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radhi4025-blog · 2 years

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Strategies for Improving Early Childhood Literacy

Some parents and educators believe it's best to let kids be kids for as long as they can. Why push them to grow up? Why force them into a rigid education structure before they're even out of diapers? We wholeheartedly agree. But we also believe helping kids to begin developing literacy skills during early childhood is a key to healthy development and success in their future schooling. Fortunately, developing literacy skills in your child doesn't mean you need to start teaching him to read right away. On the contrary, simply reading to your child twenty minutes a day is one of the most important literacy building activities you can do to prepare him to learn to read and succeed in school.

Did you know there are several "story time" strategies you can use, while reading to your child, to help him develop early literacy skills without him ever knowing? Try a few of the tricks below the next time you read with your child, and see if he doesn't start turning into a little bookworm right before your eyes.

Run your finger under each word

Running your finger under each word as you read starts developing literacy skills for small children in ways you might not even imagine. Reading and writing left to right, and top to bottom, doesn't come naturally to all young children. Running your finger under each word as you read helps children develop a sense of orientation. At first your child may not even notice what you're doing with your finger–but they will sooner or later. Then your child will start watching your finger, and as he does, he'll not only develop a sense of orientation for reading and writing, but he'll begin developing a concept of words, spacing between words and print. Before you know it, he will start running his finger under words as you read mimicking what he's seen you do, and he will begin pretending to read–a very big step toward early childhood literacy.

Focus on vocabulary

A child doesn't have to know how to read to build vocabulary. In fact, much of a child's vocabulary is acquired long before he starts to read. Having a well developed vocabulary is key to learning how to read down the road.

Developing a strong vocabulary at a young age helps children develop "background knowledge" that they'll draw on for future learning. Most parents, and even some educators, don't realize that the human brain–especially the brain of a child–learns by attaching new information to old information. If we can attach something new to something old, it is easier for us to understand it. Helping your child build background knowledge, by developing their vocabulary, will make it much easier for them to grow their vocabulary and learn to read when they start school. Did you know that children who enter kindergarten with a strong vocabulary are typically able to learn 8 new words per day, while children who struggle with vocabulary learn only 2 words per day? The stronger your child's vocabulary, the easier time he'll have learning how to read and comprehending what he's reading.

Use your story time to expand your child's vocabulary. Take time to point out important words. Use picture books to start developing associations between words and the objects and meanings they represent. As you read, discuss important words with your child that he may not know. Building your child's vocabulary at a young age will make it much easier for him when he starts learning to read.

Point out the punctuation

It may seem like pointing out punctuation to a four year old is going a bit far, but it really does make a difference in early childhood literacy. We're not recommending that you teach your child what a question mark, period or exclamation point is, we're simply suggesting that you point them out. Many adolescents as they begin to read struggle with punctuation. Believe it or not, punctuation is intimidating. Introducing your child to punctuation at an early age, while you read to him his favorite stories, will help him feel much more comfortable–and less intimidated–with punctuation when he starts reading on his own. Again, the idea is to build familiarity and comfort with punctuation while reading to your child, not teach them how to use punctuation.

A great way to point out punctuation while reading is to create a game out of it. For example, when you come to a question mark, let your child answer the question. When you come to an exclamation point, place exaggerated emphasis on the last few words in the sentence preceding the exclamation point. You can also vary your inflections based on different types of punctuation.

Read with voice inflections

It's been suggested that 93% percent of all communication is non-verbal (55% body language and 38% tone of voice.) The same holds true with ready. Meaning communicated through reading comes not only from the words themselves, but how the words are used. When reading with your infant or young child you should use voice inflections. Using voice inflections in your reading serves two purposes. First, voice inflections help children hear how reading should sound. They'll pick up on how you emphasize words and use voice inflections as they hear you use them. Second, using voice inflections as you read holds their attention and gets them excited about reading. It isn't necessary to exaggerate every word, but it is useful to use voice infection whenever appropriate.

