Audiobooks and Children

Initially, children learn to read using a mix of ‘phonetic’ (sounding the letter and joining the sounds to form words) and ‘sight’ (recognising a word as a whole by sight through repeated exposure). Fluent readers read by ‘sight’, which means that they see every word as a picture and not as a collection of letters. …

Reading Fosters Creativity!

Reading stimulates the theatre of the mind. Each child evolves his or her own unique theatre and that is the root of your child’s creative growth.  Today, there exists the common misconception that children today are much smarter than children of previous generations.  But the truth is that in an age where information is so…

March Blog-Rolling – Part 2

In a really beautiful blog post, Monika Manchanda blogs about her experiences with Karadi Rhymes. She loves the ‘Indian-ness’ of these rhymes and admits that she enjoys them as much as her child does. Check out the comments on the post as well for some great thoughts on books and rhymes for Indian kids. And…

March Blog-Rolling – Part 1

Daily News Analysis (DNA) writes about audiobooks and the reading process in an insightful, detailed article. Read it here. For more information on the subject, do read two notes from Karadi Tales director, C. P. Viswanath, on audiobooks and reading. Also read his piece in the Times of India on multilingualism. Pratham Books showcases this piece…

Lend An Ear, Mind Your Languages

Our director, C. P. Viswanath writes in the Times of India about language learning capacity in India. Read the article below or here at TOI. The National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) lists a few guidelines on desired outcomes for children learning English as a second language in Classes I and II. These…

February Blog-Rolling

Guess what! The Karadi Tales Creative Director, Narayan Parasuram, made an appearance on CNN-IBN alongside Chetan Bhagat, Mahesh Manjrekar and Shashank Vira. Read the article and see the video here. ChoxBox, who blogs at Life is a box of chocolates, writes about her experiences with Karadi Rhymes here. She blogs a lot about the books her…