Saturday, March 24, 2012

FUN CLASSES - PHONETICS, PUBLIC SPEAKING, HANDWRITING, CREATIVE WRITING, ENGLISH FOUNDATION, BOOK READING, DRAWING, COLORING AND MORE...

 

PHONETICS
A different approach to learning the Alphabet - Phonetics – Get the sounds first
Help your child learn the alphabet the right way – with emphasis on sounds first. This approach helps the child to get the alphabet and even words with ease. Future benefits include great spelling comprehension and command over spoken language. Avoids mis-pronunciation.
AGE GROUP: 5+
No. OF SESSIONS: 12 (1 hour each)

Syllabus includes:
1. Alphabet sounds – starting with the short sound vowels (a,e,i,o and u)
2. Learning through a combination of approaches through repetition, touch, sight and sound.

Activity sessions are very basic and child oriented. Flashcards, songs and fun materials and activities keep the content interesting, easy to understand and a lot of fun. 

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ENGLISH FOUNDATION
Brush up your English Skills
Anything worth doing is worth doing well. Get better at speaking and using English. Identify and correct common but jarring speaking, pronunciation, grammar and other errors.
Total focus on grammar for 8+ year olds, while simultaneously building vocabulary, familiarizing with phrasal verbs and overall improvement in command and usage of English. 

AGE GROUP: 6+
No. OF SESSIONS: 12 (1 hour each)


Topics include :
1. Break down of grammar (Including articles, tenses, phrasal verbs, comparatives, and more)
2. Commonly mis-spelt words
3. Commonly mis-pronounced words

4. Tips and exercises to get spellings right

Fun activity sessions which are target-oriented while still being easy to understand and fun to participate in. Interesting and varied mediums and tools keep the course upbeat and the child actively involved.
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 PUBLIC SPEAKING
Get the confidence and the cutting edge to speak boldly in public.
Anyone can speak in public. Proven methods to help even the shiest and quietest to actively begin speaking up and participating.
AGE GROUP: 6+
No. OF SESSIONS: 20 (1 hour each)

Syllabus includes:
1. Worksheets with various topics. Content involves a combination of poems and prose.
2. Exercises and practice with adjectives, verbs and sound words
3. Practice with eye-contact, posture and other physical deterrents to effective public speaking
4. Exercises and practice with commonly mis-pronounced alphabets and words.
5. Exercises and practice for overcoming common dialect inflections.

Every activity session involves an opportunity for each participant to perform for 3-5 minutes before the class. Worksheet oriented performances start the course and impromptu speeches lead to the final sessions. 


Two performance sessions for parents to participate in and review the improvement in the child’s performance.
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HANDWRITING and CALLIGRAPHY
I want help bring back the significance and beauty of good handwriting.
Learn how you can improve your handwriting and write in agreat looking script. 
Feel confident. Write fast without compromising on quality. 
Added benefits - you can skillfully decorate cards, invitations, little notes or even hand write beautiful letters to loved ones! Who knows where this art can take you!
AGE GROUPS: 5+ and 7+
No. OF SESSIONS: 12
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BOOK READING
If you want to help your child develop an interest in reading or improve their existing reading skills, this is the course for you.
Guided or supervised reading sessions are both fun and educative. Children will love the hour they spend with their books and take with them a lifelong interest in this great hobby.


Classes involve using drama, fun through action songs, practicing action words, and also ample time for plain and quiet reading during each session.  
Children develop in their fluency, improve their listening skills and concentration and will eventually develop their attention span too.  
Overall the course will inculcate an interest reading as a hobby.
AGE GROUPS: 7+ and 10+
No. OF SESSIONS: 12
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CREATIVE WRITING 
Help your child develop their writing skills, improve their vocabulary and expressiveness, and channelize their communication skills.  
Exciting and fun classes with varied techniques to bring out the child's creativity and tap into their potential. 
Also focuses on grammar, improved vocabulary, and overall improvement in command and usage of English. 
Develops child's originality and imagination. Improves language skills and increases confidence and ingenuity.
AGE GROUPS: 7+ and 10+
No. OF SESSIONS: 12
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SPELL BEE 
Help your child identify commonly mis-spelt words and get great techniques and training to improve their spellings.
Spelling practice sessions are in a non-classroom environment, while still providing great teaching and valuable absorption.
No. OF SESSIONS: 12
AGE GROUPS: 7+  
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DRAWING AND COLORING WITH VARIOUS MEDIUMS
Get your child interested in all things artsy - drawing is made easy and fun with simple and easy expressions which enable your child to express himself or herself confidently and creatively through this otherwise challenging medium. 

Added benefits include an amazing improvement in handwriting with all the development of fine motor skills through the drawing exercises and practice!

No. OF SESSIONS: 15
AGE GROUPS: 5+