Being able to communicate effectively is one of the most important life skills a child can learn.
When your child learns how to communicate well, both orally and in writing, it helps them express their thoughts and feelings more clearly. Excellent communication skills will help your child in school, not only academically, but also to help them have meaningful exchanges with their teachers and peers, and during their interactions with people throughout their entire lives!
Finding a program that combines the aspects of reading comprehension, writing and public speaking into one is essential in helping children become powerful communicators.
Reading Comprehension
To be an effective reader, students must understand the ideas communicated in a text and be able to apply them. Students can develop effective reading skills by using comprehension strategies when they read.
Programs should combine instructional strategies and repetitive practice to enhance reading comprehension skills, like the programs offered by Power of Words Academy. These programs use unique techniques to teach ordering of events, finding main ideas, identifying important information, distinguishing between fact and opinion, and making inferences and predictions. Students are encouraged to ask questions and are trained to think critically by making meaningful connections between themselves, what they encounter in texts, and the world around them. There is also a focus on developing vocabulary to enhance reading comprehension and writing skills.
Writing
To ensure young writers achieve success, they must have a solid foundation on which to build. You can’t write an essay until you master paragraphs, and you can’t complete a paragraph until you understand the components of a sentence. At Power of Words Academy, there is a focus on these core skills to set the stage for your child to be a fantastic writer.
Once students learn the foundational elements of the writing process, they are encouraged to write longer and more complex texts using a wide range of forms, establish their own styles in their writing compositions and identify their point of view and other possible points of view. They are also taught to proofread and make revisions to improve the content of their writing using specified guidelines. In addition, with practice and guidance, students are trained to become methodical thinkers who can communicate their ideas clearly, succinctly and effectively.
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Public Speaking
Oral communication skills are fundamental to student participation in any learning environment. In addition to designing units specifically focused on public speaking where students will write and present their own speeches in a mock setting, the programs at Power of Words Academy incorporate learning activities throughout the curriculum with the goal of building confident and powerful speakers.
The focus is on building presentation strategies, effectively using vocal skills (including tone, pitch, volume, and pace), incorporating non-verbal cues (including facial impressions, gestures, and eye contact), and communicating orally in a clear and coherent manner.
A child who learns how to effectively communicate is likely to perform better academically in all subject matters. With a well-rounded program that teaches all aspects of reading, writing, and public speaking, children develop an appreciation of the power of the written and spoken word!
Visit Power of Words Academy to learn more about unique programs that are designed with the objective to boost children’s self-esteem and confidence, and prepare them for success, and nothing less!
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Hafsa Esmail, Founder of Power of Words Academy
Power of Words Academy offers after-school programs that prepare children with knowledge, skills and confidence to master writing and public speaking. School year programs and summer camps are offered online and in-person in North York and Mississauga.
website: powerofwordsacademy.ca
email: admin@powerofwordsacademy.ca
tel: (647) 285-4499
