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5 Essential Life Skills Every Child Should Learn

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  Every parent wants their child to excel in academics and later, professionally. But only a few parents understand and focus on the overall development of their children by introducing them to skills that go beyond academics. Children are like empty vessels. It is the responsibility of parents and teachers to fill these vessels with essential knowledge and life skills. Want your kids to take an interest in cooking? Start involving them in kitchen activities with you. In this blog, we talk about five life skills that every child should be introduced to. If not all, they should at least learn one of these five skills and try to excel at it. Five Life Skills to Introduce to Your Children Learn to Play a Musical Instrument It is said that engaging with a musical instrument or rather playing music is the brain’s equivalent of a full-body workout. When you play a musical instrument, all areas of your brain - visual, auditory, and motor cortices — engage while processing different inform...
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Self Management Skills for Kids

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  Self-management skills are essential to develop in children, as these skills will help discipline themselves and focus on what really matters for academic success, good intra- and inter-personal relationships, healthy lifestyle, and achieving long term goals. However, children do not learn these skills on their own. But as responsible parents or teachers (in school settings), you can begin to introduce management skills for kids into their routine without turning it into a formal learning exercise. During the formative years, it is easier to mold kids and help them develop management skills. What is Self-Management? In one line, self-management is all about becoming self-aware and managing your emotions, which indirectly helps manage your behaviour and actions. Let’s break them in two areas: Managing emotions: This involves developing the ability to handle emotions and thoughts in various situations. It starts with recognizing and identifying your emotions - why you feel certai...
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Phonics Instruction and Its Types

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  Phonics, by definition, is a teaching method that emphasizes understanding the relationship between letters and their corresponding sounds. This approach helps learners with letter-sound recognition, correct spelling and pronunciation, and improved reading comprehension, all of which build the foundation for impeccable writing and speaking skills. In this blog, we go through five ways of teaching phonics. Five Proven Learning Methods to Master Phonics Synthetic Phonics Synthetic phonics instruction is explicit. This approach focuses on helping children become aware of the distinct sounds that make up a word. Kids are introduced to concepts such as blending sounds to form words and pronounce them correctly. As a result, they learn to identify the letters that represent those sounds effectively. For example, s + a + t makes up the word - sat - which is represented by the letters s-a-t . Analytic Phonics Analytic phonics instruction, on the other hand, teaches the opposite of what ...
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B-l-e-n-d-i-n-g Tricks in Phonics to Improve Reading

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  Reading is one of the most essential skills to develop in children during their formative years. During this period, both parents and teachers play an important role in helping kids learn to read and write. It is natural for children to struggle with reading until they develop phonological awareness. A little bit of phonemic awareness, alphabet recognition, and blending can help them achieve reading fluency. So, what is phonemic awareness? It is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate sounds in spoken words. These sounds are called phonemes, a total of 44 in the English language. But don’t confuse these sounds with letters; there are only 26 letters (A to Z). Alphabet recognition involves learning these 26 letters by name, shape, and sound. Phoneme or oral blending is one of the most effective methods to develop effective reading skills. Let’s try to understand what is blending! What is Oral Blending? Oral blending is the process of combining phonemes (individual sounds) to...
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How To Build Time Management Skills for Kids

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  “I do not have time” - Most of us have used this excuse at least once. Some of us even wish we had more than 24 hours in a day. This excuse or wish comes from our inability to manage time and lack of discipline in life. Time management, or discipline in general, helps people become self-sufficient and maintain a healthy lifestyle. While parents may feel busy balancing work and parenting responsibilities, inculcating discipline in kids at an early age is easier, as they are more flexible. And as a parent, you do not want your child to experience stress or mental health issues due to poor time management. Five Tips for Children to Develop Healthy Time Habits Good time management skills can act as a tool to help kids boost confidence, feel less stressed, provide more spare time, and maintain their mental well-being.  Helping them use time wisely can instill discipline for lifetime. Here are five suggestions to develop time management skills for kids : Help them turn time into ...
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Online Phonics Classes for Kids: The Smart Way to Learn

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  Kids born between 2010 and 2024 are known as Generation Alpha, while babies born between 2025 and 2039 will be called Generation Beta. Gen Z is the first generation to be born entirely in the 21st century and Gen Beta children will live to see the 22nd century. Both Gen Alpha and Beta will live their entire lives in a fully digital world. Growing up with the internet and social networks, they look forward to visual, aural, and kinesthetic methods in the classroom. Therefore, considering the significant transformation in learning processes over the past few years, we have always embraced technology at Little Genius Academy. We not only have digital classrooms at our centers but also provide online sessions for kids at the convenience of their homes. Why Choose Online Phonics Classes for Children? Undoubtedly, early childhood educational systems and classes are observing a major shift to online learning. This is especially true for phonics classes for kids: They set a solid found...
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Top Phonics-Focused Spoken English Class for Kids in Vadodara

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  English is a global language! It is super important for kids to learn this language at a young age so that it does not become a hindrance to their academics, social interactions, and future profession. When it comes to learning English, Phonics is a fun and easy way to build a strong foundation for speaking and writing. A dedicated spoken English class for kids can boost their vocabulary, pronunciation, and confidence. How Phonics Contributes to Learning Spoken English? Phonics is an easy method to explain to kids the correlation between letters and the sounds they produce when spoken individually or combined with other letters. This helps kids hear, identify, and use correct sounds when speaking or reading words or sentences. For example, when a child learns the sounds of C, A, and T, they can easily put them together to pronounce the word 'CAT' correctly as 'KAT.' Even if the letters are in a different order, like A, C, T, they will still be able to figure out how ...
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