Can Screen Time Replace Reading?
It’s a fair question for parents to think about: will it influence my child negatively to allow screen time if they prefer it over reading? Edublox investigates and shares a few tips on how to get your child excited about reading books.
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Somme of Some? Wanneer Verdubbel ‘n Konsonant en Wanneer Nie?
‘n Konsonant verdubbel wanneer dit volg op ‘n kort vokaal wat die hoofklem dra: sommer, balle. Daarteenoor word lang klanke in oop lettergrepe word met ‘n enkele vokaalteken geskryf, soos somer, bale.
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Vrae oor Konsentrasie, van Babadae tot Skooldae
Die onvermoë om te konsentreer is op baie onderwysers en ouers se lippe. Diagnoses word gemaak, baie navorsing word gedoen en almal hoop dat dit hul kinders gespaar sal bly.
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Fun with BODMAS
When you see something like 6 + 9 x 0 - 3, what part should you calculate first? Start at the left and go to the right? Or go from right to left? BODMAS is an acronym or mnemonic used to help learners remember the correct order to complete mathematical calculations in the ‘order of operations’.
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Die Rol van Visuele en Ouditiewe Prosessering in Lees
Prosessering verwys na die vermoë om inligting wat ons deur ons sintuie waargeneem het te interpreteer, en natuurlik is dit belangrik dat ons dit korrek interpreteer. Beide visuele en ouditiewe prosessering speel ‘n kardinale rol in lees.
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Visual Memory: A Crucial Skill for Reading, Spelling, Writing and Maths
Visual memory involves the ability to store and retrieve previously experienced visual sensations and perceptions when the stimuli that originally evoked them are no longer present. Various researchers have stated that as much as eighty percent of all learning takes place through the eye with visual memory existing as a crucial aspect of learning.
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Swak Konsentrasie nie Altyd die Oorsaak van ‘n Leerprobleem
Wanneer dit kom by leerprobleme, het konsentrasie die swartskaap geword. Dit maak nie saak waarmee ‘n kind vandag op skool sukkel nie, ‘n gebrek aan konsentrasie word blameer. Daar is egter ander redes waarom ’n kind byvoorbeeld stadig werk, opdragte nie kan onthou nie en verkeerd afskryf van die bord.
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Simptome van ‘n Leesprobleem
Leesprobleme kan reggestel word. Die eerste stap is om 'n leesprobleem te identifiseer. ‘n Ouer wat enige van die simptome, wat hier beskryf word, in sy of haar kind opmerk, behoort te weet dat die kind hulp nodig het.
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Want to Listen Better? Listen with Your Right Ear
Listening requires sensitive hearing and the ability to process information into cohesive meaning. Add everyday background noise and constant interruptions, and the ability to comprehend what is heard becomes that much more difficult. Audiology researchers have found that in such demanding environments, both children and adults depend more on their right ear for processing and retaining what they hear.
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A Letter We’ve Seen Millions of Times, Yet Can’t Write
Despite seeing it millions of times in pretty much every picture book, every novel, every newspaper and every email message, people are essentially unaware of the more common version of the lowercase print letter 'g,' Johns Hopkins researchers have found.
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