Reading
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Book Review: Chronicles of Narnia – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall.” Roald Dahl Reading is a habit which is essential for a growing mind. It helps children not only to learn more but also to expand their thinking. Fantasy Read more
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Book Review – Room on the Broom
This book was one of my son’s favorite books when he was 4 or 5 years old. In fact, the book is so much fun that even I enjoyed reading it, as I did many other books by Julia Donaldson. As I have mentioned in some other post as well, books like Room on the Read more
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Vocabulary Building Game for Children: Word Runner
With children spending so much time at home because of the pandemic, not going out to play with friends, it is a natural tendency for them to want to watch more television or play games on the tablet. However, excess screen-time can be very harmful. Read ‘Screen Time – How much is too much?’ to Read more
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Book Review: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr Seuss
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” – Dr Seuss Also Read: Developing the Habit of Reading in Children About Author: Read more
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Book Review: George’s Marvellous Medicine
Love of reading is a perfect recipe for never being bored, never being alone and always learning. As parents, we must try and help develop the habit of reading in our children. Also Read: “Developing the Habit of Reading in Children” Author: Roald Dahl Roald Dahl is one of the most wonderful author of children’s Read more
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Eye Health and Eye Exercises for Children
Vision plays a key role in our quality of life and in our ability to learn and work. For children especially, good vision is very important. With screen exposure of children increasing significantly due to lockdown, online classes and online assignments, I hear many parents worrying about the impact that this exposure will have, especially Read more
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Phonics – How to Teach Easily at Home
In the recent past, phonics has become an important way to teach English language to children. It is especially important and useful for reading at an earlier age. Some months back (when we could still go out and meet other people), I met my friend, a mother of a 4-5 year old boy. Both she Read more
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Book Review – The Magic Faraway Tree series
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one. – George R. R. Martin Reading is one of the best habits that you can develop in your child. We bring you reviews of some books or series of books that we have seen help parents Read more
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Book review: Adventures of the Wishing Chair
Reading is one of the most wonderful and useful habits that you can help your children develop, and introducing them to the right books can make it so much easier to develop the habit of reading. Also Read: “Developing the Habit of Reading in Children” In today’s times, when all of us are advised to Read more
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Fun Activities to do at Home with Children
With lockdowns happening throughout the world due to coronavirus, we are getting much more time at home and with our family. Not being used to it, most of us really don’t know how to make the best use of this opportunity that we have. I was talking to a parent recently and she said – Read more
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