several captivating children's books. Encouraging children to...
lakshmimitter
Feb 8, 20234 min read
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When We Attempted To Write Poetry @The Young Readers' Club
Reactions were mixed. But together we figured out a way to play around with words and have fun! "Writing poetry? No thank you, I am...
lakshmimitter
Feb 2, 20233 min read
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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...
lakshmimitter
Jan 12, 20234 min read
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A Trip To The City of Giza- A Discussion That Brought Geography, History & Science Together.
History textbooks often provide the basic information about the pyramids. At the Young Readers' Club, we are rarely satisfied with basic...
lakshmimitter
Jan 4, 20233 min read
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