Debjani Sinha

Trying to test the waters of content generation on a variety of topics that interest or amuse me.
        
            Comprehension
        
    Comprehension: The ultimate goal of Reading
            Comprehension is understanding the meaning of the text being read. It is different from phonemic awareness and fluency in reading. Since comprehension skills come naturally to most of us, we
        
Debjani Sinha

    January 4
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    5 min read
    
            Sight words
        
    Sight Words - A step towards comprehension
            When I first came to Canada, I was unaware of the list of Sight Words. Till then, I had been teaching or rather playfully introducing my son (then three-years-old) to
        
Debjani Sinha

    January 4
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    3 min read
    
            Story Map
        
    Story Maps - A step towards comprehension
            Story grammar is the various elements that come together to build the story. It includes setting, characters, problem, solution. The plot, climax and suspense can also be a part of
        
Debjani Sinha

    January 4
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    2 min read
    
    Adieu, 2020! - Thanks for the life lessons
            Sitting at this desk on the very last day of the year, I wonder what tone to adopt for penning this letter. Year-endings always makes us reflect on the past
        
Debjani Sinha

    December 31
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    1 min read
    
            Activity Sheet
        
    Learn basic concept (Full vs Empty) - Free Printables Pack (Pre-K/ Kindergarten)
            Continuing our series on learning basic concepts, these worksheets will help kids identify whether objects or containers are "full" or "empty".  All the four worksheets are free to download as
        
Debjani Sinha

    December 31
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    1 min read
    
            Building Sentences
        
    Build and Write Sentences - Free Printables Pack
            The natural progression from early reading skills would be to familiarize kids with the correct sentence structure. This can happen simultaneously with handwriting practice. These simple sentence building worksheets have
        
Debjani Sinha

    December 30
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    2 min read
    
            Life as a parent
        
    Embracing technology over tradition
            I would describe myself as an avid book reader. Books have always been a big part of my life since childhood. Reading has always offered me a refuge from reality,
        
Debjani Sinha

    December 1
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    3 min read
    
            Activity Sheet
        
    Holiday Cheer - Free Printables
            Well, our neighbors are celebrating Thanksgiving this week and so we can officially say that the Holiday Season 2020 has started. Unfortunately, we also went into lockdown this Monday, so
        
Debjani Sinha

    November 25
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    1 min read
    
            Flashcards
        
    'What do you do?' Profession/ Job flashcards (Pre-K/ Kindergarten)
            Everything I create for this website is based on my experience of educating my son. At times, I have been able to find excellent online resources.  But almost all of
        
Debjani Sinha

    November 20
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    2 min read
    
            Activity Sheet
        
    Letter recognition - Trace letters/ alphabets (upper and lower case)
            These worksheets would be a great way to start developing your kids ability to recognize, trace and write letters/ alphabets, in both lower and upper case. Even though a significant
        
Debjani Sinha

    November 19
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    1 min read
    
            Activity Sheet
        
    Categorization of objects (Cut and Paste)- Free Printables Pack (Pre-K/ Kindergarten)
            If you have been following my posts, then you would have come across my last article on the concept of same and different. In case you haven't, then I would
        
Debjani Sinha

    November 17
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    2 min read
    
            Activity Sheet
        
    Comparision of objects (Same vs Different)- Free Printables Pack (Pre-K/ Kindergarten)
            Appropriate categorization of objects is a crucial skill that needs to be developed at an early age, preferably during the pre-K and Kindergarten years. But, I believe the ability to
        
Debjani Sinha

    November 14
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    2 min read
    
            Activity Sheet
        
    Size Comparision (Tall vs Short)- Free Printables Pack (Pre-K/ Kindergarten)
            Continuing my series on introduction to basic concepts, this free printable pack focuses on the comparision of objects from the perspective of  height, i.e. tall and short. This is
        
Debjani Sinha

    November 13
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    1 min read
    
            Activity Sheet
        
    Size Comparision - Free Printables Pack (Pre-K/ Kindergarten)
            For Pre-K and Kindergarten, there are certain basic concepts kids need to master that are necessary for school and life beyond school. I have created printable activity/ worksheets with a
        
Debjani Sinha

    November 11
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    1 min read
    
    When Halloween is all done...
            ‌‌Now that Halloween is over, I wonder is it too premature to say that Holiday Season has set in, or do we wait till our southern Neighbours celebrate their Thanksgiving?
        
Debjani Sinha

    November 5
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    3 min read
    
            Life as a parent
        
    Why do people muddle up names?
            I call my mom every other day at a designated hour to go through the same routine questions about food, kids, weather, and chores and I often hear her yell
        
Debjani Sinha

    November 4
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    2 min read
    
            Life as a parent
        
    How to build your child's credit history?
            I am a newcomer to Canada. My family moved here in 2018 as permanent residents. Before this, we had spent two years in Toronto during 2014-2016. On both occasions, my
        
Debjani Sinha

    October 28
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    6 min read
    
            Activity Sheet
        
    The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Free Printables Pack (Early Reading/ Pre-K/ Kindergarten)
            No, I am not obsessed with this Eric Carle book! This being my second post on the same book, it is a valid inference.

Well, while discussing the book, I
        
Debjani Sinha

    October 27
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    2 min read
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