An effective approach to instructional strategies for reading is teaching students to recognize and understand text structure while encouraging them to practice answering questions about the text, which can enhance their critical thinking and analytical abilities, leading to a deeper understanding of the m...
Talk to experts in child psychology and learning to understand the unique needs of children at each age level. Is there a template for writing a children’s book? Yes, there are many templates for writing a children’s book. Here are some of my favorites: My own How to Write a Childre...
This lessened the “cognitive load” (how much information a child can handle in one go). Think of learning to read like learning to drive. My first driving lesson wasn’t a three-point-turn but driving in a straight line down the road. Likewise, with learning to read, we want to eas...
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And not justhow to identify two words that rhyme, but to make their own rhyming words. If you asked me this question my first year of teaching, I would’ve responded –“It’s just something they know or don’t know.” That answer is only partially true. There is a developmentally re...
“In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child.” –L. Frank Baum It helps to know your goal. Ours was to bring happiness to children by creating a magical way for them to learn gentle lessons. And just by reminiscing—brainstorming—we were able to find our idea...
4. Simplify the concept & explain the ideas to a child: Now try to simplify the material as much as possible. Use analogies, examples, and metaphors to explain the ideas in a way that anyone, including a child, could understand.
Certain ideas a 19thcentury rural Russian child might be familiar with have no meaning for my student. “Threshing-floor,”“hoarfrost,”“open granary,”“lair,” and “peasants” are words from the story which baffled my student. I decided this passage was inappropriate and decided to scrap...
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