Blog
03
Jan2017
With a brand new year comes brand new opportunities – especially when it comes to reading development and improvement in your child. To help ensure a brighter, happier future for your little one, here are our top four suggestions on how best to support and assist in improving your child’s ... Read More
15
Dec2016
When it comes to childhood development and ensuring proper reading preparation, it goes without saying that there is no better Christmas gift than a new book. Here are five reasons why books make the best Christmas gifts – for children and adults alike!
Books are Affordable
Considering how expensive all those technology-advanced ... Read More
09
Dec2016
For children, reading preparation and reading improvement are important milestones in their development. However, with computer games, PlayStations and apps taking up a large amount of their attention day in and day out, convincing a child to read is much more difficult for parents nowadays than it was when they ... Read More
30
Nov2016
Swopping your magazine for more complex, thought provoking material makes you a better writer.
We all understand that reading is important. Reading develops the imagination, stimulates the brain, improves memory and helps us engage with real-life knowledge, but few people consider what we read might have an impact on what ... Read More
23
Nov2016
Cultivating a love for reading is important for children, whether it is at home or in the classroom
Classrooms are big and the standardized tests only want one “right” answer from the students. How do teachers and parents cultivate a love for reading in children? How can we get them to ... Read More
28
Oct2016
Many times, when you ask someone what they are reading at the moment, they will give you a blank stare. While learners are forced to read stories throughout school, it’s a pity to see how few of them keep on this habit into adulthood.
In America, a five-year campaign by the ... Read More
17
Oct2016
Every learner needs adequate reading skills to master the subject content of the relevant school year (in other words the school grade) they are in.
We at Stimulus Maksima! define adequate reading skills as the competency that somebody has to read and understand material graded for his or her specific age ... Read More
03
Oct2016
Based on our experience over the past twenty years, less than 5% of learners in some top South African schools can currently read relevant graded material on the required comprehension and speed levels for their respective age and grade. This leads one to wonder how they were able to make ... Read More