If anyone has joined their kids or want to join, please respond to this post. Also, they have started the course 2 weeks ago and the next batch will start from 9th June. Fee is Rs 17,000.

You can try Moose & Hildy, Bad Kitty, Mercy Watson, Bunnicula, Minnie and moo series. These are not realistic fictions. they are  cute, funny and very simple chapter books.e.g Bad kitty which is about a kitty with an attitude has more than 100 pages but has lots of illustrations.  There are not many books in each series , may be 5 or 6 books in each series.  If your son doesnt mind if the charcater is a girl, tthen Franny K.Stein and Bink and gollie are good. Bink and gollie series is by the author of Mercy watson series (Kate DiCamillo). There is another simple series called Roscoe Riley Rules.   My son's latest favorite is Big Nate series next to diary of wimpy kid. You can also try Stink by Megan McDonald (author of JudyBlume).     

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can you tell me more about the astronomy club as my kid is also interested in astronomy

thanks n regards

shodev

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you can download to try for free for a few days before making a decision.

for vocab you may simply encourage him to read lots of books. have "word of the day" game. choose a word from dictionary(or from sight words list) and write it on a 'writing wall'. write the meaning too. have the child look at it for the entire day. encourage him to use that word in various sentences throughout the day. before going to sleep, ask him to write that word in his 'word book'. for next day, choose another word.

 Can someone give me suggestions for some good and not so common poems for an english poem recitation competition for my 7 year old daughter. Thanks in advance

my son wud go in std 4th now, he is 9 yrs old. which level shud i go for? what can i do to improve his vocab?

thanks

I also need to order for my daughter..just confused about the levels?

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My daughter is 6 years old. She is pretty good in reading. I'm insterested in putting her for creative writing classes. Please tell me where & when do you conduct classes? Also, suggest some books and tips to encourage her writing skills.

Thx,

Mangala

  Can you please describe more about the contents of these books. and if possible, what each book contains ( like book 3, 4 n 5 contents). I have been working on creative writing to help my son learn it and mostly relying on online contents/books which I get while searching on net and they have been pretty good source so far. 

 Hi Parichay,

We have  2 reading sessions everyday. One is the leisure reading which my little one does anytime he likes to read. Another session is to develop the other reading skills that are needed for comprehension. During this session, I make him choose a book or a part of a book (can be a couple of chapters) to read. I give him sticky notes to stick on pages and note down the new words or any question he may have on the content. After he finishes reading we discuss the content. If there is any new word, I ask him what he thinks it means and how he knows (is there a clue) or why he thinks it means so. Sometimes make him refer the dictionary. Occasionally i let him check the Internet to know the meaning esp. For the non fiction books. Knowing the meaning of a word from the context is a good strategy. But then I confirm that he has got the correct meaning. You can also give some example sentences on how to use the word. 

As part of his daily homework, he has word study in which he learns some words which are appropriate to his reading level.  During word study we practice spelling, meaning, sentence making, finding other word that has the same meanng etc. 

Word games like name place things, Word chain, crossword etc are the favourites during dinner time or travel. 

My almost 7 years old is independent reader now, and fond of  books like Geronimo, horrid henry, captain underpant, Flat stanley etc.

I need suggestion on how to make sure and help my son build his vocab also whenever he encounters any new word.

He doesn’t like any interruption like consulting dictionary or asking us when he is reading or we are reading to him.

I have recently started maintaining a copy where I write the words which I know he doesn’t know. I do it by reading his books whenever I get time.

But then I am seeing most of the words doesn’t sound that interesting as they loose their context. I feel reading books without learning new words defeats the whole purpose of reading.

Though I am sure they will build their own meaning when same word will come again and again in different context but I am looking for a better way.

Would like to know How other parents are taking care of this ?

I have heard there is one by Scholastic but could not locate it on web.

Divya

1. We will be moving around September/october...my question obviously is do these schools take in pupils mid term?

2.Hindi/marathi is a problem ..am sure my daughter will catch up--but is it a stumbling block to admission. And are there any cases where children have adjusted from abroad...would like some real life situation inputs.More so becoz we are bengali's and do not speak hindi /marathi at home.

3. Sanskriti has offered ONLINE ADMISSION ..has anybody availed this service? does it work?

4. Any more pointers are always welcome

Looking forward to hearing from you all,

Thanks

My son is in class 6  and i have been buying educational cd's from class 4 onwards for him from EDURITE. I have noticed that they are interested in  sales only and no support after the product is sold.This year i am planning to try S Chand's fun do combo pack whic consists of maths science and social studies.Is there any better brand for educational cd's kindly advise friends!!!!

thanks and regards

veena nair

Any other book for Space?

I'm looking out for grade 1 and 2 spelling bee competition's model question papers. Please guide me how to get them. If anyone has these please share it with me at mangalagowri7@gmail.com

Regards

my son is 7 and a half year old...

he is a leftie..

his writing is not upto the mark

he holds pencil  the way foreigners hold...

have told him to hold properly..but he refuses...

But i know more is to be done and if donenow can benefit her long term. Any ideas?

Please suggest some good reading books for 5 year old daughter. She has just started with reading.

Thanks in advance.

My son is 8yr old and is in second grade. Usually his school conducts test with questions for descriptive answers like for Science,Geography,Literature,creative writing subjects. Most of the time he knows the answers correctly, verbally he can answer the questions but while writing the answer he can not convince the idea what he wants to say or what is on his mind about that answer properly. I mean meaningful writing or writing structure or organized writing in such a way that reader will get clear picture of what he wants to say. Descriptive writing which uses specific adjectives and nouns and strong action verbs to give life to the picture you are painting in the reader's mind. Say if the question is of 10 marks and they should suppose to write the answer in 6-8 or 8-10 sentences he looses 2,3 marks and get remarks write in complete sentences in detail or sometimes more use of vocabulary etc. Though he knows the answers correctly his writing skills can not convince it by proper and upto the mark writing.For eg the Question is If you were visiting Atlanta what things would you want to know about the city? Give three important facts that would help someone traveling to Georgia(Atalanta is the capitol of Georgia) actually the answer is not simple its tricky to write say suppose the question is asked about Mumbai or Delhi. Each time different types of questions will be asked in tests but to write them properly is important. So my point is How can I improve his skills so that he can write the answers to any question asked in exam.

Looking for inputs from everyone here. Thanks. 

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For eg, yesterday she went to play with 4 girls(say A, B, C, D). Girl a played in my home from morning till afternoon. Usually i will be very liberal and give freedom to her. They all put the scates down the ground and played chase game. Girl A got slipped with my daughter's scates with is lying down with other scates. She didnt get  hurt. For that girl B scolded my dot and my dot was in tears. girl A didnt tell anything as she didnt get hurt. Girl B asked other girls to fight with my dot and they did it bcoz she is elder in that group.

I called my dot and asked why u didnt open ur mouth , this is not your fault. she said If I ask them,they wont play with me again.

Yesterday UKg kid scolded her, when i ask her what did u said, i also scolded him after he left that place.

Today we had PTM(parent teacher meet) today, when her teacher called her she gets scared and answered the questions. I know that teacher is very kind and loving. Her teacher also said she is very scared and have confusions for little things. When i asked her why u are scared of ur mam? she said if she scold her, iam scared of scoldings. I told her scolding are common and u have to take it easy .

Is this a lack of confidence? what should i do to comeout of her fear anf confusions