Hunt for letters

If your child is a little older, doing a letter hunt with him from time to time is a great way to make story time fun while helping him begin to recognize and learn his letters. Teach your child a specific letter, like "A", or maybe use the first letter of his name "B" (for Brian) to make it interesting. Then have Brian search each page you read for the letter B. Count how many times he finds B on each page, then count how many times B appears in the story. Repeat this exercise for all the letters in the alphabet to improve your child's letter recognition and help lay a foundation for future success in reading.

Search for sight words

Being able to recognize and understand basic sight words is extremely helpful when it comes time to teach your child to read. The most common sight words found in most books include: a, of, the, and, is, in, it, you, to, that. Just like playing "hunt for letters", have your child count how many times he can find the sight word on each page, then count how many times the sight word appears in the story. Now go back and read each sentence that contains the sight word so he can hear and see how the word is used. Repeat this exercise for each sight word. Arriving at kindergarten the first day being able to recognize and understand basic sight words will give your child a big head start. (Note: If your child doesn't like this game, don't do it. This exercise will give your child a head start in reading, but isn't necessary–and may have the opposite effect if you push it.)

Ask your child to make a prediction

Before you start reading a new book, have your child look at the cover, read the title and possibly flip through a few pages to look at some pictures. Now ask your child to tell you what he thinks the book is going to be about. After you've finished reading the book, have your child tell you how close his prediction was to what the book was actually about. This exercise will help your child pay attention as you read and focus on comprehension as he hears the story and mentally compares the actual story to the version he predicted.

Check for comprehension

Reading comprehension is one of the most important skills school age children need to have. Unfortunately, it's also one of the areas where many children struggle the most throughout their elementary and high school careers. Focusing on comprehension at an early age will not only give your child a head start, it will help ensure that your child will be able develop the ready comprehension skills early that he'll need to succeed in school.

After you get done reading a story to your child, ask him a few questions to see how much he understood or remembers. If he is unable to answer a question, go back to the page where the answer is found and reread the page. Then ask the question again.

Read it again and again!

Reading the same book every day may seem a little bit tedious, but if it's a book your child enjoys, they'll love reading it again and again. Repetition is key to learning. It's not to say you can't, or shouldn't, switch it up a little, but reading from the same book regularly will enhance all of the learning strategies you're employing, enhance his vocabulary and make it much easier for him when he is required to start reading on his own. Read to your child from the same book every day, and in no time he'll start turning the pages when you come to the end of the text, correcting you when you make mistakes or change the story, and even pretend reading the book himself.

More important than developing early childhood literacy skills is helping your child learn to love books and enjoy learning. Focusing too much on skill development at a young age can have a negative effect, and cause your child to not like reading. Include some learning activities, games and exercises in your reading, but most of all, make sure that story time is a fun time for your child.

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i-am-theseeker · 28 days

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The Pondering Jemelee

Salutations! I am Jemelee, the author of this blog, a 21-year-old college student full of wonders and ponders that may conquer the world. Or may not. I created this blog during my midterms week, inside my dorm, in the busy city of Manila, for the purpose of…writing. Just writing. About all the things that go […]The Pondering Jemelee

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heritageposts · 4 months

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large zionist blocklist below

i've compiled a list of all the blogs positively interacting with the @/israel-palestine-bingo blog

there's more info about how the names were complied under the read more, but just to get an idea of how vile the blog is, i just want to quickly mention that the first prize offered in their pinned post, "eight hours of memi mamtera," is the song used in the viral israeli tiktok trend of kidnapping, humiliating, and torturing palestinians in the west bank.

and the "grand prize," which needs no explanation, is "all of palestine! for free!"

some quick info: all the names here have either approvingly replied to, reblogged from, or liked one or more of @/israel-palestine-bingo's posts. for likes, i've only gathered names that appear under their original posts; mostly ones that have not been reblogged, and some with 2-3 reblogs that have not left the immediate sphere of zionists. i've also made sure that these are blogs who have either liked more than one posts from them, or who frequently reblogs from other zionists.

you can also quickly look through the blog yourself (it doesn't have that many posts), or check out any of the names on the list with a quick 'israel' or 'palestine' in the search bar or their blogs.

