Reading means nothing without comprehension. It’s possible to know and recite every word, whilst transferring nothing to mind. Remember the time you had to study for exams back during the school days? If you were from my generation, you might remember being taught to spot questions and memorize keywords. Most times, we just simply “copy and paste” the text from memory and get by with a decent grade. Did we really learn anything?
Posted on August 11, 2016
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In the bid to get their kids to be smarter, wittier, better writers, knowledgeable citizens of the world, parents would insist their children read the books that they picked, but without the guidance to comprehend these text, children are left floundering around just doing surface reading.
Posted on August 07, 2016
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I spent most of my time feeling like a beached whale in the third trimester and the only type of activity that I could do with skillful precision was surfing the Internet. I was looking for topics on giving children an early start in literacy development and one of the
Posted on July 20, 2016
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We read to our son whenever and wherever we can; it is also a bedtime ritual for him. We have been amazed by his ability to remember stories and seemingly able to read his favourite story books before he turned two.
Posted on July 18, 2016
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