Analytical Thinking & Story Comprehension
Children understand, and analyze stories and characters in this analytical course. They identify connections, relationships, and make inferences, while engaging in a variety of interactive story, picture, and word based thinking activities & exercises, stretching their analytical and observational skills.
We engage little children’s curiosity and wonder in a variety of print, picture & video stories – developing their comprehension skills with sequencing, inference, compare & contrast, predictions, and so on analytical exercises & activities.
Session Info
- 45 minutes per class
- Twice per week for 4 weeks or Once per week for 8 weeks
- 5 - 8 year olds
- 3 - 10 learners per class
Price - USD
$49.99
$6.25 per class per student
This is an ongoing course offered in 8 class sessions. Each new session builds on the previous session for continuing students
Available Times
Batch 1
Mondays & Wednesdays
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM – IST
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM BST
06:30 PM – 07:15 PM SGT
06:30 AM – 07:15 PM EST
Batch 2
Mondays & Wednesdays
9:00 PM – 9:45 PM – IST
04:30 PM – 5:15 PM BST
11:30 PM – 12:15 AM SGT
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM EST
Batch 3
Tuesdays & Thursdays
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM – IST
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM BST
06:30 PM – 07:15 PM SGT
06:30 AM – 07:15 PM EST
Batch 4
Tuesdays & Thursdays
9:00 PM – 9:45 PM – IST
04:30 PM – 5:15 PM BST
11:30 PM – 12:15 AM SGT
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM EST
Batch 5
Fridays & Saturdays
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM – IST
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM BST
06:30 PM – 07:15 PM SGT
06:30 AM – 07:15 PM EST
Batch 6
Fridays & Saturdays
9:00 PM – 9:45 PM – IST
04:30 PM – 5:15 PM BST
11:30 PM – 12:15 AM SGT
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM EST
Course Details
Develop story comprehension skills – ability to identify the theme, sequence of events, infer cause and effect, and make predictions & so on.
Analyze stories & characters – identify similarities & differences (compare & contrast), draw inferences & reach conclusions in the context of stories.
Enrich children’s imagination, vocabulary, expression, and visualization skills with stories and illustration exercises.
Develop picture comprehension skills by engaging visual thinking, discrimination and perception skills.
Improve vocabulary and reading skills
Foster positive interactions among children as they work in group exercises.
Children engage in a variety of story reading, analysis, and illustration activities in this course. We bring a various stories from books, story boards, cartoons & comic strips & short story videos to class and engage children’s critical thinking skills through interactive exercises, & activities.
Children learn to identify story theme, sequence of events, analyze characters, make inferences about story setting & characters, identify moral/message of the story, infer cause & effect, and make predictions through worksheet based exercises, role plays, illustrations, vocabulary games and more.
We enrich children’s imagination, vocabulary, visualisation, expression, along side their analytical and comprehension skills. Children have fun immersing in stories, imaginations, illustrations and more, with peers in this interactive learning space. Most importantly they develop better analytical & comprehension skills and expand their realm of understanding and enrich their imaginations.
Our teachers are highly qualified, well trained, and experienced subject matter experts, with exceptional ability to interact with, and engage young students online
45 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 30 minutes to 1 hour per week outside of class for home work
5-15 minutes of daily homework to reinforce learning through exercises & activities. Homework is optional, children are encouraged to practice daily, post their work, and reach out to the instructor for questions.
Rough notebook or paper, pencils, colors etc. Parents will be notified ahead of class when additional items are needed for class activity
Reference material, and external resource information will be provided
Formative assessment based on your child’s performance, and participation in class activities and exercises, will be provided towards the end of the session.
FAQ
This is an interactive, instructor led small group online class that will be conducted on a zoom meeting. We make learning fun, and engaging for kids by using high quality multimedia content, innovative gamified and interactive learning activities, and exercises. All classes are highly interactive in nature to ensure children’s sustained attention & engagement. Each child is given individual attention when needed to ensure that every child grasps the concepts and participates actively in class.
All students benefit from this fun and enriching analytical thinking course, particularly the children who struggle with comprehension & analysis type exercises. The class caters to students with both new and returning students, the goal is to advance each child’s abilities with practice. We assess analytical skills of each student with a variety of exercises in class, and progress them accordingly with engaging, & differentiated learning exercises.
The activities and exercises during the first class are largely geared towards understanding students’ logical thinking and reasoning abilities, and to build rapport among students, and between each student & instructor. It is very essential for all students to attend the first class of each session.
Yes, parents will be provided with a post lesson summary of the concepts taught, and exercises practiced in each session, through email, WhatsApp & course reference page. Further parents will be notified in advance, when students need any other learning materials/supplies for class activities.
Our research suggest that children learn, and engage better when they learn together with a diverse group of older, younger, and same age peers. Having said that, in order to best serve the learning needs of each child, we differentiate the learning activities and exercises, and adapt & evolve our teaching methods continuously based on children’s response & engagement in class.
Teacher is available for to clarify students’ doubts or questions for an extra 10 minutes, towards the end of class. Further students, or parents on behalf of students, may reach out to us on course email (which will be provided to enrolled students), for questions/clarifications
The Mindful Learning Space ardently believes in continuous learning & practice, to this extent we share relevant exercises, activities and resources for students to practice beyond class, and session.
Please refer to the overall cancellation policy on the main FAQ page. A make up class is offered in exceptional cases, when the instructor is unable to conduct a scheduled class.
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