Digital Literacy
Are E-Books Helping or Hurting Children's Literacy?
A mother stopped me after a parent evening last spring. Her daughter had started reading on a tablet, and she felt vaguely guilty about it. "It's still reading,...
6-12years
About
Merve Talmaç brings a distinctive combination of child development training and literary expertise to her writing. She holds a vocational diploma in Child Development and Education, a Bachelor's degree in Turkish Language and Literature from Atatürk University, and a Master's degree in Modern Turkish Literature from Atatürk University and Erzurum Technical University.
As a practicing Turkish Language and Literature teacher at a public high school, Merve understands the pivotal role that language, storytelling, and reading play in a child's cognitive and emotional development. As a mother of a school-age son, she writes from the intersection of professional knowledge and lived parenting experience.
Her articles focus on language development, early literacy, the school-age transition, and how literature and storytelling can strengthen the parent-child bond.
Credentials & Experience
3
Academic Degrees
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Child
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Child Development
Vocational diploma
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Turkish Literature
Ataturk University B.A.
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Modern Literature
M.A. degree
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Educator & Mother
Active teacher
Articles by This Author
School-Age (6-12 years)
6 Ways to Foster Independence in School-Age Children
Every September I give my high school students the same small task: choose a text, defend it, ten minutes, no instructions. Some of them start. Others put their pens down and wait for me to describe what a good answer would look like.
School-Age (6-12 years)
The Case Against Excessive Homework in Grade School
My son came home from school at 3:15. By 3:20, he was outside, digging a channel in the garden with a stick, narrating a flood rescue mission to nobody in parti...
School-Age (6-12 years)
How Can You Encourage a Love for Reading in Tweens?
Something happens around third or fourth grade. The child who once begged for "one more chapter" at bedtime starts leaving books half-finished on the nightstand...
Language Development
8 Strategies for Expanding Toddler Vocabulary
Between ages one and three, your toddler's vocabulary explodes from a handful of words to hundreds—sometimes even a thousand or more. This rapid expansion doesn...
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