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Story Mountain Although A Great Creative Writing Tool, Cannot Fill Gaps.
Writing a story can be loads of fun. Children generally enjoy letting their imagination travel far and wide. Some even draw inspiration...

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Mar 5, 20245 min read
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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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Jan 10, 20244 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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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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Oct 2, 20234 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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Cultivating Critical Thinkers: Fostering Reading Reflection in Kids
A young reader recommended Roll With It by Jamie Sumner. When she spoke about the book, there was so much emotion. It was evident that...

lakshmimitter
Sep 13, 20233 min read
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When A Math Problem From Ramanujan's Childhood Kept Everyone At the Young Readers' Club Enthralled!
#fascinating #kidlit #ramanujam #middlegrade The author, Arundhati Venkatesh, has remarkably crafted the story of the brilliant...

lakshmimitter
Jul 27, 20233 min read
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Sharing Reading Experiences @ The Young Readers' Club
Social reading sessions are all about mutual support, sharing and encouragement in the learning process. We meet online. We are all from...

lakshmimitter
Jul 20, 20234 min read
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Testing for Reading Comprehension
Could that kill the joy of reading? Reading comprehension sheets are part of our curriculum evaluation. From the teacher's point of view...

lakshmimitter
Jul 19, 20234 min read
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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...

lakshmimitter
Jul 10, 20234 min read
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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...

lakshmimitter
Jul 4, 20234 min read
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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...

lakshmimitter
Jun 28, 20233 min read
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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...

lakshmimitter
Jun 23, 20233 min read
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Talking About The Shakti Scheme- Free Bus Rides For Women in Karnataka- Part 1
The attention of the teens at the Young Writers' Club was brought to a recently introduced scheme in Karnataka and together we explored...

lakshmimitter
Jun 21, 20234 min read
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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...

lakshmimitter
Jun 14, 20233 min read
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Story Maps Are A Very Useful Writing Tool For Kids In Primary School. But Not Much of Use For Teens.
Many teens at the Young Writers' Club chose to respond to the same writing prompt- A mysterious door nestled within a dense forest. A...

lakshmimitter
Jun 13, 20233 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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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...

lakshmimitter
Jun 1, 20233 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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