Category Archives: reading For Kids

Dolch Sight Words – Learn the Easy Way

By admin | Published: August 30, 2012

Dolch words are the list of 220 words which researcher Edward W. Dolch published in his book Problems in Reading in 1948. Dolch established which words appeared most frequently in children’s reading books. Around fifty to seventy-five percent of the words in any piece of text, whether intended for adults or children, will consist of [...]

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Veteran teachers out at Social Justice High School

By admin | Published: August 29, 2012

Students at a high school in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood were being taught English by temporary teachers Monday. That’s because Chicago public school officials let two other teachers go for “economic reasons” last week. The two helped open Social Justice High School seven years ago. one is Katie Hogan, a Golden Apple scholar, a National [...]

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A successful summer at Waldinger Library – LIHerald.com – Nassau County’s source for local news, breaking news, sports, entertainment & shopping

By admin | Published: August 29, 2012

More than 400 children completed the summer reading program requirements at the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, and were invited to a pair of special activities last week as a reward. “This is definitely one of our best years, if not the best,” children’s librarian Jaclyn Kunz said about the amount of participation. “There was a [...]

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Reading Rainbow’s Digital Future

By admin | Published: August 29, 2012

When PBS canceled LeVar Burton’s show, he set out to revolutionize education for kids. LeVar Burton presents Reading Rainbow at the Apple Store in Soho, new York City.   Three years after PBS pulled the plug on Reading Rainbow, actor LeVar Burton, the show’s longtime host, is reviving the educational series with his new company, [...]

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True-life heroes inspire children at Read-Along

By admin | Published: August 28, 2012

By the Inquirer Read-Along team Philippine Daily Inquirer Anybody can be a hero. Saturday afternoon’s Inquirer Read-Along emphasized this point as it featured a new generation of heroes who regaled over 50 children with stories about bravery and heroism. The session, held in advance celebration of National Heroes Day on August 27, had this year’s [...]

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Funny in parts

By admin | Published: August 27, 2012

The interactive bits were the funniest in Cyrus Broacha and Kunal Vijaykar’s ‘The Evening That Wasn’t’ If you walked out a little disappointed from Lady Andal School on Friday evening, it’s only because we expect a lot more out of India’s funniest comedians. Yet, ‘The Evening That Wasn’t’ fundraiser organised by Landmark Construction in association [...]

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The Hindu : Arts / Books : Words’ worth

By admin | Published: August 27, 2012

Nivedita Sen on the challenges of translating Syed Mustafa Siraj’s nuanced works for an urban English readership like many book-reading Bengalis, Nivedita Sen is not unfamiliar with Syed Mustafa Siraj. The Delhi University professor has long revelled in the literary sphere of the Contemporary Bangla Literature luminary, not knowing though that one day she would [...]

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How To Teach Children How To Read

By admin | Published: August 27, 2012

As Lida Williams said, almost 100 years ago: Phonics is not a method of teaching reading, but it is a necessary part of every good, modern method. it is the key to word mastery, and word mastery is one of the first essentials in learning to read. a knowledge of the sounds of letters, and [...]

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Kids Are Getting A Surprisingly Generous Allowance These Days

By admin | Published: August 25, 2012

Flickr / amboo who? Today’s children get enough allowance annually to buy an iPad and still have money left over, an American Institute of CPA’s survey revealed. The average American child receives $780 a year in allowance, or $65 a month. And only 1 percent of parents said their children save their allowance, the survey [...]

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‘Teletubbies’ instigator tries hand at kids’ movie

By admin | Published: August 24, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) — The marketing genius behind “Thomas the Tank Engine” and those scandalous “Teletubbies” knows how to capture the hearts and minds of toddlers. Now he’s after their feet. For his next project, “The Oogieloves in the big Balloon Adventure,” Kenn Viselman is taking a new approach to the preschool audience. The movie [...]

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