Cool Reading With Your Child images

Some cool reading with your child images:

The following not about reading with your child,But meaningfulEvery man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.Friendship is love without his wings. (George Gordon Byron, Bdritish poet) Your mind is like this water, my friend, when it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see, but if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear..the world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover.it becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.。！！Reminded :breastfeeding is best. It’s free, has health benefits for mother and baby, has no environmental impact, and is a precious bonding experience.
Beautiful:

Children’s perspective

Image by Alaivani
Country Insights India: City and Village Life

By: Jennifer Kumar

Want to know how the average person in India lives? What is it like to live in village India? How does living in the village or in the city create a unique way of life? David Cumming attempts to answer in his forty-eight page book, Country Insights India: City and Village Life, while providing an overview of India’s modern culture.
 
 
Through stories of life in the city of Bangalore (Karnataka state) and the village of Thrickodithanam (Kerala state), the reader gets a good impression of how an average person lives; their triumphs, their struggles, their opportunities and desires for change. The narrations are accompanied by vivid, colorful and realistic images of daily life of average people. The photos of average people quoted throughout the book are not models, they are everyday people doing everyday things- eating their dinners, walking barefoot to school and sweating in the heat. These images may not be glamorous, but provide a raw, tangible aspect to the book. This is real life, whether it is India or America or any other country- there are people of all kinds of backgrounds living different lifestyles and making their lives successful with the knowledge, skills and resources they have or aspire to have. This is one of the lessons I have learned from the book.

 
 

I really enjoyed reading the quotations accompanying the photos. People of all ages share some interesting aspect of their life in one or two sentences. The children’s perspectives are always so simple, sweet and bring a smile to my face. For example, Ashok says, “We have to wear a uniform, like all school children in India. I’m going to be in trouble because I’ve lost my tie.” (p. 31) More cute quotations are on pages 12, 25, and 38.
 
 
As India is so diverse and difficult to describe in kid-terms, I give kudos to the author for achieving this. Though the book reduced stereotypes by focusing on individual people and telling their stories, there are parts of the book that I felt could be improved.
 
 
Throughout the book, the terms ‘rich’ and ‘poor’ are used. It is true these descriptors have a grain of truth- but for whom? Why should, for instance slum dwellers or villagers be labeled as ‘poor’? Is this a label they created for themselves or the author has created for them? And to what is this compared to? It is true that many villagers and slum dwellers do not make a lot of money, but being a graduate of a social work program in India, I do not call these people ‘poor.’ In some ways the villagers and slum dwellers taught me an important lesson in prosperity. When visiting their homes, they had few food or drink items. It is also true they had little money. But, as it is considered puniya (good luck) to serve something to guests, they would do anything to offer us any food or drink item, preferably tea, with milk. Villagers would come together and pool ten or fifteen rupees (US .20-.30) to buy a packet of milk to feed tea to me and my friends. To me this is a wealth beyond financial definitions. Their spiritual, mental and emotional wealth helped them temporarily overcome any financial challenges they were facing. Impressive! A specific example of judgmental wording is seen in the photo descriptor on page 20. Next to a picture of a man in a village sitting next to his one room house made out of what appears to be scrap pieces of wood reads, “None of the people in this Colony have the money to build a good home.” In this sentence are two words I contest:  “none” and “good house”.  To illustrate my contention with these terms, I will share one more story. There was a person in a Chennai slum who wanted a new house. Their house would be a one room wood construction with mud walls. This person was so proud, happy and appreciative to provide a roof over the head of his family. He had been saving for months to have a new home. I met the builders of this house. They were happy to provide this service for this man and his family and were also happy to have a job so they could provide for their own families (see a picture of these construction workers here). It is true, if you put a person like me into that situation to live, I may feel lack or need, but the people who live in these situations may not feel this way at all.

 

I understand it is difficult to write any book, story or blog from a true non-judgmental or biased viewpoint. As humans we write from our viewpoint, which is inherently biased in someway. It is often the reader’s intuition and worldliness that inspires questions. This can be done as an adult, but can children always make this discrimination? Would children question the words ‘poor’ and ‘rich’ especially when coupled with powerful images (such as the man sitting next to his house)? This is important for parents to do when reading books and when sharing any type of media with their children. Because I believe it is a rare find to read or watch something truly unbiased with your children, rather than not share it, share the questions that come up in your mind as you read it with your children. Ask them what they think ‘poor’ and ‘rich’ means or any of these black or white descriptor words. Have a discussion with your children, see the world through their eyes and keep teaching each other about the world around you!
 
Have you read David Cumming’s book, Teens In India? Share your thoughts below.
 
Browse other reviewed items at the archive.
Thank you for reading. If you have ideas of products for me to review for this series, e-mail me.
 
Related Posts/Sites:

www.amazon.com/dp/0817247971?tag=alawavofsou-20&camp=…;
Photos of my Social Work Master’s Program, Chennai, India 1999-2001
List of Hindu Holidays   
Interfaith India/America Calendar
 
If you want to assure you do not miss a single post, subscribe to my free RSS Feed, Yahoo! Group (monthly e-mails), or Alaivani Facebook Group.

My edited the following,news book blog: or Newborn Baby Clothes.
！！about reading with your child tips :Wash nappies with pure soap and warm water. Make your own non-toxic cleansers with simple ingredients such as baking soda and vinegar
Beautiful:

Learning to Talk: Talking With Your Child (Woman Alive, 1974)

Image by mod as hell
"I see kitty cat," she cries in delight–and you are delighted, too. For you know that she’s not only enjoying the story and the pictures in the book you’re reading, but is also improving her language skill. Reading with your child is a shared experience that pays off in big dividends for her.

Some cool reading with your child images:

Welcome to my website,This blog is about healthy baby food & educating a baby.
！！
Beautiful:

reading

Image by Mr. Ducke
In 2007, give the gift that keeps on giving.
Read with your children!

These are useful by me!,In the blog: & educating a baby.
！！Advice :Make play-time green-time with greener toys，Get back to basics and try old fashioned wooden toys and organic cotton or homemade teddies. Because babies put most things in their mouths,go as natural as possible.
Wonderful reading with your child:

Read With Your Child!

Image by dreamsjung
Olympia, WA

These are useful by me!,In the blog: healthy baby food or Newborn Baby Clothes.
Here you can choose to skip this, because not is reading with your child,But funnyLove the neighbor. But don‘t get caughtA friend without faults will never be found. Quit don’t quit. Noodles don’t noodles..Love the neighbor. But don‘t get caught.。！！Advice :Socialize your baby early with plenty of play dates, Gymboree or Mommy and Me. If you hate baby-related activities, take her out to lunch with other people once in awhile.

reading with your child|Reading and gratitude both matter
Dear Leanna: For Christmas, I sent my niece and nephew a cool box with an almanac, atlas, cookbook, a sports record book and a riddle collection.

Read more onReading and gratitude both matter

Reading With Your Child Child, Cool, images, Reading