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The Single Most-Effective Child Learning Activity

What is the best child learning activity you can think of?

But there is one catch... this child learning activity must do all of this: quick and easy to do, cheap, able to occupy children for a reasonable time AND must definitely help to improve reading and learning skills, concentration, general knowledge, observation, ability to seek information and focus on detail.

You won't find many activities that can do this.

Surprisingly enough... there IS one!

I call this the...

Amazing Newspaper Activity

Here's how easy it is:

1. Find a newspaper and give it to your child. It doesn't have to be a recent one.

2. Now, here's the real learning step. Ask your child the following about the newspaper

  • What is the main headline?

  • How many pages in the paper?

  • Name all the colours on (say) page 3

  • On page 3, write down 5 words starting with a "d"

  • Copy any ad

  • Write down the names and surnames of any 3 people mentioned in the paper

  • On what page is (say) the weather summary?
  • Any effective learning activity should teach kids a number of learning skills.

    Not only does this learning activity do this, but it also uses the skills to copy a true learning situation.

    Most important of all, regardless of how easy this activity may seem, you'll be pleasantly surprized by the terrific results it gets.

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