there are more screenshots at the end of the posts, including ones showing who made the blog (ani-lo-daredevil / katenotbishop), and the bingo board itself (ashenpumpkin).

blocking tip: fastest way to mass block users (on desktop) is to go to settings -> the blog your blocking them from -> scroll all the way down to 'blocked tumblrs,' and then copy-paste the name your blocking

names listed below in alphabetical order reminder again, block don't engage

2peachy acleverforgery ani-lo-daredevil apollo-enthusiast ashenpumpkin <- credited for making the bingo board, reblogged/liked almost all of their posts. aureatecorvid avi-on-jumblr (main @/clear-what-i-was-seeing) awstheticshit bambahalva bleepiesheepie bluenorther blueredfetch bones-and-crows britneysmeanshirt cannibalism-is-my-love-language captain-navii casavanse celepito chubbybubba ciitrus--fruitz coffeelovinggayidiot da-socks davos-is-the-one-true-king dchan87 disregardenedgnostic elder-millennial-of-zion faggotry-enjoyer fdelopera flowercrownsandfairylights fluffel677 fluffy-art-moss george-lucas-is-god got-chavi icereader12 illegitimatetenenbaum inklingm8 its-hila jewishlivesmatter just-illegal karinhasdacookie

katenotbishop <- the main account of the person running the blog. her sideblog is @/ani-lo-daredevil

kelluinox kingofslush letaot-ze-magniv lingonberryjamistakenwhat lovelyhairedpianist magic-coffee marrymepadfoot marvel-ous-posts masters-puddle <- pornblog mixmangosmangoverse morganas-simp mossadspydolphin multifandermissesanakin nameless370 namiko026 nevleg32 notcrazyiswear oakstar519 perfectlynormalperson psychologeek queerius randomname3 redvodyanoi rhysaka sally006 sbinklebooper scp-1296 shinekocreator <- commented, 'but is this the 8 hour version?' on a post where someone ''won'' the song used in the tiktok torture videos. snakelung sort-of-a-demon soxiyy stuffandatherstuff tearsandice tedious-waffle thebejeweledwatercat the-library-alcove thirdmagic thisgingerhasnosoul timegirl tolaat-bli-toelet <- the person running the bingo blog. mainblog is @/katenotbishop transmascpetewentz tribulation-of-somnolence unexistencerpg viktorrotkiv wanderingmadscientist whiterose-blackrose whitesunlars why5x5

note: @/tolaat-bli-toelet changed her username to @/ani-lo-daredevil (her main is still @/katenotbishop)

and from the same post,

the last post was also reblogged by the creator of the israel-palestine-bingo blog

#zionist blocklist #block don't engage #after looking through the blog i began recognizing so many names from it among the liberal crypto-zionist crowd #which is part of why i decided to make this list to begin with #and again - if you're worried about the way i've compiled the names you can look through the blog yourself #it doesn't have that many posts and you'll get a better sense of why i'm singling out this blog and the people who interact with it #their latest bingo post rn is one where they've attached their meme game to a news article about that school-room massacre #where civilians were - including young children - were shot and murdered at point-blank by IOF soliders

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ogmdomains · 6 months

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upbooks · 9 months

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fisco77 · 1 year

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kokomatdoroshi · 1 year

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sealsdaily · 7 days

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WE GOT ON SOME SORT OF NEWS?

#My favorite part is them calling us a throwback and early 2000s styled when i wasnt. on the internet back then #in fact i think the humor is very modern tumblr styled but anyhow feels so strange sealsdaily is big enough to have an article about it #mod ribbon #not daily #this is crazy im looking at the writer and they probably have a blog ehre and shit...posting about the food disgust test

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doctorbeth · 8 months

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Los Angeles Times! See me, more patients and the studio!

So you may have wondered why Habersham's story followed so quickly on the heels of Lucky the Bear's, and the reason is, it was a bit of a teaser.

