By Venkat Ramakrishnan | Project Leader
Learning methodologies that are appropriate for children who have learning disadvantages are very helpful. We share the story of Poorvika, a 4th grade student in the Isha Vidhya Villupuram school on how it transformed her from being non-attentive to being a interested learner.
Poorvika had difficulties in comprehending Tamil. When the Long Story Card methodology was introduced to her, she surprised her Tamil Teacher Esther by narrating the story line by line as it was taught! Noticing this change in Poorvika, the teacher had a meeting with her parents to share observations and to find out how Poorvika is doing at home. Poorvika’s father shared that she is implementing some methods that she learnt with the Long Story Card at home! For example, Poorvika cleaned the cobwebs in the ceiling by tying a string to a wash cloth and attempting to reach to the ceiling to clean it! When her father asked why she was doing that, she replied that she is doing what she learnt from the card class!
It showed that Poorvika not only attempted to implement what was taught as a lesson in the class, but also communicated that to her father. Her father is pretty happy noticing the change as she never used to interact much with her parents about anything.
The Long Story Card methodology is offered in classes from Kindergarten to the 4th grade. Students learn words, letters and poems via this teaching method. For each class, a manual is designed with characters, their activities and life situations. These are divided into chapters which the teacher reads out in the class. Through this method, the student first learns the sentence, then the words, and finally the individual letters.
That’s a pretty amazing methodology to teach the slow learners, you would agree. Did you know that your donations in the past financial year (2017-18) are contributing towards procuring Long Story Cards?! Yes, you are making an impact!
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