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Shipped Dec 2021

Skill of the Month

Figure-ground Discrimination

What is figure-ground discrimination? Let's say you see a picture of a crowded street with cars, buses, and people. You are asked to spot a little cat in this picture. Your eyes scan and then separate the cat out from its busy background picture. This is called Figure-Ground Discrimination - the ability to differentiate an object from its background. It prepares kids to read, write, and solve puzzles. It then builds up to more important skills like completing tasks, following instructions, and staying focused. In this month's box, we work on this important visual processing skill!

Toka Junior Book Pick

Cows

Written by Nandini Majumdar, Illustrated by Ishaan Dasgupta

A counting book for young children that features the sometimes active but sometimes lazing, but forever fascinating cows on the streets of Varanasi. The images on each page offer rich resource for picture-reading and group talk.

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