Over the past few months, I have been interviewed for almost 2 hours by a reporter for the LA Times. Then a photographer came out to the hospital and took photos of me and the hospital and the patients I had at the time (for another two hours!). And then a few weeks ago, another photographer came out to take portraits of the patients I had then. Including one of Habersham. Then, yesterday, September 10, this appeared as the cover of the LA Times Calendar section:

That's Habersham before his surgery. And a wonderful play on Tears for Fears for the title of the story. :-) There's a two page spread inside the paper, and you can read it, and see a lot (if not all) of the photos online here. If the link doesn't work, you can also go to the LA Times and search "toy hospital" in the search box on the site and you should find the article that way too.

Anyway, as you may imagine, I've been doing a bit of a happy dance about the story all weekend. And I really wanted to share it with all of you because a) I thought you might enjoy the article and b) the reporter found me in part because of this blog which you all have chosen to read and follow and like over the years, so you all deserve thanks for the article too!

beth

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radhi4025-blog · 2 years

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Why Online Learning is the Future of Education??

Technology has revolutionized everything and education is no exception. E-learning has drastically changed the landscape of education. The introduction of eLearning has been convenient for students as well as teachers. As a matter of fact, online education has been received very cordially. Normally, this is not the case for most new things. So it is safe to say, regarding the future, that eLearning is here to stay. With future updates and upgrades, it is likely to develop and become more convenient for learners. New methods introduced by instructors will make online courses more interesting and engaging for learners. Apart from students, organizations are adapting to eLearning courses to train their employees. So with all the hype and effort combined, the future of eLearning is very unlikely to be bleak. Online learning is a very useful tool for students and young professionals to gain various skills. Any professional can easily learn about any subject they want. This has also empowered individuals to seek, receive, and impart information effectively with very little cost. Almost all online courses are self-paced so students can fit education into their life instead of planning their day-to-day activities around school hours. The recent pandemic situation has suddenly shifted billions of students out of their classrooms. As a result, this has triggered an interest in eLearning among people even more than before. Schools have adopted techniques to keep up with changing times. In one way, the traditional academic education system has kind of normalized eLearning by endorsing their system. Plenty of people got acquainted with eLearning practices during this period. Learners helped by facilities are less likely to subscribe to further courses in the future. Young school-aged children have already been academically introduced to eLearning so the process is already quite normal and usual for them.

Ø Reasons why Online Education is the Future…

Technology is progressing every day. New technologies that are being introduced today are eventually filling the spaces. The same rule can be implied for E-Learning as well. Access to information is now a fundamental need, like food, clothes, and accommodation. It’s instrumental to reach the maximum potential of a person. The gap between the skill set learners need to adapt to in the modern workplace and the knowledge the traditional education system is delivering is increasing. As a result, the skills are not substantial enough to cope with the modern workforce. Some of the basic reasons why eLearning can be termed the future of education is as follows:

1. Continuous Learning: Continuous learning is the paradigm shift that the education sector is facing these days. Continuous learning is about how learners expand their skill set in a changing environment with new developments. To sum it up, it is a permanent process of acquiring new knowledge and skills that allows people to perform new tasks and work on new jobs; continuous learning adds new dimensions to their existing occupations. Considering the modern work environment, employees are required to respond to changes on a daily basis so it’s an essential requirement for today’s work environment. The more employees know, the more they can contribute to their respective organizations. E-Learning is a cost-effective way to induce changes among employees and help with their personal and professional growth. This way employees can keep up with their job needs fairly easily.

2. Personalized Learning Paths: A personalized learning path is a learner-centric approach that emphasizes a learner's ability to grasp the lesson in a learner-friendly way. The whole objective of the approach is to find the right strategies for learners. With online courses, learners set their own goals, at their own pace while learning and going through learning materials. This is a unique advantage that online education provides to all its learners. It helps learners navigate through their learning path and achieve their personal goals by connecting with the instructor and other learners. The E-Learning industry has also shifted its attention to introducing a wide range of online activities and exercises into an eLearning course. Apart from text modules, this includes virtual classrooms, video instructions, image-rich slide-based modules, and so on. This is to ensure what works best for learners.

