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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Meghan Markle was seeking 'seeking for support and strength' from Prince Harry while talking about suicide by reaching for his knee in new interview, body language expert claims

Meghan Markle sought 'support and strength' from her husband Prince Harry as she discussed her experiences of suicidal ideas, according to body language expert Judi James. Meghan put her hand on Harry's leg as Jane Pauley asked about her experience of suicidal thoughts 'But there is a wariness about Harry's head tilt and the way he watches his wife's face …

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8 months, 1 week ago

These 3 activities can foster your child’s language development before transitional kindergarten

LA Times

Ana Tramp works on reading with her transitional kindergarten class at Vejar Elementary School in Pomona last school year. These three activities help children create a foundation for oral language, which is essential to reading. By building oral language, children develop phonemic awareness and learn to notice, think about and work with the individual sounds in spoken words — skills …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

'A wonderful opportunity': The adventure of raising bilingual children

BBC

'A wonderful opportunity': The adventure of raising bilingual children BBC/Getty Images There are many different ways to expose your child to two languages and no single approach has been found to be the best one Isabelle Gerretsen, who grew up speaking Dutch and English, investigates the latest science on helping children become fluent in two or more languages – including …

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1 year, 5 months ago

6 Screen-Free Ways To Engage Your Child

News 18

Summer vacations are all about fun before the next school year begins and life goes back to its usual routine. In fact, the surveyed parents expressed what they would like to see their children do instead, and these included things like improving English speaking skills, learning social skills, performing arts, etc. Meghna Yadav, Child Psychologist and Head of Training, KLAY …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Willkommen: Children of a Beed village greet visitors in fluent German

The Hindu

On a hot Friday morning at a government upper primary school in Maharashtra’s drought-hit Beed district, over two dozen students from Classes VII to IX are seated on colourful mats on the floor of their classroom, eagerly waiting for the clock to strike 11. “At a time when Marathi medium students are struggling to speak English fluently, our students are …

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1 year, 9 months ago

How dyslexia changes in other languages

BBC

How dyslexia changes in other languages Getty Images A sculpture by the artist Michael Stumpf is installed in Glasgow, Scotland Writing in English can be a challenge – even if it's your mother tongue. "If you try to learn to read in English, and you don't have a good phonological awareness – an awareness for the sounds of spoken language …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Don’t underestimate the value of language familiarity

Live Mint

On 20 October 2022, the National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage was launched by the Indian ministry of education. By the time children enrol in an educational institution—pre-school, kindergarten, Anganwadi or a Baalvatikaa, for example —at the age of 3 or later, they have already learnt at least one language, usually their mother tongue. While the ideal language to learn …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Parents often pass low-literacy on to their kids

NL Times

Children of low-literate parents are three times as likely to become low-literate themselves, the Reading and Writing Foundation found in an analysis. Children of low-literate parents often start primary school with a language delay. We must stop the passing on of low-literacy from parent to child.” The foundation wants to reach low-literate parents better and encourage them to be more …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Deaf education vote is the latest parents’ rights battleground in L.A.

LA Times

Ellie Shmilovich, 12, center, a deaf sixth-grader, with parents Heidy Alvarenga and Alon Shmilovich, brother Elias Shmilovich, 9, and sister Estie Shmilovich, 14, say “I love you” in sign language at their home in Reseda. We’re doing this for these students.” Many deaf educators, activists, district parents and students agree, pointing to years of research showing that, although early intervention …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Lockdown with kids: Four school holiday activities that play with language and writing

ABC

Lockdowns, winter weather, school holidays and working from home — it's a recipe for cabin fever that's at home among plots for the scariest horror movies. Today we'll look at some of the resources provided by our friends over at ABC Education with a focus on language Play a game A screen shot from the ABC Education game Spell Block …

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