3. Social Learning: Social learning is a form of indirect learning. In other words, it refers to abstractly learning from and with others by interactions. Some might think the only way of social learning may be face-to-face learning, but this is not always the case. Elements of social learning are already being integrated into eLearning. Live classrooms are one such practice that has enabled learners to interact in a rich social learning environment. Digital tools are enabling learners to connect with each other. Mindful discussions among learners are always an integral part of learning, and the industry is working in order to bring more and more positive changes to connect learners so they don’t miss out.

4. On-Demand Learning: This is a feature of online learning platforms that has been instrumental in its expansion. Learners can gain access to online courses from the comfort of their home anytime they feel comfortable. This control has allowed people from all walks of life to become learners. Learners can access learning content according to their needs from a wide range of courses. Modern learning technology and the availability of high-quality learning materials have totally changed the learning landscape as well as the learning system. Along with students, professionals can pursue online learning at any time to upgrade their skill set and achieve professional development. Even companies can now reach out to the best instructors and arrange online sessions to train their employees.

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onefootin1941 · 2 years

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i-am-theseeker · 3 months

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Empty Space

There is an empty spaceA church upon a hillWhere souls of the drawingEach morning come to fill There is an empty silenceFound in the space thereWhere souls of the praisingFill with humble prayer There is an emptyingWill of acquiescenceWith grace of the fillingTheir presence with Presence There is an empty voidIn this world out thereWhere […]Empty Space

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This is maybe a stupid question but do you think there's any ties between like orientalist trends in western countries that glorify dharmic religions and Hindutva? Like I've heard 'Hinduism is the oldest religion on Earth' and 'Hinduism/Buddhism are just so much more enlightened than savage Abrahamic religions' and 'how could there be war and oppression in India? Hindus don't believe in violence' from white liberals and it certainly seems *convenient* for Hindutva propaganda, at least.

Not stupid at all! Historically, orientalism precedes modern Hindutva. The notion of a unified Hinduism is actually constructed in the echo of oriental constructions of India, with Savarkar clearly modelling One Nation, One Race, One Language on westphalian nationhood. He will often draw on Max Mueller type of indology orientalists in his writing in constructing the Hindu claim to a golden past and thus an ethnostate.

In terms of modern connections you can see the use and abuse of orientalism in South Asian postcolonial studies depts in the west that end up peddling Hindutva ideology –

The geographer Sanjoy Chakravorty recently promised that, in his new book, he would “show how the social categories of religion and caste as they are perceived in modern-day India were developed during the British colonial rule…” The air of originality amused me. This notion has been in vogue in South Asian postcolonial studies for at least two decades. The highest expression of the genre, Nicholas Dirks’s Castes of Mind, was published in 2001. I take no issue with claiming originality for warmed-over ideas: following the neoliberal mantra of “publish or perish,” we academics do it all the time. But reading Chakravorty’s essay, I was shocked at the longevity of this particular idea, that caste as we know it is an artefact of British colonialism. For any historian of pre-colonial India, the idea is absurd. Therefore, its persistence has less to do with empirical merit, than with the peculiar dynamics of the global South Asian academy.

[...] No wonder that Hindutvadis in both countries are now quoting their works to claim that caste was never a Hindu phenomenon. As Dalits are lynched across India and upper-caste South Asian-Americans lobby to erase the history of their lower-caste compatriots from US textbooks, to traffic in this self-serving theory is unconscionable.

You can see writer sociologists beloved of western academia like Ashish Nandy argue for the "inherent difference of indian civilization makes secularism impossible" and posit that the caste ridden gandhian hinduism is the answer as though the congress wasn't full of hindutva-lites and that the capture of dalit radicalism by electoralism and grift is actually a form of redistribution. Sorry if thats not necessarily relevant I like to hate on him.

Then most importantly is the deployment of "Islamic Colonization" that Hindu India must be rescued from, which is merely cover for the rebrahmanization of the country. This periodization and perspective of Indian history is obviously riven up in British colonial orientalism, see Romila Thapar's work on precolonial India. Good piece on what the former means if you've not engaged with it, fundamentally it posits an eternal Hindu innocence.

#sorry for not posting new articles tbh but these have received airtime before on this blog bc theyre good!#asks #hindutva

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